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Mitchell, Veronica. "The curriculum in medical education: a case study in Obstetrics related to students' delivery experience." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12062.
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In this research project, the small sample of students displays varying experiences as they engage in the practical curricular tasks in Obstetrics. Their responses indicate the challenges they face which are exacerbated by uncertainty particularly when the university’s chosen values contrast with those confronted in the broader context in which any curriculum operates.
Poku, Alfred Boateng 1974. "Decentralization and health service delivery : Uganda case study." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69394.
Full textGyogluu, Sylvester Yinubah. "Infrastructure delivery in rapidly urbanising communal lands : case studies in Ghana." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1448.
Full textThe research focuses on urbanising communities in the peri-urban areas of the Tamale Metropolitan Area (TAMA) of Ghana and the inability of the urban authorities to provide adequate basic infrastructure services. Using a mix of qualitative and quantitative research approaches, the author observed that the development planning paradigms practiced over the years placed urban planning and service delivery in a centralised paradigm which cannot respond adequately to the increasing pressures of urbanisation, nor offer opportunities for the involvement of communities due to this top-down planning approache. The research in fact identified that the communities, through their own initiatives have planned and executed service projects to improve their lives in some respects where the TAMA has failed. The communities have achieved this due to their spirit of social solidarity, self-help and communalism built around their traditional chiefs, which incorporates some of the principles of Local Agenda 21. The TAMA sees this development as an opportunity to henceforth forge collaboration and partnerships with the traditional authorities for improved service delivery in the urbanising communities. This represents innovative urban planning and management approaches, which in the context of low-income urban communities, includes participatory planning and service delivery. These innovative approaches have been initiated in the Habitat Agenda emanating from the UN Conference on Human Settlements in 1996. The study advocates the concept of sustainable development and Agenda 21, as a working model which presents a participatory and integrative process for local authorities and communities to work towards urban improvements. The Local Agenda 21 planning approach, it is argued, will integrate and strengthen the already existing local community initiatives and provide a basis for partnerships and improved service delivery. The case - studies examined are the Tamale Metropolitan Area and the peri-urban settlements Jusonayili and Gumah.
Lukito, Lastyo Kuntoaji 1972. "Water service delivery in Indonesia : the case study of Greater Bandung." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68363.
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Greater Bandung Area in Indonesia have taken the lead in a City Development Strategy (CDS) exercise. This exercise is supported by the World Bank and the government of Japan, and is partly aimed to improve urban planning and management capabilities of the local governments to ensure more efficient utilization of available resources. The exercise has identified water service delivery as a focus sector, thus creating the setting and background for this thesis research. Various problems faced by the two water companies (the PDAMs) in providing water service delivery to Greater Bandung are common in most PDAMs in Indonesia, leading to weak performance in water provision. The elements of substandard performance include low level of service coverage, poor reliability, low water production and the inability to meet current and future demands. Underlying these problems is a variety of technical, structural and procedural problems. These include inadequate water resource management, operation and maintenance problems (i.e. water production and unaccounted for water), and weak financial and human resource management. This study also identifies a series of legal, institutional and political factors that affect the ability and incentive for PDAMs to perform well. The alternatives to improve water service delivery in Greater Bandung involve implementation of technical reforms, management reforms and capacity building, and institutional reforms. Technical reforms include reforms in water resource management and in operations and maintenance. Management reforms include financial and human resource capacity building. Institutional restructuring, political reforms, private sector participation and improving investment strategies, are among the most important institutional reforms. Design and implementation of these reforms must be consistent with the decentralization policy that is currently evolving in Indonesia, a focal point of the CDS exercise.
by Lastyo Kuntoaji Lukito.
M.C.P.
Ski, Samantha M. "Diffusion and Adoption of Policies for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and their Effect on the Delivery of Key PMTCT Services in Eastern and Southern Africa." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10145741.
Full textWith the goal of eliminating mother-to-child transmission by 2015, a wide range of governmental and other efforts within low- and middle-income countries have sought to provide services for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) to the estimated 1.2 million pregnant women in need. In support of this goal, the World Health Organization (WHO), as the leading normative international body in the area of evidence-based clinical guidelines, issued policy recommendations on the use of antiretroviral drugs for PMTCT. Through various mechanisms, including guidance notes and dissemination workshops, WHO supports countries to adopt and adapt the guidelines within their national policy frameworks. Through three analyses, this dissertation examines the diffusion of WHO PMTCT guidelines in five Eastern and Southern African countries over a 16-year period (1998-2013) and estimates the effect of PMTCT policy adoption on delivery of key services.
The first analysis of the adoption of specific PMTCT guideline updates between 1998 and 2013 seeks to ascertain which internal factors may explain why and when countries decided to adopt new technical guidance. The policy analysis shows that the five countries adopted a majority of the key international PMTCT technical guidance updates. It can be concluded that international to national policy diffusion was taking place and that national policies converged to be more similar and more in line with international guidelines over the time period studied. Variation in adoption and in the internal determinants at play in each country was minimal, making it difficult to assess the influence of determinants qualitatively. The three internal determinants that appeared to most influence adoption of key PMTCT updates were: 1) the severity of the MTCT problem 2) governance effectiveness, and 3) prior PMTCT policy adoption. The lag between adoption and implementation in these countries is discussed. The findings indicate that in the countries studied, policies promoted by WHO and other international bodies can play a critical role in supporting national policy adoption for program advancement in the area of PMTCT.
The second and third analyses investigate whether the completeness of a country’s body of PMTCT-supporting policies was associated with the delivery of two key PMTCT services – the offer of an HIV test and the receipt of HIV counseling as a part of antenatal care (ANC) – in four of the five countries included in the first analysis. Two nationally representative surveys per country were used to conduct a quasi-experimental fixed-effects analysis of the role of policy in predicting a woman’s probability of being offered an HIV test or receiving HIV counseling in ANC, controlling for other key individual- and country-level covariates.
According to the ‘testing’ model, a one-unit increase in policy score was associated with a 0.042 (p<0.000) increase in the probability that a woman was offered an HIV test as a part of antenatal care. According to the ‘counseling’ model, a one-unit increase in policy score was associated with a 0.014 (p<0.001) increase in the probability that a woman received HIV counseling as a part of antenatal care. In both the testing and counseling models, the policy/education interaction was statistically significant in the final model, with a greater policy effect estimated at among those with higher education levels. Time statistically significantly influenced the probability of the outcome, as did government health spending, governance effectiveness, and donor health spending. Further study is needed to identify the policy elements that have the most impact on improving service delivery.
