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Lurie, Carol Ann. "Private voluntary organizations : the participation paradox." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75977.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1986.MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH
Bibliography: leaves 75-82.
by Carol Ann Lurie.
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Rudnick, Torben, Anna Velly, and Victor Corlay. "Crowdsourcing's Impacts on Private Organizations' Strategic Capabilities." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-43749.
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The following Bachelor’s thesis explores the different uses of crowdsourcing by private organisations and analyses them internally, in terms of strategic capabilities. The purpose of this Bachelor’s thesis is to show the reader the different internal strategic issues resulting from the use of crowdsourcing by private organisations. The authors focused namely on crowd creation, crowdfunding and crowd voting through three private organisations using one of these types respectively in their business processes. The qualitative research was conducted through a multiple case study design and through interviews for the primary data collection. The results from the research varied from case to case. Firstly, the Ricola case has shown that crowd creation can especially have impacts on its physical strategic capabilities. Secondly, La Biscuiterie Jeannette’s case has indicated that crowdfunding strongly impacts its financial strategic capabilities. Thirdly, the case of Schneider has enabled to highlight on the one hand the growing importance of crowd voting and on the other hand that crowd voting had no major impacts on its strategic capabilities, yet. Finally, this research intended to give inspiration to other researchers into the field of crowdsourcing and its three subtypes. Therefore, this thesis can be a basis for further researches in this field.
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Boldin, Felita Nanette Clark Cal. "The growth of private voluntary organizations 1968-2004." Auburn, Ala., 2006. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2006%20Fall/Dissertations/BOLDIN_FELITA_24.pdf.
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Livingston, Brendan. "Interactions Between Public and Private Poverty Relief Organizations." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/202731.
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The fight against poverty in the United States has existed since the inception of the country. Each successive generation has had their own unique view on the causes of poverty and the use of institutions to suppress it. This dissertation focuses on institutions helping the poor during the Progressive Era from 1900 to 1930. During this time period poverty relief fundamentally evolved from private charities providing the bulk of relief efforts to government agencies becoming the more important source of aid.Research into poverty relief for this time period has been deficient mostly from a lack of quality data. To further the literature, I have created a unique data set that provides information about both governmental and private relief efforts throughout the era. The first chapter of the dissertation focuses on quantitatively and qualitatively documenting the evolution of institutions from 1900 to 1930 in Massachusetts. Particular emphasis is on how the public's changing attitudes towards the poor altered the institutions used to provide relief. The second chapter studies the effects of government spending on private spending. I highlight how nonprofit managers' behavior would lead them to reduce spending when the government became the first avenue of support for the poor. The third chapter tests assumptions made in the second chapter about nonprofit managerial behavior. Unfortunately, data from 1900 to 1930 does not have the quality to answer these questions. Therefore, I use a similar data set from 1998 to 2003 to test how nonprofit managers adjust their spending, program service revenue, and savings to the business cycle.
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Colon-Mollfulleda, Wanda I. "Public Issues or Private Concerns: Assessing the Impact of Charitable Choice on Private Donations to Faith-based Organizations." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1208784329.
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Al-Esmael, Bader Abdullh. "A comparative investigation of organizational commitment in government, public, and private organizations in Qatar." Thesis, University of Hull, 2007. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:12388.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the antecedents and consequences of commitment in the developing nation of Qatar. Specifically, the influence of personal variables, job characteristics, organizational characteristics, and facets of job satisfaction of employees were investigated in relation to affective, continuance, and normative commitment. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data from a random sample of 780 employees from government, public, and private sector companies and completed questionnaires were received from 544 employees representing a response rate of 69.7%. Research data were tested using Pearson's correlation, Analysis of variance, and T-Tests. Statistically significant relationships were found between affective/normative commitment and almost all of the personal characteristics. However, only two demographic variables were statistically related to continuance commitment. Results indicated that employees with a high level of education, who were male, married with dependents, with long tenure and contract employment, reported higher levels of commitment than others. Interestingly, non Qatari employees showed higher levels of commitment than Qatari employees. Relationships between job and organizational characteristics and components of organizational commitment were found to be significant, although the relationships were only weak to moderate. Generally, the results indicated that the lack of equity, inefficient personal growth, lack of job security, lack of autonomy, lack of task identity, and insufficient feedback on performance were stated as possible reasons for low commitment in this study. Relationships were also found between job satisfaction variables and affective and normative commitment. However, relationships between continuance commitment and job satisfaction variables were weak. Regarding consequences of OC, the research found that increasing organizational commitment among employees led to lower turnover intentions and more acceptance of organizational changes.
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Izevbigie, Scotty O. "Cultural Integration in Newly Formed Public-Private Partnership Organizations." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6336.
