This article is the result of a comparative research made between the performance assessments used in two differents majorities, São Paulo - Brazil and Sonthofen - Germany. The particularities of each instrument, connected to the local contests and the legislation are investigated. The common points are analyzed, mainly their deficiencies. After analyzing their relativities, the problems and their motives are compared. Then, some necessary changes are proposed, in the way to make the performance assessment an instrument for a strategic planing and for the modernization of the public management. At the end is evidenced how two different realities can have the same deficiencies.
Performance assessments; public management; São Paulo; Germany; mayority