The three analyses presented here support the premise that international health policies influence national-level policy adoption, and that national-level policy adoption in turn influences national service outputs. As countries and their development partners mobilize for the Sustainable Development Goal era, policy adoption at the international level will continue to be an important influence in national policy adoption in the area of PMTCT. This research has described a number of potential internal and external determinants that will influence national adoption in this next round of global health policy advocacy. Looking forward, this study shows that countries and their development partners should continue to invest in the work of policy adoption to complement other efforts to reach health goals, including increased government health spending.
Heslop, Liza. "An ethnography of patient and health care delivery systems : dialectics and (dis)continuity." Monash University, Faculty of Education, 2001. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8764.
Full textYadoo, Annabel Leonie. "Delivery models for decentralised rural electrification : case studies in Nepal, Peru and Kenya." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610203.
Full textCoffee, Joyce E. (Joyce Elena) 1971. "Innovations in municipal service delivery : the case of Vietnam's Haiphong Water Supply Company." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65250.
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This thesis describes a state owned municipal water supply service company, the Haiphong Water Supply Company (HPWSCo), that improved its service delivery and successfully transformed itself into a profit making utility with metered consumers willing to pay for improved service. The thesis examines how HPWSCo tackled the typical problems of a developing country's municipal water supply company and succeeded in the eyes of the consumers, the local and national governments, and the wider development community. The thesis describes how and under what conditions HPWSCo has changed itself from a poorly performing utility to a successful one. It explores the characteristics of the local level service delivery 'ward model' that underpin HPWSCo's success, including: the structure of the ward water supply sub offices; the local procedures for responding to consumer need; and the management of local employees in a way that motivates exemplary performance. The thesis examines how HPWSCo used existing resources and scaled-out improvements ward by ward, learning lessons for subsequent ward enhancements. By focusing on what HPWSCo did the thesis attempts to illustrate the reform strategy of a government agency (state owned enterprise) previously riddled with problems and poor performance that became much more effective and efficient.
by Joyce E. Coffee.
M.C.P.
Mathema, Ashna S. (Ashna Singh) 1972, and Nayana N. 1972 Mawilmada. "Decentralization and housing delivery : lessons from the case of San Fernando, La Union, Philippines." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68798.
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In this thesis, we argue that national policies (of housing and decentralization) when applied indiscriminately, without regard to the political, institutional, and capacity constraints of local governments, can have negative consequences, and sometimes end up being a regressive. This is particularly true when policies, designed in response to problems of large metropolitan areas, are applied randomly across entire nations. Our study analyzes the housing sector of the city of San Fernando, in the La Union Province of the Philippines, to draw lessons about the constraints that decentralized local government units face in practice. Our findings support the arguments for the differential treatment of local governments, in the implementation decentralization and housing policies. The Philippines decentralized its governance structure in 1991, with the passage of the Local Government Code. With this law, the responsibility of implementing housing projects was devolved to the local government level. Soon thereafter, in 1992, the Urban Development and Housing Act (UDHA) was adopted with the intent of transforming the role of government in the housing sector from that of a "provider" to one of an "enabler." These reforms have been hailed as successful and revolutionary by many. Our findings challenge the alleged success of efforts to decentralize the housing sector of the Philippines. We found a conflict between some of the policies set forth in the Local Government Code and the UDHA. This conflict, combined with the limited technical and administrative capacity of local government units, such as that of San Fernando, are resulting in the implementation of housing projects reminiscent of the failed public housing schemes of the 1950s and 1960s. Through our analysis of the case, we identify the various political, social, administrative, and institutional limitations that constrain the local government of San Fernando in its approach to the housing sector. Our study suggests ways to deal with these constraints, and highlights the need for the differential treatment of local governments, in order to successfully implement decentralization, and other policy reforms in the developing world.
by Ashna S. Mathema and Nayana N. Mawilmada.
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Yin, Xiaoqi. "Resource Allocation in Smart Infrastructure: Case Studies in Video Delivery and Electric Power Networks." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2016. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/861.
Full textStanley, Leisa J. "Association among neonatal mortality, weekend or nighttime admissions and staffing in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002421.
Full textAbdullah, Roohi 1970. "The role of private vending in Developing country water service delivery : the case of Karachi, Pakistan." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62941.
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The private water vending industry in Karachi is an important source of water service delivery in Karachi, Pakistan. Water vending is largely a supplemental service to households with private water connections, due to limited service from the public utility. This research attempts to: i) Characterize the existing water supply situation in Karachi, with particular focus on the water vending industry; ii) Evaluate the extent to which water vending in Karachi affects households' water supply situation and generates excessive profits for vendors; and iii) Assess possible strategies for water sector reform in Karachi. The case of Karachi, where water vending coexists with a piped supply network, poses a challenge to policy makers in water supply planning. The study shows that the major clients of vended water in the city are those who have water connections, storage capacity, and the ability to buy water. The key findings of the study are: i) Karachi's water vending market may not be economically efficient. Although the vending market provides only 9% of the water consumed by city residents on a daily basis, it earns almost 50% of all revenues received from water. ii) Groundwater supplying households' wells and private hydrants is not recognized as a common property resource by the concerned public agencies. As a result, existing government policy fails to address the consequences of unregulated groundwater use by private individuals. iii) Surprisingly, a market for vended water exists even in a city where more than 3/4 of all households are served by piped water connections. When levels of the public utility's service are low - in this case an average of 3 hours of service each day - households are forced to turn to other sources to meet their water supply needs. In view of these findings, there appears to be a need for regulatory reforms. The study proposes the adoption of a dual strategy to solve the problem of rent seeking by hydrant owners in Karachi: regulation, and promotion of competition.
by Roohi Abdullah.
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Treviño, Timothy J. (Timothy John). "Binational urban service delivery along the Texas-Mexico border : the case of the Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Twin-City." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70455.
Full textShezi, Lindelani. "Service delivery protests as a catalyst for development: the case of Ethekwini municipality." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1021095.
