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De, Benedictis-Kessner Justin. "Local accountability : the role of attribution, institutions, and communication." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113491.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages A61-A75).
How do people hold local governments accountable? My dissertation shows how cognitive and perceptual biases, as well as electoral institutions and strategic communication, can hinder voters' ability to hold government accountable. I gather data on local politics -- a level of government that people interact with on a daily basis, and one that encompasses the vast majority of elected officials and elections in the United States. My evidence comes from large-scale elections and communications data, surveys, and partnerships with governments and service providers. My findings indicate that widespread confusion around government responsibilities and a cognitive bias favoring recent information shape how voters evaluate government for performance, that election timing can prevent voters from effectively holding their incumbent politicians accountable, and that strategic communication by municipal governments can further bias the balance of information that citizens rely on to judge government. Together, these papers demonstrate how three facets of politics can frustrate accountability in cities. This work contributes to theoretical knowledge on political behavior and political institutions, as well as the urban politics literature, and does so using three independent sources of data that provide fertile ground for future extensions of this work.
by Justin de Benedictis-Kessner.
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Ngwashi, Evangeline Asafor. "Financial Accountability in U.S. Nonprofit Organizations." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7414.
Full textGazali, Effendi. "Communication of politics and politics of communication in Indonesia : a study on media performance, responsibility and accountability /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2004. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40078108w.
Full textMention parallèle de titre ou de responsabilité : Politieke communicatie en communicatiepolitiek in Indonesië : een studie over media, verantwoordelijkheid en verantwoording. Textes en anglais, résumé en néerlandais. Bibliogr. p. 128-140.
Baker-Jones, Melanie K. "Social media in emergencies: An examination of government accountability for risk communication and warning." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2017. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/108031/1/Melanie_Baker-Jones_Thesis.pdf.
Full textGonzalez-Watty, Andres. "The quest for accountability in transnational regulatory networks : the case of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:e1c06b02-c0b2-455e-b443-dc1abe9b6c0e.
Full textDooge-Strampp, Gwendolyn L. "Empirical quantitative content analysis of Wisconsin newspaper school quality reporting| Social accountability and social responsibility." Thesis, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10164923.
Full textThe communication of school quality in the print media was examined through an empirical quantitative content analysis research design and computer assisted content coding approach. This focus was selected due to the importance of school quality information for parents and a community. The purpose of the research was the identification of the message communicated through the media frames selected by journalists reporting on school quality and education accountability. The content sample was composed of 130 news articles published in Wisconsin daily newspapers, 2012 through 2014. Using the empirical quantitative content analysis method developed by Harold D. Lasswell, Ph.D., the standardized statistical tests for trend, interaction, and covariance were conducted to identify the dominant frames, the semantic meaning, and the message. Tests for validity and reliability of the content, coding, correlations, and design were conducted. The result of the media frame analysis demonstrated significant relationships between the media frame, state events, and the treatment of public education during each of the three years. The research addressed three gaps found in the literature and surfaced a paradox indicator of social change. The importance of the local newspaper was demonstrated, along with evidence that the interaction of the newspaper network impacts access to balanced coverage of this critical topic. The research created an accessible and reliable body of content from which to conduct future research on audience and message impact analysis. Keywords: education accountability, frame analysis, mass media communication research, public education, quantitative content analysis, school quality, school report card, social accountability, social change, social responsibility, Wisconsin
Silveira, Wennergren Tove. "Access and Accountability - A Study of Open Data in Kenya." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23366.
Full textMattsson, Emma, and Katarina Ohlsson. "Hållbarhetsredovisning : - ur ett trovärdighetsperspektiv -." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-9358.
Full textBakgrund: Hållbarhetsredovisning är ett relativt nytt område och den är frivillig för företagen att upprätta. Den regleras inte av några lagar och har heller inte krav på extern granskning, vilket den finansiella redovisningen har. Detta gör att företag kan skriva i stort sett vad som helst. Trovärdigheten i detta sammanhang är ifrågasatt och det finns oklarheter kring vad den innebär, vilket gör det till ett intressant ämne att titta närmare på.
Syfte: Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka vilka egenskaper som kännetecknar trovärdighet i en hållbarhetsredovisning och därmed bidra med kunskap som kan hjälpa till att öka trovärdigheten i företags hållbarhetsredovisningar.
Avgränsningar: Undersökningen begränsas till att utreda trovärdigheten kring den hållbarhetsredovisning som upprättas frivilligt av företagen, inte den som är obligatorisk enligt Årsredovisningslagen. Detta på grund av att den omfattas av den finansiella redovisningens lagar och regler.
Genomförande: Uppsatsens empiri har samlats in genom en kvalitativ metod där åtta intervjuer genomförts med företag, intressenter och granskare för att få olika perspektiv på trovärdigheten i hållbarhetsredovisningar.
Resultat: Studiens resultat visar att viktiga egenskaper för trovärdighet är öppenhet och ärlighet, vilket innebär att ge ut rätt mängd information samt redovisa både positiva och negativa delar av företagets verksamhet. Att upprätta redovisningen på ett konsekvent sätt och arbeta enhetligt med hållbarhetsfrågor inom företaget ger också en bra grund för att skapa trovärdighet. Företagets integritet kan stärkas genom en extern verifiering av informationen, dock behöver granskaren få en tydligare roll. För att göra hållbarhetsredovisningen användbar samt relevant och därmed mer trovärdig är det viktigt för företaget att identifiera sina intressentgrupper.
Background: Sustainability reporting is a relative new discipline and it is voluntary for the companies to produce this kind of report. The report is not regulated by any laws and an external verification is not required, as it is for the financial annual report. The effect of this is that the companies can write whatever they want. The credibility in this context is questioned and it is not clear what it means, which makes it an interesting subject to look closer into.
Purpose: The purpose of this report is to examine the credibility characteristics in a sustainability report and contribute with knowledge which can help companies to strength the credibility in their sustainability reports.
Demarcation: This survey is limited to only examine the voluntary sustainability reports and their credibility, not the one which is required by the law. The reason is that this sustainability information is included in the regulations of the financial annual report.
Methods: The report use a qualitative method and the primary source of this survey are eight interviews. These interviews are made with companies, stakeholders and auditors to get different views of what credibility means in a sustainability report.