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The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) formed public-private partnerships (PPPs) with local and international private companies during the construction of the Port of Miami Tunnel (POMT) project. These PPPs had employees from different cultural backgrounds who brought new cultures, ideas, innovation, and experiences to their PPPs. The limited PPP literature did indicate that different cultures should be properly integrated to avoid challenges and conflicts in the new organization. If not properly managed and integrated, cultural conflict can create communication problems, increased employee dissatisfaction, higher turnover, and poor employee performance. Using Risberg's communication theoretical foundation, the purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of PPP employees to see how their intercultural communication facilitated cultural integration. Data were generated through semi-structured, open-ended interviews with 11 employees of the PPPs formed with FDOT during the POMT project. Data were coded and analyzed using a thematic analaysis procedure. Findings were that cultural aspects like social interaction, comfort in interacting with people from different cultures, empathy, respect for others, knowledge about other cultures, open-mindedness, and managerial support helped in facilitating cultural integration in the respective PPPs. Positive social change implications may include the improvement of PPP efficiency and efficacy with: greater leadership awareness of the challenges and opportunities of diversity; new policies and management strategies that take advantage of different cultural contributions; and, policies that encourage cultural competency and sensitivity.
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Janus, Katharina. "Managing health care in private organizations : transaction costs, cooperation and modes of organization in the value chain /." Frankfurt am Main [u.a.] : Lang, 2003. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/371113903.pdf.
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Mohammed, Kamal, and Nana Afua Boamah Gyimah. "CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERSHIP : COLLABORATION BETWEEN HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Marketing and Logistics, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-15578.
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Disasters can occur anywhere in the world and when they do, human lives as well as infrastructure are affected in diverse ways. The impact of disasters usually warrant an immediate response from aid agencies because human lives are at stake and that is where humanitarian logistics comes into play. Humanitarian organizations involved in relief efforts have an enormous task of responding to emergencies in a very swift manner and are constantly seeking for new and innovative ways to reach their beneficiaries with utmost satisfaction. One way of doing this is through collaboration and engaging in partnerships with private sector companies. Given the fact that humanitarian organizations and private sector companies operate in different sectors, such partnerships could be challenging yet beneficial in diverse ways. The purpose of this thesis was to analyze the cross-sector partnership between humanitarian organizations and the private sector. In order to achieve this aim, a frame of reference was developed with an operational partnership model and theory whislt examining and contrasting both humanitarian and business supply chains. Our methodology involved both primary and secondary data collection with empirical data collected from two private companies and one humanitarian organization. Data collected for the study were then analyzed in relation to the literature and models outlined in the frame of reference. The results of the study showed that the partnerships between the firms of the two sectors studied were philanthropic, long-term and mutually beneficial in diverse ways. Whilst the private companies benefit through improvements in Corporate Social Responsibility, creating public awareness of their corporate image, and brand among other benefits by engaging in the partnership, humanitarian organizations on the other hand, partner with companies which fit their expressed needs and gain benefits in both monetary and non-monetary terms. Moreover, knowledge transfer through the sharing of skills, experiences, resources and expertise are also very important elements which add to the benefits gained by both partners. In addition, the findings obtained from the respondents of the study demonstrated that trust, personal connection, regular communication and working together are very important elements which can be considered as critical success factors which sustain partnerships.
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Wilsker, Amanda Lori. "The Determinants of Private Contributions and Government Grants to Nonprofit Organizations." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/econ_diss/76.
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The nonprofit sector is becoming increasingly important to the U.S. economy both as an employer and service provider. Although most of the sector’s revenues are earned, the ability of the nonprofit sector to generate significant levels of unearned income in the form of grants and contributions reinforces the sector’s uniqueness. This dissertation uses the NCCS-Guidestar data to address questions pertaining to the determinants of nonprofits’ contributions and government grants. Each of the essays’ findings is discussed briefly below.
The first chapter examines the relationship between an organization’s finances and the level of government grants received. Because organizations choose to apply for government grants, a Heckman procedure is coupled with fixed effects to produce unbiased, within organization estimates. When controlling for the probability an organization receives grant funding, the average level of grants an organization receives generally increases with improvements in efficiency measures. In testing Brooks’ (2004) adjusted performance measure, the author finds that for many categories of nonprofit organizations, improvements in performance relative to community expectations increase grants for recipients, but better performance reduces the probability an organization receives any government grants.
The second essay examines the determinants of direct support to organizations in four of the major categories, namely Arts, Education, Health, and Human Services, using instrumental and panel techniques. Unlike government grants, changes in price do not affect organizations’ expected contributions. When significant, government grants generally crowd out private donations while the effects of program service revenue vary by category and specification.
The final essay examines the effects of nonprofit expenses and revenues on direct support for organizations in four small subcategories, Disaster Preparedness, International Aid, Environmental Conservation, and Performing Arts. The essay tests whether the impact of various revenue and expense variables on direct support changes around an unexpected event such as 9/11. Results suggest that the events of 9/11 had a greater moderating effect for categories losing funding compared to categories that received a windfall of contributions.
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Pelkey-Landes, Fortana M. "Exploring and advancing female leadership in nonprofit organizations and private corporations." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 2002. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.
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Thesis (M.P.A.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 2002.Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2994. Typescript. Abstract precedes thesis as preliminary leaf. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-71).
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Jaimovich, Analia Veronica. "Using Private Organizations to Support Public Schools: Implementation Lessons From Argentina." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:27112700.
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Latin-American governments are increasingly promoting public-private partnerships to provide much-needed external support to schools, but little is known about the mechanisms through which such partnerships operate. This study aims to contribute to the literature on external support for school improvement by analyzing how a non-government organization in Argentina provides support to schools using two different implementation mechanisms, one where instructional support is provided directly by the non-government organization to schools, and another where school support strategies are mediated by government district offices.