Full textRhoda, Moegamat Faarieg. "Community empowerment through municipal service delivery : a proposed operational framework." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52168.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: Legislation encourages local government! municipalitiesl local authorities in South Africa, to fulfil a development role. One of the main objectives of municipalities performing a development role is to empower communities, especially previously disadvantaged communities. This study argues that the services delivered by municipalities are an essential component of a development orientation. In view of this fact, the study proposes an operational framework, whereby community empowerment can be achieved through municipal service delivery. The operational framework suggest that for community empowerment to be achieved through municipal service delivery, requires that the empowerment enabler (municipalities or departments within municipalities) should assure that: disadvantaged communities have access to services, services must be delivered in a non-discriminatory manner, the community should understand the rationale as to why the service is delivered, opportunity should be given for community participation in the delivery process, there should be a constant information channel between the giver (enabler) and receiver of services, and human resources from the local community should be utilised where possible in the delivery process. Lastly, a descriptive evaluation is undertaken of the health department's approach (at the Stellenbosch Municipality) to the delivery of primary healthcare services and service infrastructure. The purpose of the evaluation is to ascertain whether the principles as proposed in the operational framework are present in the health department's approach to service delivery. The evaluation reveals that most of the proposed principles of the operational framework features in the health department's approach to the delivery of primary healthcare services and services infrastructure. Thereby, concluding that the health department follows to a certain extent an approach to service delivery that could ultimately lead to community empowerment.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Wetgewing vereis dat plaaslike regering/ plaaslike owerhede/ munisipaliteite in Suid-Afrika, 'n ontwikkelingsrol moet vervul. Een van die doelstellings van 'n ontwikkelingsrol vir munisipaliteite, is om gemeenskappe te bemagtig, spesifiek gemik op agtergeblewe gemeenskappe. Hierdie studie argumenteer dat die dienste gelewer deur munisipaliteite 'n essensiële komponent vorm van 'n ontwikkelings-orientasie. Gevolglik, stel hierdie studie 'n operasionele raamwerk voor, waarvolgens gemeenskapsbemagtiging bewerkstellig kan word deur middel van munisipale dienslewering. Die operasionele raamwerk stel voor dat om gemeenskapsbemagting deur dienslewering te bewerkstellig, vereis dat die bemagtiger (munisipaliteite of departemente binne munisipaliteite) moet toesien dat: agtergeblewe gemeenskappe toegang het tot diente, dienste moet gelewer word op 'n niediskriminerende wyse, die gemeenskap moet verstaan waarom die diens gelewer word, geleentheid moet geskep word vir gemeenskapsdeelname aan die diensleweringsproses, 'n kommunikasie kanaal tussen die ontvanger en leweraar (bemagtiger) van dienste, moet geskep word en laastens moet daar van plaaslike arbeid (waar moontlik), in die diensleweringsproses gebruik word. Laastens word 'n beskrywende evaluering onderneem na die Gesondheidsdepartement (by die Stellenbosch Munisipaliteit) se benadering tot die lewering van primêre gesondheidssorgdienste asook diens infrastruktuur. Die doel van die evaluering is om te bepaal of enige van die faktore, soos beskryf in die operasionele raamwerk, teenwoordig is in die gesondheidsdepartement se benadering tot dienslewering. Die resultate van die ondersoek toon aan dat die meeste van die faktore, soos voorgestel in die operasionele raamwerk, wel teenwoordig is in die gesondheidsdepartement se benadering tot dienslewering. Gevolglik kan daar afgelei word dat die gesondheidsdepartement wel tot 'n mate, 'n benadering tot dienslewering volg, wat kan lei tot gemeenskapsbemagtiging.
Luwaga, Lydia. "Assessing prospects for adequate service delivery in a rural South African municipality : a case stuy of Engcobo Municipality." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53297.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research analyses traditional public sector delivery impediments and the resultant reforms which have emanated from these impediments, how the reforms have been implemented in the developed and developing countries and the challenges facing rural local government structures, which must implement alternative service delivery mechanisms at the grassroots level in South Africa. The research further explores external and internal issues affecting public service delivery in general, and then concludes by exploring the local government and rural development realities in South Africa. The developmental divide between developed and developing countries is increasing for various reasons, among them, the public management reforms that have enhanced performance in developed countries, but cannot do the same in developing countries due to the overwhelming constraints. Developing countries experience constraints which include vague definitions of what performance entails in a developing context, unresponsive organisational cultures, unclear performance indicators, a resilient ethos of governance, unfavourable organisational factors, incorrect use of resources and unsuccessful policy initiatives. A literature review has shown that ideological contradictions, lack of a common vision and policy process constraints are also hampering South African public sector service delivery processes. Although local government legislation and reforms have freed municipalities from many impediments to improve delivery, the huge service backlog, infrastructure neglect, lack of integration with other spheres of government, lack of capacity, the impact of HIV/AIDS and the culture of non-payment are still eroding that ability, especially in rural areas. In addition, rural areas have even greater levels of underdevelopment, poverty and service backlogs and consequently municipal structures in deep rural areas carry less legitimacy. The ethnographic research chapter focuses on a rural municipality in South Africa, Engcobo, and on how effectively it will be able to deliver the required municipal services in the absence of resources and amid a culture of non-payment for services, a huge unemployment rate and escalating HIV/AIDS in the area. Local economic development will be hard to realise because the municipality faces the constraints of finance, the prevalence of HIV/AIDS, lack of institutional skills and inadequate infrastructure to foster and drive developmental local government. The premise, that such a municipality cannot deliver the expanded local government designated services while it faces the above internal constraints and external ones that emanate from the traditional public sector context, the global economic set up and the South Africa national government constraints, is qualified in this research. Amid the magnitude of the service backlogs, delivering the basic services in Engcobo Municipality will require sustainable funds and skills currently lacking. Engcobo Municipality does not have the required capacity to deliver the designated services for local government and neither will this capacity be built up in the short term. A number of recommendations for improving on the prospects are nevertheless made. These recommendations focus on institutional development and capacity building, improving financial viability, harnessing profit in service delivery, public participation, partnership arrangements, dealing with HIV/AIDS, infrastructure development as well as waste and environmental management.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie navorsing analiseer die tradisionele hindernisse vir openbare sektor dienslewering en die hervormings wat daaruit voortspruit, hoe die hervormings uitgevoer is in ontwikkelde en ontwikkelende lande en die uitdagings van landelike plaaslike regeringsstrukture wat die implimentering van alternatiewe diensleweringsmeganismes op voetsoolvlak in Suid Afrika in die gesig staar. Die navorsing ondersoek verder die eksterne en interne aspekte wat openbare sektor dienslewering oor die algemeen beïnvloed, en ondersoek dan plaaslike regering en landelik ontwikkelingsrealiteite. Die ontwikkelingsskeiding tussen ontwikkelde en ontwikkelende lande vergroot vir verskeie redes, insluitend die openbare bestuurshervormings wat prestasie in ontwikkelde lande verbeter het, maar wat nie dieselfde doen in ontwikkelende lande nie, weens oorweldigende beperkings. Ontwikkelende lande ondervind beperkings wat vae definisies oor wat prestasie in 'n ontwikkelende konteks behels, insluit, onresponsiewe organisatoriese kulture, onduidelike prestasie-indikatore, 'n elastiese karakter van regeerkunde, ongunstige organisatoriese faktore, verkeerde gebruik van hulpbronne en onsuksesvolle beleidsinisiatiewe. 