Results: The results of the survey show that important credibility characteristics are openness and honesty. This means to produce right amount of information and present both positive and negative information of the company’s activities. To be consequent and have a uniform way to work with sustainability questions is important and creates a good ground for credibility. The integrity of the company can be strength by an external verification, but the one who checks the report needs to have a clearer role. To make the sustainability report useful and relevant and thereby more credible is it important that the company identify their stakeholders.
Bonfim, Marcus Vinicius de Jesus. "Transparência e accountability na comunicação pública: impactos da lei de acesso à informação nos órgãos públicos paulistas." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/27/27154/tde-27012016-134439/.
Full textThis paper aims to reflect on the impact the organizational culture of the public sector, after three years of regulation of Federal Law 12.527/2011, called the Access to Information Act (LAI) in Brazil determined to government agencies at all three levels and at all three levels power to organize Information Systems Citizen (SIC) in person and virtually. Thus, LAI allows diverse actors of civil society to consult any public agency on information and data of interest, providing greater democratic involvement of citizens with these organizations, either in person or through interactions mediated by information and communication technologies (ICTs), a new live in an evolving ecosystem, as stated Di Felice (2012). Our investigation took specific legislation that interferes in the public sphere, enabling media communicators to (re) build policies, processes and communication strategies that can influence the way society can interact with state organizations and provide communicative practices that bring the civil society Government and guide the formation of networks with organizational value and how value for citizenship. Such changes bring to public managers need to review their processes, admitting the complexity of managing relationships from the SICs, whose dialogical and relational perspective from open and available data confirms the state\'s efforts from e-government initiatives, citizen logic as utility user and the new public management. Above all, brings to public communication factors that carry a potential to broaden the discourse to concrete action the concepts of public transparency and accountability, that is, enable the population control and intervention in the actions of the government, as pointed Haswani (2013) to putting in his work the government public communication rights as collateral. By the time the Brazilian State promulgates laws as the LAI is obliged to innovate, create sectors, systems and to develop a culture within the public agencies that gives servers the quality and condition necessary to give the citizen now in network-largest autonomy and able to interfere and question building a political and social capital, as has Matos (2006) from the social participation, finding the server also a citizen who is able to translate what is being seeking the citizen, anticipate and co-create the demands of information by SICs.
Brettell, Grip Anna-Karin. "Funding and accountability : studies of a Swedish and a British chamber orchestra." Doctoral thesis, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Redovisning och Finansiering (B), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hhs:diva-428.
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Paulsen, Harling Nina. ""Red Cross-Listen In!" : A case study of how beneficiary communication and accountability contribute to reaching and measuring results." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-36996.
Full textNär biståndsarbetare i hjälporganisationer som rödakorsrörelsen (RCRCM)[1], arbetar för att nå resultat (såsom bättre hälsa för utsatta människor) använder de sig ofta av de ambitioner som vuxit fram i biståndsrelaterade globala fora, nätverk och standards såsom: effektivitet, lokalt ägarskap samt ömsesidigt ansvarsskyldighet och ansvarsutkrävande. Samtidigt har begrepp som ”result based management” (RBM) fått stort inflytande på humanitära organisationer när det gäller vikten av att nå och visa på konkreta resultat. Finansiärer, såsom regeringar, ställer allt tuffare krav på RBM metodik används genom ett starkt inflytande på svenskt bistånd och därmed på RCRCM i Sverige, företrätt av Svenska Röda Korset. Dock finns både forskare och humanitära organisationer civila som hävdar att RBM knappast är någon patentlösning vare sig för att nå eller visa på resultat. Medan dialog med biståndsmottagare funnits så länge bistånd funnits har systematisk dialog med hjälp av sociala medier för att få förmånstagarnas synpunkter bara skett ett tiotal år. I denna fallstudie undersöker jag RCRCM med fokus på Svenska Röda Korset. I synnerhet studerar jag följande forskningsproblem: hur bidrar dialog med och ansvarighet gentemot förmånstagare som sker med sociala medier till att nå och mäta resultat?Mitt material inkluderar individuella- och fokusgruppsintervjuer samt studier av RCRCMs styrdokument. Slutsatser inkluderar att: direkta organisatoriska fördelar för RCRCM av dialog med mottagare är potentiellt enorma givet RCRCM världsomspännande lokala nätverk. Fördelarna inkluderar ökad möjlighet att nå de mest utsatta, mer relevanta insatser och bättre finansiering. Bland utmaningarna som lyfts är brist på expertis och ägarskap hos organisatio-nens ledning och svårighet till byte av ’mind set’ vad gäller nedåtgående ansvarighet. [1] A) Internationella rödakorskommittén (ICRC), B) Internationella rödakors-och rödahalvmånefederationen (IFRC) och C) nationella föreningar in 189 länder i världen (se sektion 2.1)
Sowell, Richard M. "Improving satisfaction in marital relationships at Choctaw Road Baptist Church through participation in a communication workshop which implements accountability." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2002. http://www.tren.com.
Full textMdekazi, Mphumzi Julius. "Finding nexus between sport sponsorship transaction and corporate governance principles, namely (accountability and transparency)." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2012. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_3991_1354615391.
Full textIn South Africa today those who lead sport are facing increasing scrutiny which has inevitably resulted in questioning governance practices. The transition of many sports from
predominantly volunteer administered organizations anchored in an amateur ethos, to professionally managed entities catering to a more sophisticated market place has created
unique challenges for the governance of sport sponsorship. This evolution gives rise to possible conceptual linkage between sport sponsorship and corporate governance or none
thereof. This study focuses on the ABSA-Premier Soccer League (PSL) sponsorship transaction as a case study to explore this linkage. The research is aimed at finding the nexus
between sport sponsorship and corporate governance principles, namely accountability and transparency in the conclusion of this transaction.
The research consists of four phases
literature review which provides a detailed analysis of all primary and secondary material available on this topic. The second phase is a qualitative
case study research methodology which comprises of in-depth interviews with targeted stakeholders. The third part presents the research findings and discussion section, and lastly
the way forward through reflections and recommendations including highlighting potential future research areas.
This work is timely when there has been generally a heightened evolution in sport sponsorship and its focus was to explore the nexus and compliance to the founding principles
of the organizations (laws of governance). Factually, good corporate governance aims at ensuring a higher degree of transparency in an organization by encouraging full disclosure of
transactions in the company accounts as well as accountability. Academics have been exploring the notion of sports sponsorship and corporate governance with much of the
debates grounded on understanding its commercial value.