The study is a qualitative exploration of the dynamics of the external support relationship. Using interviews, observations, and document review as sources of data, I explore how the institutional arrangements involved in different implementation mechanisms affect how the external support program is experienced at the district and school level. The analysis shows that the original design of the instructional support strategy developed by the program underwent significant adaptations as it was being implemented at the different levels of program implementation. These differences seem to have been related to the institutional choices that were made throughout program implementation, rather than to the interaction between the program and schools with different levels of internal capacity.
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Hui, Chun-mo Tommy, and 許俊武. "Management companies and resident organizations in the private housingsector of Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31968065.
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Kwong, Lap-shun Keith, and 鄺立信. "Conflicts between owners' organizations and property management companies in private residential properties." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B44400858.
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AlShitri, Khalid Ibrahim. "Quality management implementation in IS/IT departments in Saudi Arabian private organizations." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.443082.
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Tanner, Steve. "An investigation into how business excellence can contribute to sustained organizational performance in both private and public sector organizations." Thesis, Henley Business School, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.415138.
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Ndeki, Sidney Saul. "Inter-organizational collaboration : a study of NGOs, government and private-for-profit organizations in district health delivery in Tanzania." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.395103.
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Patnaik, Ashok. "A comparison of the equity-supportiveness of organizational cultures of (public) NHS organizations and (private) Social Enterprise (SE) providers." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2017. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/31550/.
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Title: A Comparison of the Equity-supportiveness of Organizational Cultures of (Public) NHS Organizations and (Private) Social Enterprise (SE) Providers Theory: New Public Management (NPM) has been the most influential paradigm in public administration in the last three decades. NPM-driven ideas such as provider competition, privatisation and patient choice have resulted in increased interest from recent UK governments in Social Enterprises (SEs) for delivering public health services. NPM-based changes have been criticized for creating inequitable provision of healthcare and increasing unjust health inequalities. It is worth asking whether equity for patients is promoted equally effectively by public (NHS) organizations and SE providers. Research Aims and Methodology: A mixed methods approach was employed. The quantitative strand used a survey to compare the equity-supportiveness of NHS and SE organizational cultures [124 respondents (68 NHS and 56 SE staff) from 21 organizations (12 NHS and 9 SEs)]. The qualitative strand used semi-structured interviews with 27 SE staff members to examine organizational changes in SEs and the impact of these changes on equity in service provision. Findings: By achieving better alignment with organizational values, reducing bureaucracy, speeding up decision-making, giving staff more autonomy and responsibility, encouraging initiative, risk-taking and innovation, involving staff more actively in strategic decision-making, and making better use of technology, Social Enterprises are promoting equity to an equal or greater degree than public (NHS) organizations. Implications: However, the SE model (currently limited to community healthcare services) remains unclear and problematic, suggesting caution in its use by larger NHS acute Trusts. More research is needed before a policy to support the adoption of the SE model in public service delivery is mainstreamed.
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Areman, Bryan E. "A comparative analysis of financial reporting models for private and public sector organizations." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1995. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA306236.
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Havenga, Werner. "Comparative analysis of conflict dynamics within private and public sector organizations / Werner Havenga." Thesis, North-West University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/508.
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In South Africa, private and public sector organizations have been experiencing
conflict at an increasing rate during the past few decades and especially the last
ten years. The prominence and high level with which conflict is regarded in this
new democracy has made the study of this phenomenon more relevant.
Especially within business organizations, between individuals, groups, and at
management level, the influence of transformation and affirmative action has
steadily affected interpersonal and intergroup relations. This situation makes it
more difficult to handle or to manage. The lack of knowledge experienced in
many business organizations causes mismanagement of conflict which
eventually (directly or indirectly) affects the productivity of the employee corps
and subsequently, the effectivity or profitability of the organization.
The objective of this study was to establish by means of a comparative
theoretical and empirical analysis, the nature, causes and handling/
management styles of conflict within a public and a private sector organization.
Being respectively non-profit and profit driven organizations and having
introduced affirmative action and transformation at different degrees, it was
possible to evaluate the effect with regard to conflict.
The research method followed in this study was both qualitative and
quantitative. In the first five chapters a theoretical, qualitative approach was
applied. Different theories of conflict, from the classical, neo-classical to modern
systems, were analysed in order to establish sources of conflict. From this
discussion, an analysis of conflict which was viewed by the theories of both Karl
Marx and Ralph Dahrendorf to be a social interactive process characterized by
force, strife and animosity, was accepted to form the basis of the study
regarding the sources of conflict.
Departing from this basis the various concepts of conflict as developed in the
literature were studied in a comparative way. This was followed by a
comparative analysis of conflict handling processes for which an adapted
conflict process model was presented. The elements of this model form the
core research of this study. Analysis of three key conflict handling style models
(Thomas-Killman, ROC-II and CMS) were consequently compared to decide
which one would be the most suitable for the empirical survey.
The second part of this study consisted of a quantitative comparison of causes,
handling styles and manifestation of conflict on an interpersonal basis within a
local authority and an agricultural company. This was done by means of
questionnaires containing designed variables obtained from the qualitative
section of the study and a standardized section borrowed from Rahim's ROC-II
model questionnaire.