'n Literatuuroorsig het getoon dat ideologiese teenstrydighede, gebrek aan 'n gemeenskaplike visie en beleidsproses beperkinge ook Suid Afrikaanse openbare sektor diensleweringsprosesse aan bande lê. Alhoewel die wetgewing oor plaaslike regering en hervormings munisipaliteite bevry het van baie hindernisse om lewering te verbeter, veroorsaak die enorme diensagterstand, die verwaarlosing van die infrastruktuur, die gebrek aan integrasie met ander sfere van regering, die gebrek aan kapasiteit, die impak van HIV/VIGS en die kultuur van nie-betaling nog steeds dat diensleweringsvermoë aangetas word, veral in die landelike gebiede. Boonop, het landelike gebiede nog groter vlakke van onderontwikkeling, armoede en diensagterstande en dus geniet munisipale strukture in diep landelike gebiede minder legitimiteit. Die etnografiese navorsingshoofstuk fokus op 'n landelike munisipaliteit in Suid Afrika, Engcobo, en hoe effektief die munisipaliteit in staat is om verlangde munisipale dienste te lewer te midde van die afwesigheid van hulpbronne en te midde van 'n kultuur van niebetaling vir dienste, enorme werkloosheid en stygende HIV/VIGS in die area. Plaaslike ekonomiese ontwikkeling sal moeilik wees om te realiseer omdat die munisipaliteit die beperkinge van onvoldoende fondse, HIV/VIGS, 'n gebrek aan institusionele bekwaamhede en 'n onvoldoende infrastruktuur om ontwikkelende plaaslike regering te bevorder en te bestuur, in die gesig staar. Die premis dat so 'n munisipaliteit nie die aangewese uitgebreide plaaslike regeringsdienste kan lewer terwyl dit die interne gedwongendhede en eksterne beperkinge voortspruitend uit die konteks van 'n tradisionele openbare sektor, die globale ekonomiese opset en die gedwongendhede van die Suid Afrikaanse nasionale regering in die gesig staar nie, word met hierdie navorsing gekwalifiseer. Te midde van die omvang van diensagterstande, sal die lewering van basiese dienste in Engcobo Munisipaliteit genoegsame fondse en vaardighede wat tans ontbreek, benodig. Engcobo Munisipaliteit het nie die vereiste kapasiteit om die aangewese dienste vir plaaslike regering te lewer nie en ewemin sal hierdie kapasiteit oor die korttermyn opgebou word. 'n Aantal aanbevelings ter verbetering van die vooruitsigte word nietemin gemaak. Hierdie aanbevelings fokus op institusionele ontwikkeling en kapasiteitsbou, verbetering van finansiële lewensvatbaarheid, aanwending van die winsmotief in dienslewering, publieke deelname, vennootskapsreëlings, hantering van MIV/VIGS, infrastruktuur ontwikkeling sowel as afval en omgewingsbestuur.
Mamba, Bonginkosi. "An appraisal of basic infrastructural service delivery and community participation at the local level a case study of three municipalities in the Eastern Cape." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002692.
Full textHanyabui, Akpabli, and Uche Ossai. "The Impact of Customer Care on Experiences in Service Quality Delivery(a case study of Labadi Beach Hotel-Ghana)." Thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-735.
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COURSE:
Bachelor Thesis in Business Administration 15 ECTS
AUTHORS: Ossai Uche, (21st March 1980), Västerås.
Prosper Akpabli Hanyabui, (17th March 1980), Västerås.
PROBLEM STATEMENT
How can Labadi Beach Hotel improve on customer care activities in order to create a positive customer experiences in the hotel?
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this study is to describe what Labadi Beach Hotel is doing and what they could do to improve customer care. Furthermore we shall also find out the problems or complaints encountered by customers in the course of service delivery and make necessary recommendations.
METHODOLOGY:
This thesis shall be based on a qualitative method of study with information gotten from Labadi Beach Hotel. This is due to the fact that in order to fulfil the purpose, it would require an in-depth research in the form of a qualitative study. The main sources of data comprises of primary and secondary data. Primary sources of data were gotten through telephone interview with employees of the hotel as well as designed questionnaire from the hotel guest. Secondary data were gotten from articles, journals, books, websites etc.
CONCLUSION:
We observed that customer care is being implemented at Labadi Beach Hotel in order to create a positive customer experiences. This is done through the recruitment of qualified employees and conduction of training programs. In addition, Labadi Beach Hotel has developed a service oriented internal process through the use of procedures. Moreover new recruits are retained upon successfully passing an appraisal report. This has actually resulted in friendly and courteous attitudes of its employees towards hotel guest. Furthermore, Labadi Beach Hotel has internal complaint system to check service failures.
Lastly, customer complaints received were embodied around Availability, Tangibles, Reliability, Responsiveness, and Empathy. It must however be noted that despite the guest complaints received, the aspect of positive customer experience in each of the dimensions above outnumbers the complaints. In spite of what Labadi Beach Hotel is doing to improve customer care, suggested measures were recommended to help them further improve upon customer care.
Barnhart, Tei. "Conceptual frameworks and models for effective delivery of distance education : a planning aid tool derived from multiple case studies." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2002. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6837.
Full textGhadimi, Behshad. "Impact of Delivery Method on Stakeholder Issues and Involvement Practices in Mega Projects: Evidence from Fixed Crossing Case Studies." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76668.
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Moolla, Nadeen. "Reconstructing educational psychology in the South African context : school systems consultation as a dimension of service delivery." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14350.
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This study aims to illustrate, explore and argue for school systems consultation as a dimension of educational psychology service deli very which is appropriate in the South African context. It connects with the principles which guide policy development in education, and particularly, education support services in the country. A qualitative inquiry approach was adopted, in which case study methodology was employed to illuminate systems analysis and intervention at a special school in Cape Town. The participants included all adults who were employed in the school, with focus on the management, teachers and teacher-assistants. A variety of methods were used including interviews, observation, role-play and facilitation of group process. A qualitative, thematic approach was employed in the analysis and interpretation of data, extrapolating patterns, themes and relations around communication, beliefs, change and power.
Smith, Trevor. "An evaluation of municipal service delivery against the background of local government transformation : case study : Phumlani settlement." Thesis, Peninsula Technikon, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1646.
Full textOne of the many challenges facing local government is to deliver an equitable service to the citizens of South Africa. Local government, like many other government institutions, has limited financial 'and human resources capacity to attend to these challenges. It is, therefore, important that local government strive within these constraints, to provide equitable services'to its people in terms of housing, water, electricity and sanitation. The purpose of the research is to evaluate the standard of municipal services delivered to the Phumlani settlement. The research survey included techniques such as a structured, self-administered interviews and observations. The target research population were a sample of households located in this settlement. The structured interview was designed to assess the achievement of the norms and standards as stipulated in the National Housing Code as promulgated in the Housing Act, 1997 (Act 107 of 1997) in respect of permanent residential structures for low-cost housing. The significance of the research is the evaluation of the service delivery as perceived by the previous Phumlani infonmal community. This research lists the existing shortcomings in the standard of service delivery to the Phumlani settlement evaluated in terms of the norms and standards as stipulated in the above National Housing Code.