The focus for this study is on the conceptual nexus or non-thereof, between sponsorship and corporate governance. Information was collected through in-depth and experience interviews,
documented reviews and analysis (such as the review and analysis of the constitution of the South Africa football Association, PSL, financial/banking sector policy regulations, South
African Sports Act, corporate governance reports, annual reports, scholarly journals, academic books, conference papers and Parliamentary Monitoring Group documents etc. to
mention but a few.
Daleke, Sarah. "Communicative Democracy: Developing leadership accountability through ICTs : A qualitative case study from the Rwenzori region in western Uganda." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-33235.
Full textDet finns ett växande intresse kring användning av informations kommunikationsteknik (IKT) för medborgarengagemang runt om i världen i dag, framför allt i utvecklingsländerna. Händelser som den arabiska våren visar potentialen som IKT kan ha när medborgare använder dem mot personer i ledande positioner. Många studier har gjorts inom området ICT4D (Information Communication Technologies for Development) inom många olika områden. Men få studier har gjorts inom ICT4D som har fokuserat på vad som händer med de lokala politikernas situation i utvecklingsländer när medborgarna i dessa områden blir digitalt engagerade. För att ett samhälle ska utvecklas måste alla nivåer i samhället utvecklas, stärkas och utbildas. För om de lokala ledarna inte har de verktyg eller incitament de behöver för att möta medborgarnas krav, då kan de önskade kraven inte uppfyllas. Effektiv demokrati och öppen förvaltning kräver att kommunikationen/återkopplingen mellan medborgare och staten fungerar (Making All Voices Count, 2014). Syftet med denna studie är att få en förståelse för de lokala politikernas situation i Rwenzori regionen i västra Uganda, då medborgarna i denna region successivt har börjat begära mer av sina ledare genom IKT. Frågan som i huvudsak vägleder denna studie är: Hur hanterar de lokala politiska ledarna i utvecklingsländer att medborgare i allt större utsträckning använder IKT verktyg för att begära ansvarsfullt ledarskap från dem? Studien ämnar även besvara följande underfrågor: Hur har IKT verktyg förändrat kommunikationen mellan de lokala politiska ledarna och medborgarna? Har de lokala politiska ledarna de IKT kunskaper, verktyg och medel de behöver för att möta de digitalt engagerade medborgarna? Är det ansvarsfulla ledarskapet förbättrat genom användandet av IKT verktyg? Jag har använt mig av kvalitativa forskningsintervjuer för att genomföra denna studie. Den huvudsakliga teorin som applicerats är Habermas kommunikationsteori: the theory of communicative action. Sammanfattningsvis försöker Habermas teori förklara den sociala strukturen genom en förståelse av de sätt på vilka kommunikationen är utformad och organiserad (Unwin, 2009). Resultaten är presenterade i form av utvalda citat som reflekterar och representerar resultaten av denna studie, och de är analyserade i ljuset av Habermas theory of communicative action. Denna studie visar att de lokala politiska ledarna i Rwenzori regionen uppskattar de ökade kraven från medborgarna genom IKT. Studien visar också att IKT har underlättat kommunikationen mellan de lokala politiska ledarna och medborgarna, och också i hög grad bidragit till att förbättra tvåvägskommunikation mellan dem. Men samtidigt kämpar de lokala politiska ledarna med många utmaningar när de försöker hålla sig ansvariga genom samma IKT kanaler. Några av utmaningarna som de kämpar med är dålig infrastruktur, brist på kompetens och tillgång till själva IKT redskapen. En av de mest anmärkningsvärda upptäckterna som denna studie gjort är insikten om att nästan inga av de lokala politikerna i Rwenzori regionen har en budget som är avsedd för kommunikation med sina medborgare. Avslutningsvis visar denna studie att politiskt ansvarsfullt ledarskap i Rwenzori regionen har förbättrats genom användandet av IKT verktyg, men att gynnsam arbetsförhållanden är nödvändig om ansvarsfullt ledarskap genom användandet av IKT verktyg till fullo ska kunna förverkligas och nå full potential. Genom att analysera resultaten från denna forskning i ljuset av Habermas kommunikationsteori (Theory of communicative action) så har inte bara fördelarna med IKT i demokratisk utveckling synliggjorts, utan också utmaningarna med dem.
Georgakopoulos, Georgios. "Exploring accounting and accountability in Scottish salmon farming : an industry in crisis : the importance of risk perception, risk communication and reflexivity." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2005. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21599.
Full textKarlsson, Felicia. "Retorik i reklam." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för teknik och estetik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-15824.
Full textIn this Bachelor thesis I want to find out if Aristoteles rhetorical elements still is relevant in advertising on digital platforms. His element is Ethos, Pathos och Logos. Ethos is about the characters. For example, a person can convince with a smile. The person seem to be nice when she or he smile. Logos is information and arguments, both what is written in text and what pictures told us and also what the typography and colours communicate to us. In my investigation I use situated knowledge as a method. For situating I make some analysis of websites, I interviewing three persons and then ask if they were convinced of the websites and I read some text about rhetoric and visual communication. The reason why I use this method is because the advertising have to be accountable. With other words, the advertising have to be useful. It have to convince the consumers. In my survey I found out that Aristoteles rhetorical elements are used today and that they convince. A lot of information and pictures on the company's range and on characters when they smile, have fatigues or is with animals convince. The typography on a logotype to a foodstore have to be nicely and the text have to be legible. The right colour to a foodstore is green because is associates to the nature and some food is green. A lot of food come from the nature.
Hedström, Eric. "Fragmenterade ledarskapsutmaningar inom svensk försvarsindustri på den internationella marknaden : En kvalitativ studie om ledarskapsutmaningarna kopplade till internationalisering av svensk försvarsindustri." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-7222.