The descriptive statistical analysis was done with the SPSS-program in
consultation with the STATCON Bureau of the Rand Afrikaans University. The
empirical survey validated the viewpoints brought forward in the qualitative part
of the study. By way of the results obtained from the analysis, the four
hypotheses which were linked to the set objectives of the study were validated.
The four hypothesis are:
- A significant difference exists with regard to the causes of conflict
between a local authority and agricultural organization.
- A significant difference exists between employees of the local authority
and the agricultural organization's perception of what effect conflict has
on them.
- A significant difference exists in the frequency with which different
conflict-handling styles are used when compared to different background
variables in both organizations.
- A significant difference exists in the frequency with which different
conflict-handling styles are used amongst employees of the agricultural
organization and local authority
Explicit findings with regard to the literature (qualitative) and empirical
(quantitative) study were brought forward, and practical recommendations for
management as well as recommendations for further research were made.Thesis (Ph.D. (Industrial Sociology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.
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Hui, Chun-mo Tommy. "Management companies and resident organizations in the private housing sector of Hong Kong." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18812247.
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Coombs, John L. "Contingency contracting and private volunteer organization procurement in Uzbekistan : a comparative analysis." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Jun%5FCoombs.pdf.
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Ng, On-ling Connie. "The changing relationship between government and social service NGOs." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B41012963.
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Harrison, Joycelyn Lorraine. "MOTIVATIONS FOR ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION IN PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2004. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4452.
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The goal of this research was to increase the knowledge base regarding Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software implementation, particularly in the public sector. To this end, factors regarding benefits sought through ERP system implementation and critical factors surrounding successful ERP implementation were identified. In addition, the perception of project team members' satisfaction with modules implemented and their concerns about implementing ERP software were identified in this study. The results of this study provided recommendations for public and private sector organizations in order to increase their opportunity for successful ERP system implementation. The literature review and results of this study found suggested that the benefits sought during ERP system implementation were consistent among public- and private-sector organizations. Benefits such as increased standardization, better reporting, and reduced operational costs were recognized as goals of ERP implementation. Factors that attributed to successful ERP system implementations were top management support, and knowledgeable project managers and team members. The t-test analyses found differences among the two groups, public and private sector organizations, regarding some benefits sought and the level of satisfaction with some modules. The study included recommendations for organizations to fully research ERP functionality prior to implementation, implement strong change management, use other means of measuring return on investment, ensure employee buy in and top management involvement, and avoid scope creep.Ed.D.
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Leasher, Megan K. "DISCRIMINATION ACROSS THE SECTORS: A COMPARISON OF DISCRIMINATION TRENDS IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1176748116.
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Almadani, Haidar, and Trayana Doneva. "Adoption of Green Roof by Private Housing Organizations: Drivers and Barriers ---A Case Study in Malmö, Sweden." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23201.
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This research is an exploratory study on green roof adoption by medium to large private housing organizations in Malmö, Sweden. The research aims to explore the drivers and the barriers for the green roofs adoption. Also to look for what leadership effect on overcoming the barriers and promoting the drivers for green roof adoption. The theoretical contribution is the assessment of the motivations on transformational and adaptive leadership. The thesis employs a qualitative method with non-structured and semi-structured interviews. It develops an analytical framework combining systems thinking and leadership theories to look on the practice of green roof adoption. The thesis identifies the main drivers and barriers in relation to the internal and external positions of actors and rules in the system of green roof adoption in Malmö among private housing organizations. The main findings are that transformational leadership effect motives on overcoming the barriers and adaptive leadership motivation effect on promoting the drivers. It also summarizes three categories of green roof adoption, namely the transformations, adapters and green skinners. The study also has practical contribution with recommendation of policy implication to Malmö. Furthermore, models and figures for future researches on green roof adoption among housing organizations.
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Vepuri, Harish, and Mohsin Rahman. "IMPLICATIONS OF CLOUD COMPUTING IN IT ORGANIZATIONS." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, JTH. Forskningsmiljö Informationsteknik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-16989.
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Information technology (IT) in the recent decades has showcased immense evolution. This evolution has impacted not only the technological sector of the society but also the socio-political and economic sectors. One such archetype that has gained popular momentum in the recent years is cloud computing. Still in its developmental stages, cloud computing is the latest offspring of computing services and has invariably challenged the traditional aspects of computing services across the IT Organizations in the world. Thus, adopted by a number of developed as well as developing countries, cloud computing has played a crucial role in decreasing the overall cost pertinent to hardware, software and other services in organizations. However, issues such as data security and confidentiality, data availability, legal issues and unintelligent Service Level Agreements (SLAs) have questioned the reliability and credibility of cloud computing. This has resulted in lack of potential investments from major companies. The main aim of this research is to provide concrete reasons for the actively implementing cloud computing in IT Organizations. Qualitative approach and exploratory design are extensively used for data collection and analysis. Primary data is collected based on the views and opinions of IT experts and secondary data is collected from literary sources which invariably supports the primary data and maintains the credibility of the research.
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Al-Shammari, Serhan A. "Implementing self-managing teams concept in both Saudi private and governmental organizations challenges and possibilities /." Online version, 1999. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1999/1999alshammaris.pdf.
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Lam, Bing-chuen. "Bureaucracy and red tape a comparison between public and private construction project organizations in Hong Kong /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKU Scholars Hub, 2004. http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B37930357.
