Ausgabeorientierter

Ausgabeorientierter is a German adjective used to describe a stance, plan, or policy that is oriented toward Ausgaben (expenditures) or outputs. The exact sense depends on context, since Ausgabe can mean both spending and the production of goods or information (output or edition). In standard administrative and economic usage, ausgabeorientiert describes approaches that foreground the level, allocation, and control of expenditures.

In public administration and budgeting, the term is most commonly found in phrases like ausgabeorientierter Haushalt or ausgabeorientierte Finanzplanung. A spending-oriented budget concentrates on the distribution and size of expenditures across programs and departments, rather than on outcomes alone. This contrasts with ergebnisorientierte (outcome- or results-oriented) approaches, which emphasize goals, performance indicators, and achieved results, and with eingabeorientierte (input-oriented) approaches, which focus on resources consumed or inputs used.

Outside of finance, the term can appear in publishing or production contexts where an “Ausgabe” means an edition or issue. In such cases, ausgabeorientierter could describe a stance prioritizing particular editions, releases, or formats.

See also related concepts such as ergebnisorientierte Politik or Haushaltsführung, which highlight results over inputs, and input- versus output-oriented terminology used in management and economic analysis. The term ausgabeorientierter remains a descriptive label rather than a fixed technical category, its precise meaning shaped by the sector and discourse in which it appears.

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