Full textEftersom försvarsindustriföretag idag agerar på en marknad som kännetecknas av internationellt samarbete och export ställer detta större krav på kulturell kompetens och mångfald i organisationen. Detta innebär att korskulturella kraven på ledare i försvarsindustriella företag ökar. Det är dock svårt att bygga uppsatsen på tidigare etablerad teori då detta är ett nytt scenario för branschen. Därför blir syftet med undersökningen att genom en grundad teoretisk ansats undersöka vilka ledarskapsutmaningar svenska försvarsindustriföretag står inför när de rör sig mot en mer internationell marknad. Som forskningsobjekt valdes SAAB. Detta då företaget kan ses som ett lämpligt objekt för att undersöka syftet. Resultatet visade att fem teman kunde identifieras. Dessa är motivation, förändring i organisationsfokus, diversifiering, kommunikation och planering samt försvarsindustrins komplexitet. En kärnvariabel identifierades som fragmentering av ledarskapsutmaningar vid internationalisering. Detta innebär att ledarskapsproblematik skiftar fokus från nationell till internationell marknad, förändras eller på något annat sätt utmanas när företaget globaliseras. Analyser av resultatet visar på att det den största ledarskapsproblematiken med att ha verksamhet utomlands är motivation, jämställdhet, tillit, kommunikation och resultatansvar. Dessa fem parametrar är alla inneboende i verksamheten och grundar sig i hur verksamheten sett ut tidigare samt omgivningskarakteristika som påverkar organisationen.
Wang, Sheng. "To share or not to share an examination of the determinants of sharing knowledge via knowledge management systems /." Connect to this title online, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1117177005.
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Putnam, Emily Ruth Smith. "Utilizing Focus Groups to Determine Clinical Perceptions of Assessment Needs." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2804.
Full textBergman, Anneli, and Björn Stjernqvist. "Användbara filterbubblor : En undersökning om filterbubblor och ansvarstagande på sociala medier." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-14779.
Full textŽvirblytė, Inga. "Regioninės žiniasklaidos atskaitingumo sistemos analizė pagal C.-J. Bertrand: Kauno, Klaipėdos, Šiaulių, Panevėžio, Utenos ir Alytaus atvejai." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2011. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2011~D_20110218_090913-66732.
Full textMedia accountability is the idea of media accountability and social responsibility to the public that have born in the United States of America half a century ago. The idea of media accountability became the subject of discussion among many media communication researches and academics. In democratic countries the media accountability process is like a point of balance between media freedom and control that ensures the quality of media content. Media accountability is not a widely discussed subject in the Lithuanian public sphere. There are not many researches which concern media accountability as well. Up to this day, there is developed only one media accountability research in Lithuania. The accountability research concerned only the main publications of the country. Hence, it encouraged to develop the research of regional media accountability. Empirical research was focused on the regional media organizations of the largest regions of Lithuania. The aim of the research was to explore the accountability of regional media and to find out which media accountability tools are integrated in to the activities of Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Utena ir Alytus regional media organizations. The research was based on a survey of 10 regional media organizations and a semi-structured interview with two media experts. The research was intended to clarify which media accountability tools are integrated in the activities of regional media organizations and to find out which... [to full text]
Almeida, Pedro Fontes Barbosa de. "Estratégias e ações de marketing e comunicação em instituições particulares de solidariedade social : estudo de caso : Associação Casapiana de Solidariedade." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/14169.
Full textA presente dissertação enquadra as estratégias e ações de marketing e comunicação, e outras práticas de gestão nas IPSS. Estas são organizações sem fins lucrativos que pertencem, mas não esgotam o Terceiro Setor, tendo atualmente uma elevada importância para a sociedade, facilmente comprovada pela relevância que a Economia Social tem na economia do país. A redução dos financiamentos por parte do Estado, e as dificuldades sentidas por este tipo de instituições, despoletaram a necessidade da sua profissionalização. O presente trabalho foca-se no caso empírico de uma IPSS, a ACS, que tem já implementadas práticas de gestão geralmente utilizadas no setor lucrativo. Deste modo, a presente dissertação tem como principais objetivos compreender qual a relevância para os gestores da ACS, das estratégias e ações de marketing e comunicação para a instituição, de que forma são utilizadas, e qual a importância da introdução de práticas de gestão neste tipo de organizações. A escolha do Estudo de Caso como metodologia foi muito importante, possibilitando através da consulta de várias fontes de dados disponíveis assegurar diferentes perspetivas, permitindo a análise e compreensão da importância que a profissionalização e as práticas de gestão têm para as organizações sem fins lucrativos, neste caso, para a ACS como IPSS escolhida para o estudo. Os resultados obtidos sugerem que a introdução de práticas de gestão, utilizadas no setor lucrativo, nas IPSS têm um importante papel no seu dia-a-dia.
This work addresses the communication and marketing strategies and actions, as well as management best practices, within the IPSS. These not-for-profit organizations belong to the third sector, playing an important role in society that can be easily perceived from the impact that social economy has in the country's national economy. The difficulties of these entities, with particular relevance to the reduction of the public funding, have raised the need of turning into professionally run entities. The main goals of this work are to understand how relevant are the marketing actions and communication strategies for the institution, how are they employed and what is the importance of the introduction of management best practices within this type of organizations. The choice of the Case Study approach as a methodology was very important, not only allowing to know different perspectives by consulting several sources of information, but also to analyse and understand how important the professionalization and management best practices are for the not-for-profit organizations (specifically for ACS as the chosen IPSS for the current study). The results achieved with this work suggest that the introduction of management best practices by the IPSS, having the ACS as an empirical case, already in use in the for-profit sector, have a verified importance in their day to day work.
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Melo, Paulo Victor Purificação. "Estado e comunicação : uma análise das TVs Legislativas estaduais no Brasil." Pós-Graduação em Comunicação, 2014. https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/4037.
Full textA presente dissertação investiga o segmento das TVs Legislativas estaduais no Brasil, estabelecendo como objeto específico a análise do tipo de tecnologia disponibilizada para o acesso à programação, os modelos de gestão e o perfil de programação dessas emissoras. A pesquisa se detém sobre a estrutura e organização dessas TVs, entendendo-as como parte de um complexo sistema de comunicação pública, que teve o seu desenvolvimento histórico marcado por uma condição de complementaridade marginal frente à opção do Estado brasileiro em privilegiar a iniciativa privada na exploração do serviço de radiodifusão. Com menos de 20 anos de existência no país, as TVs Legislativas têm se constituído como importantes instrumentos de aproximação e diálogo dos parlamentos com a sociedade, além de representarem um avanço na perspectiva da democratização dos meios de comunicação, especialmente por possibilitar conteúdos distintos dos veiculados na mídia comercial. Além disso, especialmente no que diz respeito às instâncias de gestão, as TVs Legislativas estaduais ainda se configuram como espaços de propriedade das Mesas Diretoras das Assembleias Legislativas, em que a garantia da participação social, elemento determinante para o cumprimento do seu papel de accountability e a sua condição de veículo do campo público de comunicação, ainda se revela como um desafio necessário. Isso se agrava com a ausência de uma legislação que estabeleça as condições de funcionamento, gestão e utilização dessas TVs, sejam elas federais, estaduais ou municipais, o que dificulta as possibilidades de acompanhamento e controle por parte da sociedade.