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Harman, Lee A. "A study of effective management development delivery systems utilized in selected private and public sector organizations." Virtual Press, 1988. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/535896.
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The purpose of the study was to compare and contrast current management development delivery systems in the public sector with the private sector. Data was gathered through on-site interviews with five private and five public sector organizations. The organizations were selected for the study with the help of expert panels. Panel members also assisted in refining the structured interview guide used to collect data.Data obtained by the interviews were analyzed using a binomial test for differences in proportion to determine significant differences between responses of the public sector and the private sector interviewees. Open ended questions were compared and reported in narrative form.Data collected support the following conclusions:1. The importance of involving individual participants in planning for management development programs has been shown.2. A number of practices endorsed by respondents and identified in the data may serve as components of a model for program implementation.3. The literature supports the need to correlate management development activitites to events-based, on-the-job activities.4. A weakness appears to exist in current management development programs in regard to the lack of use of personal recognition as an incentive.5. The literature cites the need to increase funds for future programming needs.6. Changes in salary/wage policies may need to occur.7. Ambiguous goals are a reason for the failure of many management development programs.8. Evaluation techniques are utilized to assess individual program offerings rather than to measure improvement in on-the-job performance.9. Raise in income is preferred as an incentive in the public sector.10. Promotion is preferred as an incentive in the private sector.11. Development programs are hindered by a perceived lack of available time.Department of Educational Administration and Supervision
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William, Michael Nsubuga. "The Role of Attitude in Today’s Organizations; It’s influence on the employee’s private and professional life." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Handels- och IT-högskolan, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-19059.
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This thesis investigates the influence of attitude on the life of an individual and the role that it can play inside and outside today’s organizations. The purpose of the thesis is to gain insight on the subject of attitude and its significance both in the life of today’s employee and on the management and leadership of today’s organizations. I will endeavor to investigate the importance of cultivating a positive attitude and the consequences of yielding to a negative attitude. I will also discuss why attitude not only can influence the firm’s progress but also the external image and advancement of the organization as well.With the abduction and narrative approaches, I will endeavor to explain the importance of maintaining a positive attitude and ways of understanding individuals’ attitudes and their influence on their overall performance. I will also attempt to address how employees in a given organization can deal with a customer who has a sour attitude. Moreover, I’ll address some of the possible causes of negative attitudes. The theoretical research will help expound on the subject matter. Through empirical research, I’ll attempt to address the fact that despite an employee’s skills and competence, positive attitude can be an added advantage.With an understanding based of my personal life experience, I’ll explain how I struggled with negative attitudes especially during my early years in Sweden and how I eventually made an attitude adjustment. My personal experience at the Sheraton will be used as a case study on the subject of attitude. Furthermore, I’ll examine some other life experiences such as the lessons I learned from my father on the subject. Besides, I’ll discuss the challenge of attitude on leadership as well. Finally, I will conclude with a discussion on the fact that attitude needs to be addressed in a good-enough approach thereby circumventing the trap of making attitude appear to be the principle aspect as this may lead to absolutism.Uppsatsnivå: D
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Kim, Angie. "The Mediating Role of Payout in the Relationship Between Private Foundations and Grantee Organizations' Financial Health." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1267.
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Although private foundations are assumed to be beneficial, their impact on grantee organizations is not well understood. This quantitative research explored how private, nonoperating foundations influence grantees' financial capacity to pursue their missions. Principal-agent theory was applied to rationalize foundations' social good purpose, along with subsidy theory of public charities' need for capital accumulation, thus comprising a unique framework for identifying pathways of relationships amongst influencer variables of foundations' operating characteristics; the outcome of grantees' months of unrestricted, liquid net assets (MULNA); and the mediator of foundations' payout rate. Multiple regression and indirect effects analyses of data on 612 cases from NCCS and tax returns revealed that the sector focus and characteristics of certain types of funders (i.e., oldest, largest, smallest, volunteer and professionally staffed, aggressive and average charitable spenders, and arts-focused foundations) affected payout behavior. In addition, large foundations' payout rate influenced MULNA, especially among financially strong grantees. Finally, payout mediated the association between age and MULNA among the largest foundations, and between sector focus and MULNA among the oldest foundations. This research contributes to the discourse on foundations' effectiveness in three ways: (a) associations were significant among segmented data, thus affirming the usefulness of examining specific types of foundations; (b) wealth distribution by the largest and oldest foundations was of tangible importance to their grantees, knowledge of which can be used in grant decision making and in informing policies on payout; and (c) principal-agent theory can be applied to hold foundations accountable to public interests.
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Howard, Maurine C. (Maurine Carroll). "Government and Private Funding of Nonprofit Visual Arts Organizations in the State of Texas: An Analysis." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1988. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331419/.