Paradela, Dominguez Aguilar Astridh. "Minimizing Transaction Costs in Project-Based Organizations: A case study on suppliers’ engagements in delivery projects in the Swedish Construction Industry." Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-31712.
Full textIn this changing world, companies have had to learn how to formulate and implement their strategies through projects and organizational structures in order to successfully face threats and opportunities. However, the management of multiple projects is not easy and due to this complexity, a new type of organization has emerged, called Multiproject organization. Depending to its characteristics, this new organization can be classified in project oriented (POO) or project based (PBO) (Arvidsson, 2009).
Before to execute a project, the organization needs to evaluate its resources and decide if should buy the project through contractors or make it with its own resources (Müller and Turner, 2005). A Project Based Organization (PBO) which manages multiple projects at the same time through contractors requires to keep a good monitoring and controlling project performance, and to create the best project governance structure.
About these subjects, there have been journals and books published since an academic perspective; but, not all of them have described these topics in a real organization. The aim of this research is to learn how these concepts are applied in a real project based organization, as well as the problems that can be faced and how they have solved them.
The purpose of this thesis is to show how a PBO deals with the governance of its contracts, considering how the PBO estimates the cost of the project, how it deals controlling the contractors and their projects, as well as how it minimizes the transaction‟s (i.e. the project‟s) economic and administrative costs. Based in the purpose of the study, the research question is: “How do project minimize transactions costs in supplier engagements in delivery projects in the Swedish construction industry? the construction of a railway in the north of Sweden and due to it has 130 major contracts, can be considered as a multi-project organization. The Unit of Analysis used is the transaction cost in supplier involvement in project. A single case study was chosen to present and analyze the information from the organization. It was analyzed qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviews which were applied inside and outside the company, in order to make a triangulation of the data collected.
The findings explained that the railway company analyzed, achieved to minimize its based organizations (PBOs)” In order to answer, it was selected an organization created for transaction costs on supplier‟s investments during the delivery project phase due to right selection of types of contracts, as well as those process and systems implemented in all the project offices. These process and systems helped it to detect on time potential problems as well as take decisions and covered: the selection of suppliers through the bidding process, the negotiation of contracts, the monitoring, controlling and reporting performance, the closure of the project and the last payments for contractors. The PBO tried to keep a good communication with contractors and at the same time, it developed a team work feeling in which both parts supported each other. It could be observed that : the it is possible to achieve successfully the organization‟s objectives and minimize the transactions costs during the execution through essential factors as a careful and detailed planning, team work with all the areas involved, communication and hardworking.
Pereira, Simone Barbosa. "IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DE BOAS PRÁTICAS DE ATENÇÃO AO PARTO E NASCIMENTO EM UMA UNIDADE OBSTÉTRICA." Centro Universitário Franciscano, 2016. http://www.tede.universidadefranciscana.edu.br:8080/handle/UFN-BDTD/615.
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Good practices in childbirth and birth care do not constitute a new theme. They have gained notoriety due to the excessive use of invasive technologies and a high number of cesarean sections, in which Brazil ranks first in the world scale. One of the drivers of these changes was the launch by the World Health Organization in 1985 of the document entitled "Appropriate technologies for childbirth and birth". This document has promoted the adoption of good practices in care delivery and birth, capable of breaking with traditional models of intervention at delivery and birth, through new methodologies and intervention technologies aimed at the humanization of childbirth. Based on this proposal, the present study aimed as its general objective: To implement the good practices of attention to childbirth and birth, recommended by the World Health Organization, in a medium-sized Hospital Obstetric Unit. As specific objectives, this study considered: Know the professionals' perception professionals of an obstetric hospital unit on the good practices of attention to childbirth and birth, recommended by the World Health Organization; and, Describe the construction and validation steps of a construct of good practices of attention to childbirth and birth, to be implemented in an Obstetric Unit of habitual risk. In order to meet the first specific objective, a qualitative research was carried out, using the focal group technique, with the participation of the multidisciplinary team of the Obstetric Unit of habitual risk, of a medium-sized institution, from April to June 2016. The second specific objective was taken from a methodological survey, carried out between August and October 2016, with the participation of 12 judges from the obstetric area, national level, between the first and second round Delphi. From the data resulting from the first specific objective and codified by content analysis, three thematic categories emerged: good practices and their meanings; from the biological character to the singular and multidimensional care; from the punctual and fragmented conception to the network of attention to childbirth and birth. It was concluded that good practices in childbirth care and birth, in addition to making it possible to rethink the obstetric model and contribute to the organization of the maternal and child health care network, stimulate the role of women in their multiple dimensions. In response to the second specific objective, was obtained, in the judges' analysis, a return of 12 instruments evaluated in the first round and seven instruments in the second round Delphi. In the first round, significant suggestions for changes were made in relation to the items of the dimensions of the construct, in which the judges presented convergences in relation to the mission, vision and values, but suggested changes in the item "assignments of each professional in the team". The construct was considered valid, both in content and appearance, and could contribute to subsidize good practices of attention to childbirth care and birth in local and national territory. It is concluded that, besides the governmental initiatives, it is necessary that the health professionals are responsible for and assume the good practices of attention to childbirth and birth as a possibility of transformation of the obstetric model. As a way of broadening the reflections and qualifying the good practices of attention to childbirth and birth at the Obstetric Unit, the origin institution of the principal researcher, she presented to the managers and multi professional team the validated construct, in days and at times previously scheduled. In addition, a graphical representation of the Construct of Good Practices of Attention to Childbirth and Birth, validated by the Judges of the obstetric area, was prepared, which will be exposed at the main entrance of the Obstetric Unit in question.