Bonin, Geneviève. "Accountability and the CRTC: an evaluation of the Canadian commercial radio licence renewal process (1997-2007)." Thesis, McGill University, 2010. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=95102.
Full textDans la plupart des secteurs de politiques publiques, où la réglementation est censée assurer transparence et responsabilisation, il est reconnu que l'évaluation est nécessaire. Le secteur de la radiodiffusion n'est pas différent. Toutefois, de récents rapports plaident sans cesse en faveur d'une nouvelle approche pour évaluer le système de radiodiffusion et ses politiques non seulement parce que les politiques et programmes du Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (CRTC) sont inadéquats, mais aussi, car les systèmes d'évaluations antérieurs sont périmés et de nouvelles méthodologies devraient être adoptées. La preuve est fournie par les multiples articles et témoignages dans les forums publics mis à notre disposition dans les dernières années. Dans ce contexte, l'objectif de cette recherche est de déterminer comment et à quel point le CRTC assure l'imputabilité des propriétaires de stations vis-à-vis les objectifs de la Loi sur la radiodiffusion, 1991, et son application dans le règlement de 1986 sur la radio, la politique de 1998 sur la radio commerciale et celle de 2006, en plus des conditions de licence des radiodiffuseurs. En utilisant une approche normative d'évaluation, cette recherche comprend une analyse de la loi et des politiques, des rapports annuels du CRTC et des décisions de renouvellements de 141 stations de radio pour déterminer jusqu'à quel point les objectifs de la Loi sur la radiodiffusion, 1991 sont atteints. Les mesures et les critères pour cette partie de l'étude ont été établis en fonction d'une analyse documentaire exhaustive et une compréhension du processus lui-même. Cette analyse est soutenue par les informations obtenues durant des entrevues avec des parties prenantes pertinentes. Les résultats ont fourni des informations intéressantes au sujet des différences entre les politiques écrites du renouvellement de licences et les procédures réelles. Même si le CR
Mshana, Hawa Yatera. "Community Public-Private Partnership Leadership Synergy in Tanzania." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4807.
Full textSchlosberg, Justin. "Power in the dock : media and accountability in the digital age." Thesis, Goldsmiths College (University of London), 2012. http://research.gold.ac.uk/8029/.
Full textBresolin, Jenna. "Social Networks for Social Change: Looking into Morality and Accountability during times of National Crises in the United States." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/28719.
Full textSkaar, Christofer. "Accountability in the Value Chain: Product Declarations as a Tool for Measuring, Managing and Communicating CSR Performance." Doctoral thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for industriell økonomi og teknologiledelse, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-20229.
Full textHeinzen, Alice B. "Development of a train-the-trainer manual for an abstinence-only program called Family Accountability Communicating Teen Sexuality." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998heinzena.pdf.
Full textAugustinho, Sônia Maria. "A nova contabilidade pública brasileira como instrumento de controle social para a "governança" do estado: um estudo sobre a compreensão da evidenciação das demonstrações contábeis públicas pelos líderes comunitários da cidade de Curitiba no ano de 2013." Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2013. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/726.
Full textImprovements on transparency and substantiation of Public Administration are in the core of changes brought in by New Accounting to the Public Sector, given that one of its goals is to accomplish social control. In this context, it is undisputed that citizens must understand the message enclosed in government financial statements. This paper is aimed at discussing how to make average citizens have a better understanding of accounting information enclosed in government financial statements, which are essential to account-giving by public agents. First step was set the objective as uncovering how much local volunteer leaders in the city of Curitiba, Brazil, knew about and were interested in account-giving by public agents, from the information extracted from government financial statements. The research made use of the questionnaire as a tool for data collection in the field. The methodology of data analysis applied to the questionnaire was used univariate and bivariate analyzes of, the latter performed with the aid of the chi-square test. Based on field research, theoretical references, literature review and documentary research, it was discovered that most of the respondents don’t seek out information about public expenditure, even though the vast majority is highly or averagely interested in the contents of account-giving. It is stated that what makes seeking out information difficult is precisely the lack of knowledge in public accounting terminology. As a result, it is perceptible that restrictions on financial communication may be reduced with previous analysis and elucidation and with the use of uncomplicated language.
Mouchard, Emilie. "L’accountability ou le principe de responsabilité en matière de protection des renseignements personnels." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018SACLS116.
Full textBetween anglophone word and transversal concept, accountability ask about the responsability and the enforcement of its principle in privacy laws. Result of a social and legislative path, the imputabilité, who came throught the concept, shows privacy laws as a collaborative and individual regulation process, serving the responsability and the risks that cames with the information technologies and the achievement of the corporate social responsability.In the same time seeing as a goal, a mechanism and an instrument of an effective and efficient privacy, the accountability principle is a legal and a management principle, used by companies as an intern management technic. The realisation of the accountability project take place with the acknoledgement of the principle by the OECD, who highlight the accountability as an essential standard, a necessary mecanism and a moralization requirement according the risks that came throught social and technological evolutions on the right to privacy and its laws
Urniaz, Piotr. "Redigering och skuld : Ett kognitivt perspektiv på redigeringensfunktioner i ansvarsutkrävande tv-reportage." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-66907.
Full textTavares, Bruno da Silva. "Pluralidade na cobertura do Jornal Nacional sobre os preparativos para a Copa do Mundo 2014 : avaliação da conformidade do conteúdo jornalístico com as garantias do documento editorial das Organizações Globo." Pós-Graduação em Comunicação, 2014. https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/4022.
