Cutback Management of the Italian bureaucratic apparatus

The crisis is affecting the international economic environment with serious repercussions also on the Italian Public Sector, highlighting the need to rationalize public spending. From this situation, after a short overview on the international and Italian recent economic scenario, arise the objectives of this chapter: describing the financial constraints on the Italian public spending due to the Stability Programme defined by the European Union, identifying the financial waste sources related to the Italian bureaucratic apparatus, focusing on the cutback management approach adopted at a national level through the Italian Spending Review process. The study of these aspects leads to some discussion about the criticisms that come from the coexistence of the necessary managerial approach in the Public Sector (i. e. introduction of efficiency and effectiveness) and the constraints imposed by the Stability Programme.