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The problem addressed in this study is the administrative process and criteria used by nonprofit visual arts organizations in the State of Texas in acquiring government and private funding. The purposes of the study were to examine the organization and administrative process of the nonprofit visual arts organization, to determine the criteria utilized by government and private funding sources for distribution of funds to nonprofit visual arts organizations, and to examine the process used by nonprofit visual arts organizations when acquiring funds from government and private sources. The data were obtained by means of a descriptive survey questionnaire which was mailed to 336 selected nonprofit visual arts organizations in the State of Texas. These organizations represent the following six areas of visual art: foundations, galleries, museums, associations, photography, and schools. From these areas the population was further refined to include only museums and associations, which represent the extreme diversity of administrative processes used. The resulting subpopulation was comprised of forty-six organizations which had filed for grants from the Texas Commission on the Arts within the past three years. Thirty research questions were answered from the results of the questionnaire. Research questions one, and three through thirty were analyzed and presented in narrative discussion with the results. Categorical data were listed to show range. The second research question was analyzed using the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient. On the basis of the literature review and the survey responses received, an authentic problem exists in the funding process of these organizations. The organizations surveyed appear to recognize the funding problems, but the results of the study reveal that many have yet to develop effective and efficient strategies to solve several of these problems.
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Godson-Amamoo, Michael. "Management Contingencies Between Privately-Funded and Publically-Funded Broadcasting Organizations." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4061.
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Organizations, for-profit or not-for-profit, continually assess demands from their internal and external stakeholders and adjust their operations and strategies for long term sustainability. Building on the classical contingency theory of organization, the purpose of this cross-sectional study was to identify the differences of operational values and principles between private and public broadcasting organizations; an additional goal was to examine how these organizations use their operating choices to adapt to their environment. In a comparative study design between for-profit and not-for-profit broadcasting organizations as independent variables, the focus of the study was to compare 3 groups of dependent variables regarding operational values, principles, and the external environment. Using convenience sampling, the survey sample of 70 respondents included males and females over the age 18 selected for each of the research sites at Ghana Television, GH One, and Accra Metropolis. The key variables of operational values and external environments were measured by 6-point Likert scales, which were developed for the study. The measures were examined for their content validity and face validity, and they were empirically tested for their reliability and validity with collected data before testing the proposed claims. A series of t tests supported the claims that the 2 organizations operate with different principles and values. For-profit organizations focus on operational efficiency while not-for-profit organizations commit more to human development issues. The results of this study offer insights to broadcasting organizations about how to maximize their resources and bring about positive social change in community development by offering better programming options to stakeholders.
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Fuges, Jennifer L. "The model of American philanthropy : as international organizations mimic our national reliance on the private sector, will they also pay a price? /." Philadelphia, Pa. : Drexel University, 2002. http://dspace.library.drexel.edu/handle/1860/393.
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Kustermann, Aaron. "Using information-sharing exchange techniques from the private sector to enhance information sharing between domestic intelligence organizations." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/38966.
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CHDS State/LocalSecurity and intelligence organizations have challenges in information sharing have resulted in incomplete information. Since 2001 state and local governments in the United States have formed information sharing hubs called fusion centers which request information from peer fusion centers as well as sharing situation reports about emerging and ongoing security situations. The requests for information (RFI) and situation awareness reporting processes are manual and occur without data standards or process standards. Public sector and private sector information sharing systems utilized both process and data standards to automate routine information sharing between organizations like those exchanges between fusion centers. These standards are coupled with information sharing tools that better enable consumer services, such as searching and booking airline travel through on-line systems, exchanges of criminal justice information using the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) and sharing of patient and medical information utilizing the Health Information Exchange (HIE). This thesis combines the process and tools from both the public and private sectors data and process standards and the use of information sharing tools to propose a conceptual national intelligence-sharing model (NISM). SMEs from the intelligence, counterterrorism and technology communities, within the fusion center environment, were used to review, modify, and validate NISM.
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Lee, Kimberly Taylor. "Organizing Freedom: Collaboration Between the Freedmen's Bureau and Church-Supported Charitable Organizations in the Early Years of Reconstruction." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101812.
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This case study examines why the Freedmen's Bureau, a Federal agency that existed within the War Department between 1865 and 1872, formed collaborative relationships with church-supported charitable organizations to establish schools during the Civil War Reconstruction Period in Virginia. This project examines the relationships between Freedmen's Bureau officials and the leadership of church-supported charitable organizations. Specifically, this project examines the formation of these relationships, the nature of the relationships that formed, the norms and values that shaped the relationships, and the impact those relationships had on education policy in the South.
The examination of a historical federal agency through archival research methods generated findings that were consistent with current knowledge of the collaborative process. Preexisting relationships formed during the Civil War served as the foundation for collaborative relationships that formed between the Bureau and church-supported charitable organizations. These relationships were integral to the formation of schools that served formerly enslaved persons as well as other war refugees. Ultimately, political and social pressure facilitated the closing of the Bureau, but the schools remained, forming the foundation for public school systems throughout the South.
Examining an extinct agency which worked alongside church-supported charitable organizations, shows that facets of collaborative governance occurred much earlier than presently identified, especially as it pertains to discrete steps in the collaboration process, specifically antecedent and initial conditions of collaboration, pre-existing relationships, and impacts of collaboration. The project also adds to the study of public administration as a field by extending the timeline of the practice of public administration. This dissertation also adds to the scholarship on the impact of race on policy implementation and administrative practice.Doctor of Philosophy
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Owalla, King Odhiambo. "Government Grants, Crowding Out Theory and American Based International Non-Governmental Organizations." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2008. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/econ_diss/51.