Full textEsta dissertação tem como objetivo avaliar o grau de conformidade da cobertura do Jornal Nacional com requisitos de pluralidade, assegurados tanto no documento Princípios Editoriais das Organizações Globo, quanto no referencial teórico proposto. A temática da cobertura observada consistiu nos preparativos para os eventos Copa do Mundo e Copa das Confederações. O trabalho está dividido em duas partes: na primeira é discutida a noção de pluralidade no jornalismo; como este valor está relacionado com o modelo pluralista das teorias democráticas; em qual conjuntura política esta exigência da atividade jornalística ajuda a legitimar o jornalismo como fórum de mediação de posicionamentos diversos e antagônicos. Em paralelo, identificamos o documento de orientação editorial da Rede Globo como possível ferramenta de accountability, que possibilita a fiscalização do conteúdo jornalístico por parte dos usuários, de modo a verificar se a empresa entrega aquilo que assegura produzir. Os dispositivos orientados para cobrar publicidade dos processos jornalísticos e responsabilização dos que produzem um serviço de natureza pública são entendidos como uma via de fortalecimento da relação produtor-usuário, que concorre para ampliação da responsabilidade social da atividade. Na segunda parte, é apresentada a avaliação da pluralidade, na qual foi empregada uma metodologia, desenvolvida no âmbito do Programa de Pesquisa em Qualidade, Inovação e Tecnologia Aplicadas ao Jornalismo (Qualijor), que avaliou dois aspectos da empresa: o documento de princípios editoriais da Globo; e a cobertura do Jornal Nacional sobre os preparativos dos eventos citados, no tocante ao respeito aos requisitos para uma cobertura plural: 1) autonomia do veículo em relação às partes envolvidas na cobertura; 2) acessibilidade ao debate pelos agentes potencialmente envolvidos e 3) equilíbrio na participação dos envolvidos. Foram analisadas 84 matérias, veiculadas entre 15/06/2012 e 15/06/2013. A Rede Globo, enquanto parceira da FIFA e promotora da realização da Copa do Mundo, sedia o debate sobre o evento em seu telejornal, mas é também parte interessada, configurando assim uma situação de conflito de interesse que põe em xeque a condição elementar para promoção de uma cobertura plural, contradizendo garantias previstas em seu documento. Neste cenário, a pesquisa apura indícios de assimetria entre o que é prometido e o que, de fato, é oferecido pelo jornalismo da emissora no tocante à pluralidade, sugerindo assim, a ampliação no debate sobre mecanismos de fiscalização do conteúdo jornalístico em razão da qualidade pretendida por seus produtores.
Coelho, Jose Flavio Guerra Machado, and f. coelho@bigpond com. "SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MODEL FOR INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAINS." Central Queensland University, 2006. http://library-resources.cqu.edu.au./thesis/adt-QCQU/public/adt-QCQU20060720.094327.
Full textStorm, Frida. "RISK, RESPECT & UNSPEAKABLE ACTS : Untangling Intimate-Sexual Consent through 'Intuitive Inquiry' & 'Agential Realism'." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Centrum för genusforskning (from 2013), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-83220.
Full textI ett försök att ta itu med problem inom forskning och teori om 'consent' undersöker denna avhandling vad samtycke kan ses som ”göra” genom 'Intuitiv Inquiry' (Anderson 2011a) och'Agential Realism' (Barad 2007). Olika manifestationer av 'consent' framträder genom: forskarens erfarenheter, samtyckes-forskning och teori, samtyckelagstiftning, intervjuer med professionella inom samtycke, och, feministiska fanzines. Samtycke väcker frågor kring agens, makt, kommunikation, respekt, våld, risk, moral och etik som går bortom sexuella-intima förhandlingar. Samtycke framträder som multipelt, komplext och rörligt i 'intra-action' (ibid.) med kontexten. 'Entanglements' och paradoxer inom samtycke undersöks vidare i 'diffraktiv analys' (ibid.) genom "kroppslig autonomi" och"rättigheter/skyldigheter". Som ett fenomen gör samtycke agens och makt möjlig att tänka (iolika grad), men kan inte sägas bidra med en hållbar strategi mot sexuellt våld. Grundsatserna i samtyckesdiskursen riskerar att (re)producera ängsla kring intima-sexuella situationer, responsibilisera offer och dölja sexuellt våld. Ytterligare och förbättrad forskning är i akut behov kring kommunikation i vardagliga sexuella förhandlingar, sexuellt våld, samtyckeslagstiftning och vad samtycke "gör". Genom kreativ metod och ny epistemologi (re)presenterar avhandlingen en kunskapsprocesssom är trogen till levd verklighet, samt en inbjudan att närma sig, den fruktansvärda underbara världen, dess komplexitet, och oss inom den.
Fullana, Blanca. "Brand patrimony: on the hypertext of the brand asset and its corporate culture and identity principles accountability: a new context-paradigm perspective about one of today's most valuable organizational assets, the managing responsability it conveys and a recommended guide for relevant corporate communications functions and activity." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/401586.
Full textLa present investigació és un acostament al valor de la marca des de la perspectiva de la direcció general, afirmant que una marca no és un simple valor comercial; el d’un producte adreçat a un mercat -menys encara, una retòrica pública de correcció política- sinó més aviat un actiu patrimonial transversal que dona resposta, a través d’una identitat pròpia i d’una cultura d'organització -i per tant dins del seu àmbit d’actuació-, als debats i reptes de la societat local, però també global. En aquest sentit, considerant la marca com un intangible en la gestió, que es troba al llarg de tota la cadena de valor i productivitat i que té influència sobre els processos d'innovació actuals i de futur, que alhora en redundaran. Operant sota un nou paradigma de context, la marca es converteix en patrimoni (valor total), més enllà -i sense excloure- el brand equity1 (valor financer); ampliant les atribucions de la marca per significar-la sota una responsabilitat cultural corporativa (RCC)2 basada en el coneixement, en el reconeixement de la pròpia identitat corporativa, i involucrant i fent partícips a múltiples agents externs que permeten anticipar-se i gestionar els riscos que actuen sobre la reputació. L’aportació principal, fruit de la investigació, i basat en l’experiència empírica, situa a la marca com un element clau de la gestió empresarial, i no només del màrqueting, alhora que contribueix a donar pautes sobre les funcions practiques essencials que cal assolir des de la disciplina de la comunicació corporativa.