As boas práticas de atenção ao parto e ao nascimento não se constituem em temática nova. Elas ganharam notoriedade pelo uso excessivo das tecnologias invasivas e elevado número de cesarianas, nas quais o Brasil figura em primeiro lugar na escala mundial. Um dos propulsores dessas mudanças foi o lançamento, pela Organização Mundial da Saúde, no ano de 1985, do documento “Tecnologias apropriadas para o Parto e Nascimento”. Este documento impulsionou a adoção de boas práticas na atenção ao parto e ao nascimento, capazes de romper com modelos tradicionais de intervenção ao parto e ao nascimento, por meio de novas metodologias e tecnologias de intervenção voltadas para a humanização do parto. Com base nesta aposta, o presente estudo teve como objetivo geral: Implementar as boas práticas de atenção ao parto e ao nascimento, preconizadas pela Organização Mundial da Saúde, em uma Unidade Obstétrica Hospitalar de médio porte. Como objetivos específicos este estudo considerou: Conhecer a percepção dos profissionais de saúde de uma unidade hospitalar obstétrica sobre as boas práticas de atenção ao parto e ao nascimento, preconizadas pela Organização Mundial da Saúde; e, Descrever as etapas de construção e de validação de um construto de boas práticas de atenção ao parto e ao nascimento, a ser implementado em uma Unidade Obstétrica de risco habitual. Para atender ao primeiro objetivo específico foi realizada uma pesquisa qualitativa, por meio da técnica de grupo focal, com a participação da equipe multiprofissional da Unidade Obstétrica de risco habitual, de uma instituição de médio porte, no período de abril a junho de 2016. O segundo objetivo específico foi atendido a partir de uma pesquisa metodológica, realizada entre os meses de agosto e outubro de 2016, com a participação de 12 juízes da área obstétrica, de âmbito nacional, entre a primeira e a segunda rodada Delphi. Dos dados resultantes do primeiro objetivo específico e codificados pela análise de conteúdo resultaram três categorias temáticas: boas práticas e seus significados; do caráter biológico ao cuidado singular e multidimensional; da concepção pontual e fragmentada à rede de atenção ao parto e ao nascimento. Concluiu-se que as boas práticas de atenção ao parto e ao nascimento, além de possibilitarem o repensar do modelo obstétrico e contribuírem na organização da rede de atenção à saúde materno infantil, estimulam o protagonismo da mulher em suas múltiplas dimensões. Em resposta ao segundo objetivo específico obteve-se, na análise dos juízes, um retorno de 12 instrumentos avaliados na primeira rodada e sete instrumentos, na segunda rodada Delphi. Na primeira rodada foram realizadas sugestões significativas de mudanças em relação aos itens das dimensões do construto, nos quais os juízes apresentaram convergências em relação à missão, à visão e aos valores, mas, sugeriram mudanças no item “atribuições de cada profissional na equipe”. O construto foi considerado válido, tanto em conteúdo quanto em aparência, e poderá contribuir para subsidiar as boas práticas de atenção ao parto e ao nascimento em âmbito local e em território nacional. Considera-se que, para além das iniciativas governamentais, é preciso que os profissionais de saúde se corresponsabilizem e assumam as boas práticas de atenção ao parto e ao nascimento como possibilidade de transformação do modelo obstétrico. Como forma de ampliar as reflexões e qualificar as boas práticas de atenção ao parto e ao nascimento na Unidade Obstétrica, instituição de origem da pesquisadora principal, a mesma apresentou para os dirigentes e equipe multiprofissional o construto validado, em dias e horários previamente agendados. Salienta-se, enfim, que foi confeccionada uma representação gráfica do Construto de Boas Práticas de Atenção ao Parto e ao Nascimento, validado pelos Juízes da área obstétrica, o qual ficará exposto na entrada principal da Unidade Obstétrica em questão.
Teufel, Lee A. "Clinical supervision of child and adolescent counselors in residential foster care : a collective case study." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002192.
Full textMonyakane, Mampolokeng Mathuso Mary-Elizabeth. "An evaluation of the transformation of public service delivery through the development of administrative justice in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2208.
Full textIn order to test whether South African public service fulfills democratic aims and objectives, this study establishes the limits to and extent of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000 (the PAJA) in promoting the right to administrative justice as a human right (the RAJAH) and thereby transforming public service delivery. To achieve above aim the background to the entrenched right to administrative justice is analysed through a study of principles underlying administrative justice. Both South African common law and Constitutional systems are analysed against the principles underlying administrative justice. Batho Pele principles contained in the White Paper on the Transformation of the Public Service (WPTPS) are also analysed to find out how the South African Public Administration interprets its constitutional duties and to establish the relevance of these principles to administrative justice principles ensconced in the PAJA. The PAJA is then analysed in order to measure the extent to which it affirms the transformation principles ensconced in the Constitution and coinciding with Batho Pele principles. As the public service is a reflection of democracy in action, the public expects it to be professional, representative and proficient. If it does not fulfil these expectations, this may be interpreted as a fundamental failure of democracy. South African democracy in particular is development oriented because it is based on the Constitution that entrenches among others the right to administrative justice. The right to administrative justice as a development tool urges the public sector to recognise and apply constitutionally recognised procedures and processes in every delivery so that the social status of citizens may be enhanced. Such steps, if effectively followed, signify that the public sector has transformed from bad governance practices of the pre constitutional era where there was no requirement for the observance of individual rights in public service delivery. Failures to the adoption of good governance principles by the public sector show the opposite of the expected standards and signify that the public sector is not yet transformed. In the light of the problems caused by the lack of protection of human rights from abuse by the executive under the common law system of parliamentary supremacy, the constitutional era was expected to have changed the position of South African administrative law drastically through its adoption of the principles underlying administrative justice. To develop insight into the extent of the transformation towards administrative justice that is expected to have occurred in South Africa since the advent of constitutionalism the implementation of the PAJA is evaluated through an examination of a selection of cases that deals with public administration decisions in the area of social assistance as a context in which members of the public are most dependent on effective state administration. As the scope of the study limits the number of cases that can be examined, only the most informative cases on social assistance that relates to the KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape provinces are analysed. The research finds that public service is not yet transformed and identifies the causal factors. It recommends steps to be followed so that the expected culture from the public sector is attained.
Liyanage, Lalith. "A case study of the effectiveness of the delivery of work based learning from the perspective of stakeholders in Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences at Northumbria University." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2013. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/21418/.
Full textOdumodu, Maria Stella. "Collaborative Trust: A Case Study Of Trust Evolution in a Public/Nonprofit Partnership." ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/157.
Full textAkeriwe, Miriam Linda. "The use of mobile technologies for Web 2.0 based service delivery to graduate students in Ghanaian Universities : the case of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Ghana." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45507.
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Silfverdal, Lena. "Cervical cancer prevention : studies on outcome of cervical screening and on management of abnormal cytology findings." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Obstetrik och gynekologi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-39862.