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This dissertation extends the literature on the crowd-out theory to international nonprofits based in the United States. The dissertation measures the simultaneous impact of government grants on private contributions and fundraising activities of INGOs. Understanding the relationship of the major players (government, donors and nonprofit managers) in revenue collection of INGOs is important in understanding international charity and its implications. Six major sub-categories of international organizations have been identified for this research. These are based on a review of the literature on international organizations and those already coded as international according to the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE). An overview of the INGO sub-categories, their description and coding can be seen in table A5 in appendix A. The major sub-categories include (1) International, Foreign Affairs and National Security (ifans), (2) Promotion of International Understanding (piu), (3) International Development (id), (4) International Peace and Security (ips), (5) International Human Rights (ihr), and (6) International, Foreign Affairs and National Security N.E.C. (ifansNEC). We will employ a panel dataset of INGOs between the years 1998 and 2003 to test for crowding-out effect of government grants on private contributions and fundraising activities. We have a total of 2,169 INGOs in our data set and a total of 6,239 observations.
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Nordtveit, Bjorn Harald. "The role of civil society organizations in developing countries a case study of public-private partnerships in Senegal /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2193.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2005.Thesis research directed by: Education Policy, and Leadership. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Conn, Michael David. "An examination of the cost reimbursement policies and procedures followed by DoD when providing services to private organizations." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/28194.
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Jekelle, Helen Elena. "Work attitudes of management personnel in Nigeria : a case study of organizations in the private and public sectors." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1985. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.669533.
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Isaacs, Nadia. "An identification and analysis of management styles in private social work organizations in the greater Cape Town area." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15953.
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Bibliography: pages 270-291.Thirteen social work organizations participated in the study, with questionnaires being distributed to 237 managers and social workers through organization internal mail, conventional postage, and group administration depending on the preference of the organization. The overall response rate was 54.43%. The results revealed that the statistical 5/5 or opportunist management style is most prevalent within the social worker and management samples. This style is essentially a situational approach to managing and indicates that the manager's primary motivation is that of self-interest. In the social worker sample, another significant feature was the prominence of the 1/1 or impoverished management profile which characterises managers as being indifferent, apathetic and bureaucratic. An analysis of the profiles of both the opportunist and 1/1 managerial styles indicate that these managers employ autocratic practices toward workers. The predominance of the opportunist and the 1/1 styles confirm the results of the open-ended questionnaires which reveal autocratic management styles as being predominant. The element of autocratic control therefore emerges as a significant feature of management style within social work management. The conclusions drawn from this study are that social work managers need to change their orientations which are motivated primarily by self-interest and characterised by autocratic practices, toward a 9/9 approach which encompasses the principles of teamwork, participation, change and innovation which are needed within a South African democratic and developmental context of practice.
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Lampinen, Heidi, and Neda Khezerian. "Att bygga broar : En fallstudie av kommunal upphandling, entreprenader och partnerskap mellan offentligt och privat, i den urbana kontexten." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-15005.
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Syftet med denna uppsats var att undersöka välfärdsmodellens förändring i form av privatisering genom kommunal upphandling och nya konstellationer av offentlig och privat verksamhet. Frågeställningarna besvaras utifrån en fallstudie gjord på den upphandlade ungdomsverksamheten Blå Huset i Tensta (Stockholm) och den metodologiska utgångspunkten bottnar i de kvalitativa sätten, mer specifikt Burawoys Extended Case Method. Genom att kombinera organisationsteoretiska begrepp och utgångspunkter med urbansociologiska perspektiv har resultatet fått ett djup och en bredd som visar på offentlig - privata partnerskaps relationers komplexitet vad gäller legitimitet och dess inverkan i den urbana kontexten. Resultatet visar på strategier som sammankopplar rationaliserande myter med kognitiva institutioner exempelvis i form av nyliberala initiativ inom den urbana kontexten.The purpose of this paper was to get a deeper understanding of the transformations in the Swedish welfare model, which includes privatization through contracting out and new combinations of public and private actors. A case study was done on the youth centre Blå Huset in the suburb Tensta (Stockholm) using qualitative methods, and more specifically Burawoys Extended Case Method. Through combining organizational concepts with urban sociological perspectives the results showed both depth and width in illustrating the complexity of public - private partnerships in terms of legitimacy and effects on the urban context. The results showed strategies connecting rationalized myths with cognitive institutions such as neoliberal initiatives in the urban context.
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Giraldou, Clara Yolanda. "The influence of civil society organizations on the extent of corruption in the private sector: case of transparency international." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/19221.
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Corruption is widespread in developed countries and emerging countries alike, both in the public and private sector, and corrupt activities have become embedded within daily routines for too many companies and government branches worldwide. Over the past few decades, corruption has stopped being considered as a taboo and most of people on earth now agree with the founder of the well-known organization Transparency International (TI), Peter Eigen, on the fact that corruption is ‘undermining everything’ (Eigen, 2010) and urgently needs to be fought back. The challenge faced by civil society organizations or any actor fighting corruption today is new: finding a way to rectify an already corrupt system where corruption has become normative. It is about inducing organizational change, working towards a context where change is more likely to occur. The objective of this paper is to examine civil society organizations’ actions to understand whether and how it is possible to bring about change within organizations to get them rid of corruption. It focuses on TI, which leads the fight against corruption worldwide and calls itself a body that strives to ‘stir the world’s collective conscience and bring about change’ (TI, 2016).