La presente investigación es una aproximación al valor de la marca desde la perspectiva de la dirección general, afirmando que una marca no es un simple valor comercial: el de un producto dirigido a un mercado; menos aún, el de una retórica pública, sino más bien, un activo patrimonial transversal que da respuesta, a través de una identidad propia y una cultura de organización (y por lo tanto dentro de un ámbito concreto de actuación), a los debates y retos pertinentes de la sociedad local, pero también global. En este sentido, considerando a la marca como un activo intangible en la gestión, que se encuentra a lo largo de toda la cadena de productividad y que tiene influencia sobre los procesos de innovación actuales y de futuro, que a su vez le redundarán. Operando bajo un nuevo paradigma de contexto, la marca se convierte en patrimonio (valor total), más allá -y sin exclusión del brand equity3 (valor financiero), ampliando las atribuciones de la marca para significarse bajo una responsabilidad cultural corporativa (RCC)4 basada en el conocimiento, en el reconocimiento de la propia identidad corporativa e involucrando y haciendo participes a múltiples agentes externos que permiten anticiparse y gestionar los riesgos que actúan sobre la reputación. La aportación principal, fruto de la investigación y basado en la experiencia empírica, sitúa a la marca como un elemento clave de la gestión empresarial, y no sólo del marketing, al tiempo que contribuye a dar pautas sobre las funciones prácticas esenciales que cabe desarrollar desde la disciplina de la comunicación corporativa.
Baron, Elisa. "La coaction en droit pénal." Thesis, Bordeaux 4, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012BOR40049/document.
Full textIn criminal law, the co-perpetrator is classically presented as an individual who, acting jointly with another, gathers all the constitutive elements of the offence. However, one may harbor doubts concerning the relevance of this assertion since both case law and legal scholars denature its meaning.Actually, far from being limited to a mere juxtaposition of perpetrations, co-perpetration must be understood as a full mode of participation in the offence. Indeed, it appears as a form of imputation halfway between perpetration and complicity, from which it borrows some characteristics. In other words, it proves to be a mode of participation in one’s own offence. Above all, its particularism is provided by the interdependence between the co-perpetrators : because each of them joins forces with his alter ego, all are placed on an equal footing. These elements, which are found both in it’s concept and in it’s regime, demonstrate thereby the specificity of co-perpetration while strengthening the coherence of the different modes of criminal participation
Baron, Elisa. "La coaction en droit pénal." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Bordeaux 4, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012BOR40049.
Full textIn criminal law, the co-perpetrator is classically presented as an individual who, acting jointly with another, gathers all the constitutive elements of the offence. However, one may harbor doubts concerning the relevance of this assertion since both case law and legal scholars denature its meaning.Actually, far from being limited to a mere juxtaposition of perpetrations, co-perpetration must be understood as a full mode of participation in the offence. Indeed, it appears as a form of imputation halfway between perpetration and complicity, from which it borrows some characteristics. In other words, it proves to be a mode of participation in one’s own offence. Above all, its particularism is provided by the interdependence between the co-perpetrators : because each of them joins forces with his alter ego, all are placed on an equal footing. These elements, which are found both in it’s concept and in it’s regime, demonstrate thereby the specificity of co-perpetration while strengthening the coherence of the different modes of criminal participation
Mozayani, John. "Internet of Things : The Potential Influence of Enterprise Buyers on the Security of IoT." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-254890.
Full textMedan IoT- säkerhetsincidenter fortsätter att öka i frekvens, omfattning och svårighetsgrad, finns det fortfarande ett gap i hur problemet ska hanteras. Samtidigt som debatten fortsätter inom akademin, branschstandardorganen, myndigheter i regeringen och industrin fortsätter nya aktörer att snabbt komma in på marknaden med billigare, kraftfullare produkter med få incitament att ta itu med informationssäkerhetsfrågor. I en öppen marknadsekonomi skulle utbud och efterfrågan avgöra produkt och tjänster och tillhörande priser utan intervention. Tillverkare kan obehindrat driva innovation, konsumenterna driver urval och konkurrens ger dessa motstridiga krafter jämvikt genom marknadspriset. Men hur påverkar detta ekonomiska system risken för en händelse som ingen av parterna någonsin kan överväga och som ändå kan påverka inte bara de inblandade som berörs utan även har potential att få katastrofala skador på andra? Nersidan är att systemet inte beaktar "yttre faktorer", det vill säga gör en kompromiss för att leverera vad konsumenterna behöver. Ekonomer uppmanar ofta regeringar att anta policies som "internaliserar" något externt, så att kostnader och fördelar kommer att påverka främst parter som väljer att ådra sig dem. Ett sådant ingrepp kommer emellertid ofta med många utmaningar och konsekvenser. Trots att förhöjda hot mot människors säkerhet ökar angelägenheten tar uppdatering av regelverken tid. På samma sätt skulle en självreglerande marknad utan tvivel också ta väldigt mycket tid på sig för att vidta nödvändiga åtgärder för att hantera en sådan extern faktor, även om det fanns incitament för att göra det. Medan det fortsätter att vara alltför lätt att överlåta ansvaret och risken till konsumenten, såsom under den industriella revolutionen, måste denna industri övervinna sina egna säkerhetsutmaningar såsom bil-, transport- eller energibranschen gjort före den. Samtidigt som konsumenter oundvikligen behöver vidta rimliga åtgärder för att skydda sina intressen, måste yttersta ansvaret ligga någon annanstans. Det finns en potentiellt allt större inflytelserik delmängd av konsumenter i IoT-ekosystemet; företagsköpare, specifikt ledare inom marknadsföring och teknologi, som driver konsumentbehov inom sin organisations bredare produkter och tjänster som innehåller IoT. I denna avhandling strävar vi efter att undersöka följande problem: Vad är företagsköparnas attityder och möjliga roll för att påverka negativa externa effekter, det vill säga IoT-säkerhet på IoT-marknaden, särskilt ur marknadsförings- och teknikledarens perspektiv? Vi tror att denna grupp är unik positionerad för att förstå en konsumenternas första tankegång och hur man kan uttrycka värdet i ett annars negativt uppfattat område för informationssäkerhet genom att undersöka kontext, affärs- / tekniska utmaningar och möjligheter och avslöja medvetenhet, attityd och ansvar. Resultaten av vår undersökning visar de flesta marknadsförings- och teknikchefer som svarade tror att informationssäkerhet blir del av ledningens ansvar och prioriteringar och att företagsköpare har en mycket inflytelserik position i deras förmåga att påverka IoT- marknaden och dess säkerhetsutveckling och mognad.
Liao, Xiang-Jing, and 廖享進. "Designing a Peer-to-Peer Network for Anonymous Communication With Accountability." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75729798419554787124.