Full textViljoen, Izana. "An investigation into organisational development and project and programme management as approaches for integrated and improved service delivery in the SAPS." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/16457.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: With the democratic reform in South Africa, The Constitution of 1996 and the White Paper on Transforming Public Service Delivery of 1997 made an important contribution to a new attitude amongst public servants and citizens regarding service delivery. It is said that these two documents ushered in a period of instilling an attitude of Batho Pele, namely ‘people first’, with public servants. The South African Police Service (SAPS) as a government entity, also had to comply, and having one of the most important functions of, ‘ensuring a safer and secure environment for all’, caused the SAPS to rethink the way they would manage this new attitude. Organisational Development and Change, Project and Programme Management and Service Delivery are a few of the approaches captured within the public administration and public management discipline, which refers to a theory of the most recent paradigm change in the way the public sector must be governed. A comparative perspective is given on how these approaches could have a positive impact on the SAPS and other organisations. The foundation of this study is based on the creation of a theoretical base relating to Organisational Development and Change Management, Project and Programme-based Management as well as Service Delivery in the Public Sector. This is the point of departure for the proposed Service Delivery Improvement Model that indicates the integration of these approaches within the organisation. The background and current situation regarding service delivery within the SAPS is also discussed. Data is collected through structured interviews with SAPS managers and opinion surveys, which were completed by service members. The interviews as well as the surveys were used to motivate the aim of the proposed model. The study concludes with recommendations that were made by the researcher with the completion of the research done. The necessity, importance of implementation and the marketing of project and programme-based management within the SAPS is emphasised.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Met die demokratiese hervorming in Suid Afrika, het die Konstitusie van 1996 en die Wit Skrif van die Transformasie van Openbare Dienslewering van 1997 ‘n belangrike bydrae gemaak tot ‘n nuwe gesindheid onder openbare amptenare ten opsigte van dieslewering. Daar word genoem dat hierdie twee dokumente ‘n periode vir die inboesem van ‘n gesindheid van Batho Pele, naamlik ‘mense eerste’, by openbare amptenare aangekondig het. Die Suid Afrikaanse Polisie Diens (SAPD) as ‘n regerings entiteit, moes ook voldoen hieraan, met die inagneming van een van die belangrikste funksies, ’om ‘n veiliger en sekureerde omgewing vir almal te verseker’, is die SAPD genoodsaak om die wyse hoe hulle hierdie nuwe gesindheid gaan bestuur, te heroorweeg. Organisasie Ontwikkeling en Verandering, Projek en Program-gebaseerde Bestuur asook Dienslewering, is ‘n paar van die benaderings vervat binne die Publieke Administrasie en Openbare Bestuur dissipline, wat verwys na ‘n teorie van die mees onlangse paradigma verandering oor hoe die openbare sektor regeer moet word. ‘n Vergelykende perspektief word weergegee oor hoe hierdie benaderings ‘n positiewe impak op die SAPD en ander organisasies kan bewerkstellig. Die fondament van hierdie studie is gebaseer op die skepping van ‘n teoretiese basis met verband tot Organisasie Ontwikkeling en Verandering, Projek en Program-gebaseerde Bestuur asook Dienslewering. Hierdie word die vertrekpunt vir die voorgestelde Dienslewerings Verbeterings Model wat die intergrasie van hierdie benaderings binne die organisasie voorstel. Verder word die agtergrond en huidige situasie in die SAPD rakende dienslewering ook bespreek. Data word versamel deur middel van gestruktureerde onderhoude met SAPD bestuurders en opinie opnames wat deur lede van die diens voltooi is. Die onderhoude sowel as die opnames is gebruik om die doel van die voorgestelde model te motiveer. Die studie word afgesluit met aanbevelings wat na afleiding van die navorsing deur die navorser gemaak is. Die toepaslikheid, noodsaaklikheid van die implimentering en die bemarking van projek en program-gebaseerde bestuur binne die SAPD word veral beklemtoon.
Peterson, Timothy John. "The Relationship Between a Private Voluntary Organization and the Government of a Developing Country in the Delivery of Public Education: A Case Study in Rural Guatemala." PDXScholar, 1990. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1375.
Full textFriedman, Nicole Lisa. "Impactful Care: Addressing Social Determinants of Health Across Health Systems." PDXScholar, 2019. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/5073.
Full textCarvalho, Andreia Filipa Jesus. "Ajudantes de acção directa : percepções sobre formação profissional e impacto da formação na prestação de cuidados a idosos dependentes internados." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/7742.
Full textLembani, Martina Esinala [Verfasser], Wilhelm [Gutachter] Löwenstein, and Christof [Gutachter] Hartmann. "Analysis of the effectiveness of Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in HIV and AIDS Service Delivery : the case of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) programme in Malawi / Martina Esinala Lembani ; Gutachter: Wilhelm Löwenstein, Christof Hartmann ; IEE, International Development Studies." Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1239416083/34.
Full textYang, Jia-Jhih, and 楊佳芷. "Case studies of the characters value delivery from perspective of fans." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/useqyy.
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This paper attempts to identify how the successful creators in Line-Age deliver the value of characters via fans from the fans’ point of view. Line Creators Market is developing in Taiwan since 2014. In 2018, there were 290 thousand active creators creating Line stickers and provided totally 3.6 million sets of sticker with the globally accumulating sales coming to 2 billion NTD; thus, we can expect the vigorous growth of character sticker market. To keep the characters attractive to fans, it is essential that creators keep creating new stories of chatacters and directly interacting with fans. We can’t emphasize the importance role of fans for the commercialization of characters because fans buy the character-related products, economically supporting creators. The research method, research framework, research cases and research questions will be introduced in this part. First, semi-structured interview and non-participant observation were adopted in this research to collect data; the former was to understand fans’ motivation and the latter was to observe the fans’ behaviors. Second, Innovation Diffusion Theory (Rogers,1995), Value Co-Creation Theory (Schau, Muniz & Arnould, 2009) and Word of Mouth Teory (Hennig-Thurau et al, 2004), was adopted to analyze data. Third, fans of Lan Lan Cat, Meow Zhua Zhua, and Capoo were the research cases. Finally, the research questions were raised as follows. 1.Why fans accept character creations? 2.What approaches do fans acquire character information via them? 3.How is the value of character diffused and increased by fans? From the observation and interviews, it was concluded that delightful character style, plain expression of character, suitable character products and character attraction from business collaboration are the resaons why fans accept chatacter creations. What’s more, via interpersonal communication on social media, fans interact and co-create more value of characters with creators, then recommend and deliver this value and culture of characters formed in fans community to others, impacting others’ decision of becoming fans. To sum up, all the behaviors of fans form an expanding value-transmission pattern of characters.
Smith, Mary Eileen. "Fostering psychological safety through facework: the importance of the effective delivery of performance feedback." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/2964.
Full textMadonda, Nompumelelo. "Housing delivery within local government : case studies of Ladysmith- eMnambithi and KwaDukuza municipalities." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2465.
Full textBrauns, Melody. "Healthcare reform and service delivery : a case study of Montebello Hospital." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10321/2600.
Full textThe South African healthcare sector stands at the threshold of major restructuring in an attempt to address inadequacies as a result of fragmentation of health services in apartheid South Africa. The level of health services, particularly in rural areas, has decreased and has led to reduced quality and productivity of health services. For individuals residing in rural communities, access to health services can be arduous. Delivery of essential services has to meet the needs of marginalised people who live in remote areas. In light of the above, the department of health is faced with growing expectations from citizens to use resources efficiently and effectively and to ensure that healthcare is affordable and accessible to all. National Health Insurance (NHI) is intended to bring about reform that will improve service provision. The researcher undertook this study to explore healthcare challenges faced by South Africa and its people and how far progressive realisation of access to healthcare, as enshrined in the 1996 Constitution, is being implemented. A case study using a mixed method approach was adopted. The literature reviewed indicated that issues of remuneration, ageing infrastructure and general management challenges, including financial management, are among the challenges that continue to hamper the public health system in South Africa. In addition, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has created more demand for healthcare as many more people become sick. The Green Paper outlining the government’s broad policy proposals for NHI, released in August 2011, makes it clear that NHI is a long-term project that will be rolled out over 14 years. It aims to promote efficiency and equity to ensure that all South Africans have access to affordable, quality healthcare. The findings of this study are useful not only to the case study institution, but to all District Hospitals, especially the department of health and the public management sector and may assist in taking the NHI forward.