A corrupção está presente tão em países desenvolvidos como em países emergentes e difundida tão no setor público como no setor privado. Atividades corruptas já estão enraizadas na vida cotidiana para demasiadas empresas e órgãos do governo. Nas últimas décadas, o mundo parou de considerar a corrupção como um tabu e a maioria das pessoas concordariam agora com Peter Eigen, o fundador de Transparency International (TI), para dizer que a corrupção ‘prejudica tudo’ (Eigen, 2010) e que precisamos combatê-la. Organizações da sociedade civil que lutam contra a corrupção enfrentam agora um novo desafio: identificar uma maneira de corrigir um sistema que já está corrupto e no qual a corrupção representa a nova norma. Consiste em induzir uma mudança nas organizações, estabelecer um contexto onde alterações podem mais facilmente ocorrer. O objetivo desse trabalho acadêmico consiste em examinar as ações das organizações de sociedade civil para entender se é possível e como suscitar mudanças nas organizações para libertá-las da corrupção. Foca a atenção na famosa instituição TI, que indica o caminho para combater a corrupção e se identifica como uma organização que se empenha em ‘agitar a consciência coletiva do mundo e fomentar mudança’ (TI, 2016).
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Hahn, Yih-Tsu. "GOVERNMENT-NONPROFIT RELATIONSHIP AFTER WELFARE REFORM— AN ANALYSIS OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORT IN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS." online version, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=case1184284350.
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Cheung, King-wai Louis. "Greater private sector involvement in estate management : a case study of Chuk Yuen South Estate and its impact on Housing Department /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36438959.
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Yuen, Yiu-kai Terence. "Government-nonprofits collaborations : a study of linking arrangements in third-party government /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36920344.
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伍安玲 and On-ling Connie Ng. "The changing relationship between government and social service NGOs." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B41012963.
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Burkov, Yuriy, and Fredrik Wärff. "THE FIGHT AGAINST MARITIME PIRACY : Possibilities of application of private security organizations off the coast of Somalia under national and international regulation." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-24163.
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Ever since the fall of the Somali government in 1991, the country has been in the state of civil war and in some regions total lawlessness. The creation of different, smaller, autonomous regions has led to fragmentation of the country as a whole and some districts seem to in fact claim sovereignty over their respective territories. While the country has been practically left to fend for itself, politicians, warlords and local clans were fast to proclaim parts of the country as independent regions. Moreover the infrastructure, industries, healthcare and the “gears of country`s machinery” were falling apart along with people who did not have much to start with. Most of the institutions have been disbanded and hopes of a normal future suddenly became very distant for the people of Somalia. Coupled with constantly ongoing armed conflicts within the nation made it even more difficult for the country`s poor. There are few theories as to why piracy had this sudden upspring off the coast of Somalia. One of which is as commonly known that foreign fishing fleets were depleting the Somali fishing stocks, while also pushing the local fishermen away from their usual grounds. Coupled with toxic waste dumping in the territorial and EEZ waters made fishermen to start to arm themselves. There is also a theory that, since Somali weapons embargo, the prices had risen, thus local clans needed more capital in order to fund wars, subsequently creating piracy. After the fall of the government, Somali ex-navy members returned to their clans and later on used their knowledge and skills in order to conduct their operations. The international community through UN and with independent efforts, acting under chapter VII of the UN Charter, has begun to tackle the problem, however with varying effects. Meanwhile the massive release of military personnel and equipment after the end of cold war has led to an immerse rise of another industry, namely the one of private security which is now actively lobbying to provide its services both on land in Somalia as well as to the shipping industry that has been suffering greatly due to piracy.
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Thomas, Jeffrey Peter. "An examination of empowering management practices in private industry and human service organizations, and the relationship between such practices and employee burnout." Scholarly Commons, 1991. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2949.
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Purpose. The purposes of this study were several-fold. Each of these purposes contributes to the development of a more clear and comprehensive definition of the concept of "empowering management." First, the study was designed to determine if there is any difference between professional-level employees in human service and private industry organizations in regard to their perceived level of empowerment. The second purpose was to determine whether there is a relationship between professional-level employees' perceived level of empowerment and the level of employment related burnout they reported. A final objective was to determine whether any relationship exists between professional-level employees' perceived level of empowerment and several demographic variables, including: years of experience; number of years with current employer; gender; and status as a supervisor or non-supervisor. Procedures. Surveys were sent to 345 graduates of the Master of Social Work program and 311 graduates of the Master of Business Administration program at Eastern Washington University. The survey instrument consisted of two parts. Part I was a 24-item questionnaire designed for the purpose of this study to measure employees' perceived level of empowerment within their organization. Part II was an adapted version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory. The number of responses analyzed was 247. Statistical analyses included the Pearson product-moment correlation, t-tests of correlation coefficients, and two- and three-way analysis of variance. Findings. The statistical evidence from this study indicated that there is no significant difference between human service professionals and private industry professionals in relation to their overall perceived level of empowerment. The results further indicated that for professionals in either type of organization, an inverse relationship exists between their perceived level of empowerment and their reported level of burnout. An additional finding was that persons who are supervisors tend to report higher perceived levels of empowerment than those who do not supervise others. Regarding the burnout variable, results from the study revealed higher scores on the Personal Accomplishment subscale by private industry professionals than by human service professionals. And finally, it was found that males tended to report higher levels of burnout than females on the Depersonalization subscale.