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With the blooming of key applications, people pay more and more attention to their privacy of communication on the network. Therefore, many network communication systems that can provide anonymous communication service often pay a lot of extra loading for protecting user’s privacy. So, how to design a network architecture that could distribute these overhead effectively is an important topic. However, some malicious users abuse anonymity services to cheat or to revenge others, due to the untraceability inherent of anonymity. This phenomenon leads to the birth of revocable anonymity methods. As enhanced privacy protection may promote user engagement in the Internet, this thesis proposes a peer-to-peer network, AnCORE, for accountable and anonymous communication. This P2P network employs distributed peers to reduce the cost of anonymous communications. Meanwhile, in order to avoid malicious nodes from utilizing anonymity mechanisms to misbehave, AnCORE also designs a referee system which can revoke anonymity as long as most of the responsible routing nodes agree. It can be expected that AnCORE can be an effective P2P network when the democratic design functions well. In order to compare the performance and degree of anonymity with the proposed systems in the literature, this thesis conducts some simulation experiments. The results show that AnCORE is efficient with regard to the degree of anonymity it provides. Furthremore, AnCORE offers higher anonymity degree than other existing anonymous communication systems.
Childs, Fiona. "Government communication in the new millenium : accountability and the government departmental spokesperson in Australia, Britain and America." Phd thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150858.
Full textCoulter-Kern, Paige E. "EXAMINING THE FEEDBACK ENVIRONMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN INFORMAL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/3245.
Full textImproving performance management is a high priority for many organizations that want to improve the performance of their employees. Recently, researchers have focused on the social context to promote behavioral change, and have created new scales to examine context, such as the feedback environment. The current study examined internal and external accountability as mediators of the relationship between the feedback environment and developmental behaviors. Participants each completed three scales measuring the feedback environment, internal and external accountability, and developmental behaviors. Results suggested that internal and external accountability both mediate the relationship between the feedback environment and developmental behaviors, but neither is a stronger mediator than the other. In addition, internal and external accountability both mediate the relationship between each component of the feedback environment and developmental behaviors, but again neither is a stronger mediator than the other. This study contributed to the literature on performance management, and emphasized the importance of training supervisors to use the feedback environment to increase perceptions of accountability for employees.
Ramodibe, Mohau Armatto. "From communication to communigation: a conceptual model to strengthen South Africa’s government communication system – the case of Mpumalanga Province." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25706.
Full textThis study adopted a quantitative approach in order to produce numbers in relation to the diffusion of the new media. A descriptive quantitative survey was conducted – with sampling done in multi-stage probability – which comprised clustering, simple random, systematic, stratified sampling techniques, convenience and census sampling. A sample size of 379 respondents was selected, comprising 347 citizen-respondents and 32 government communicators (heads of communication). Data was collected utilising two (2) standardised questionnaires – one tailor-made for the citizens and the other for government communicators. Informed by the Diffusion of Innovations theory, this study has established that new media channels have difussed extensively within communities in the Province of Mpumalanga. This has provided a strong motivation to recommend that the communication policy of the South African government be amended, to include new media channels, like social media, as official government communication channels.
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Esteves, Ana Mafalda de Magalhães e. Menezes Nunes Pereira Kopke. "A plataforma de apoio às entidades e gabinetes da Presidência do Conselho de Ministros." Master's thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/2606.
Full textThe concerns about administrative modernization have been one of the main issues on the agenda of governments in almost all developed countries. These concerns have been moving from the purely management aspect also to questions of political order. In fact, if earlier it was only demanded efficiency and productivity to Public Administration, since the subordination of the Administration to the principles of a State of right and legality are no longer accepted as enough, today it is also required the participation of the citizens, the administrative activity’s transparency and accountability. These are the actual challenges that Public Administrations must embrace through the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as the central instrument for their achievement. From these premises, it is suggested a structured administrative modernization project in the General Secretary of the Presidency of Council Ministers (GSPCM) in which stands the building of a platform through which the GSPCM customers will have access to a set of on-line services. The project is based on the pillars of simplification, dematerialization and the concern about service quality, aiming to transform substantially the way of providing services to their customers. It also relies on the pillar of getting closer to the citizen, giving information on the activities undertaken by the GSPCM. This objective involves the interconnection of the platform with the institutional site of the Organization, accessible by the internet, strengthening public service values like transparency and accountability.
Mahlangu, Vimbi Petrus. "The relationship between the School Principal and the School Governing Body." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23178.
Full textThesis (PhD (Education Management and Policy Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2006.
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PhD
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Ker, Walsh Jean. "Do you hear what I hear? Reception in Australian political discourse and effects on engagement with democracy." Thesis, 2016. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/31035/.
Full textMoloi, Makgala Alina. "The usefulness of the annual report for public entities in South Africa with specific reference to the Africa Institute of South Africa." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19047.
Full textBusiness Management
M. Com. (Accounting)
Naidoo, Calvin. "A framework to optimise public participation for effective municipal service delivery." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23106.
Full textBusiness Management
D.B.L.
Kovalski, Simão Luiz. "Compras públicas brasileiras: comércio eletrônico." Master's thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/4560.
Full textThe Present dissertation contextualizes the evolution and reform of public administration, through the new concepts and models such as the New Publical Management, based on the main guide of private organizations and New Public Servic, focused on changes in professional management and institutional organization of the Weberian model os European States’ administration and democracy. There is also a following description about concepts in government and accountability to strengthen the democratic forms of relationship between state and society, especially in countries which are increasing after a long period of dictatorships, such as Brazil. Moreover, “e-government” is then contextualized through the initiatives that contributed to the origin of the information society with emphasis on Information and Communication Technologies – ICTs - in advancing electronic government and electronic trading. The focus of the work is an analysis in Brazilian laws for public bids, concerning the electronic tradings’ regulations, which allowed the Federal Government to implement a system of electronic commerce, in order to conduct bids. Tom summarize, there will be a comparative analysis of the two major publical “e-commerces”, such as: “Comprasnet”, from the Federal Government Bids, and the “licitaçoes-e” from Banco do Brasil. Both of them bring the main methods of bidding, the amount of users, the trading volumes, and the revenue models. They also aim to analysis about the existence or not of greater transparency and lower costs for public administration in the use of an integrated portal for publical electronic trading.
Hlungwani, Freddy. "An evaluation of the implementation of sector policing in Tembisa." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14226.
Full textPolice Practice
M.Tech. (Policing)