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Kashora, Phoebe. "Evaluation of curriculum design and delivery : a case for Zimbabwe Staff College." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19666.
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Lin, Wen Yi, and 林文翊. "Comparison of the brand value proposition delivery —case studies of Taiwanese and Japanese lifestyle brands." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7r736r.
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In recent years, Value Proposition has become a popular term extensively discussed in the major business community. Not only is it emphasized in the book《Business Model Generation》, the book《Value Proposition Design》further regards it as the core of a successful business model. Meanwhile, with the rapid transition, progress and development of the technology, people have started to pay more attention to enhance the quality of daily life and thus start to establish their own lifestyle. Advancing value therefore become more and more important and the growth of the ”Lifestyle industry" goes vigorous under this background. The Taiwanese and Japanese lifestyle brands ”MOGU” and "SOU‧SOU" share plenty of similarities in different aspects; however, ”MOGU” compared to “SOU‧SOU” seems to be facing much more challenges . Aiming at analyzing the source of the differences from the perspective of knowledge, this study is divided into two phases: how to create the brand value proposition, and how to deliver the brand value proposition. By observing and experiencing in the real environment, this study is trying to figure out the element effecting the creation and delivery of the brand value proposition. Also, it compares the present situation of the Japanese and Taiwanese lifestyle brand, and eventually concludes the lessons learned from the comparison. The final conclusion of this study shows that, lifestyle brands create the brand value proposition by five elements of cultural circuit which added cultural value to the products. They subsequently convey the value proposition by experience providers. Besides, the creation of the two lifestyle brands are throughly influenced by different articulation of the cultural circuit elements. Last but not least, the way experience providers are utilized is tremendous influence to the value proposition delivery.
鄭乃木. "The Application of Activity-Based Costing for Health Care Organization -A Case Study for Virginal Delivery Procedure in Gyniatrics & Obstetrics Department of A Medical Center." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/77709750981325850292.
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Abstract With the implementation of National Health Insurance in 1995, the health care expenditures have continuously escalated. In order to control the expenditures,The Bureau of National Health Insurance was trying to balance their expense pressure and trying to substitute the conventional “Fee for Service” system with“Case Payment”and“Global Budgets”system. Therefore, with the intense constraint on the growth of hospitals’ revenues, the more hospitals thus have to strengthen their cost control and management to obtain adequate profits. Cost management has become one of the most important issues facing hospital managers in Taiwan. The traditional cost accounting system had widely used by domestic hospitals. Due to lake of cause-effect relationships, it does not reasonably reflect the actual cost and cause cross subsidization among departments. It may thus end up leading to wrong decisions for the management. With ABC’s cause-effect basis, all costs and the relationships among products, activities, and resources could be clearly developed; therefore, such information could serve as valuable reference in making decisions. This study intends to establish an activity-based costing system for Virginal Delivery procedure in Gyniatrics & Obstetrics department of a medical center.Investigation was first conducted to analyze business processes and product lines in the department.The costs of activities and procedures were thus calculated.Management information was thus further explored in order to assist operating objectives.
Maharaj, Nuthan. "Governance and service delivery a case-study of sanitation in Inanda, Durban." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10059.
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"Architectural experiment: testing the tube." 2008. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5893851.
Full textMigliaccio, Giovanni C. (Giovanni Ciro) 1968. "Planning for strategic change in the project delivery strategy." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/3370.
Full textIyawa, Gloria Ejehiohen. "Improving health delivery in rural communities through the use of mobile phones : a case study in Windhoek." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13763.
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Brown, Louise F. (Louise Frances). "Altering patterns of delivery of periodontal services / by Louise F.Brown." 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/21401.
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Examines the association between employment of dental hygienists and the patterns of delivery of diagnostic, preventive and treatment periodontal procedures and assesses the effectiveness of a continuing education intervention in altering the delivery of diagnostic, preventive and treatment periodontal services by practices employing and not employing dental hygienists in Adelaide, South Australia.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Dentistry, 1994?
Brown, Louise F. (Louise Frances). "Altering patterns of delivery of periodontal services / by Louise F.Brown." Thesis, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/21401.
Full textxx, 431 leaves ; 30 cm.
Examines the association between employment of dental hygienists and the patterns of delivery of diagnostic, preventive and treatment periodontal procedures and assesses the effectiveness of a continuing education intervention in altering the delivery of diagnostic, preventive and treatment periodontal services by practices employing and not employing dental hygienists in Adelaide, South Australia.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Dentistry, 1994?
hung, lee wei, and 李威宏. "The Research of Indefinite Delivery Contracts Implementation and Case Studies for Household Sewerage Pipes Connections of Taipei City." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/98306217010520660073.
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ABSTRACT The past research of indefinite delivery contracts have discovered that different project sizes and characteristics affect the application of indefinite delivery contracts to the projects. They also suggested thatgovernment organizations can establish different indefinite delivery contract structures for the projects of different characteristics. However, past researches seldom discuss and analyze such topic on indefinite delivery contracts for sewerage construction. Therefore, this research focuses on the system, administration and implementation of indefinite delivery contracts for sewerage construction from the supervision perspective. This research starts with literature reviews of the current practices of sewer systems (including sewerage fee structure) in Taiwan, United States, Japan and Singapore as well as reviews of indefinite delivery contracts.The differences between indefinite delivery contracts and traditional contracts are then analyzed and discussed to understand the major characteristics of indefinite delivery contracts for sewerage. In addition, this research collects five real cases, which consist of seven different obstacles commonly encountered in the sewerage construction. These obstacles are compensation for private land, central skylight of buildings, dangerous buildings, underground pipeline barriers, submerged existing manholes, huge ground elevation difference, and old buildings. This research introduces these obstacles, and discusses and proposes meansand solutions to deal with these obstacles. All the discussions and analyses are validated through interviews with domain experts and questionnaire surveys. This research aims to organize the practical experiences in the domain and to provide a guide for future household sewerage pipes connections using indefinite delivery contracts in order to reduce possible disputes and guarantee smoother project implementation.
Mdluli, D. Sipho. "Ten years of democracy : a case study of service delivery and infrastructural development at Siphofu." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2364.
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