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Bauer, Brenda Anne. "Sacred ideals, the interpretation of Canadian public administration reforms." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq24089.pdf.
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Fitzpatrick, Katie. "Behavioral responses to public policy reforms." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2009. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.
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Moremong, Leruo. "Evaluating public sector reforms in Botswana : performance management, privatization and anti-corruption reforms." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11955.
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This study sought to examine Botswana’s most recent attempts at public sector reform, which, to a greater extent than its previous endeavours have reflected global trends. Specifically, it sought to evaluate the impact of performance management, privatization and anti-corruption reforms on the country’s public sector. The dissertation has primarily consisted of desktop documentary review of relevant literature and provides an extensive assessment of public sector reforms trends in developed and developing countries, as the background against which examination of the three reform initiatives undertaken by Botswana is made.
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Cork, Julie. "The Queensland public sector : assessing the Goss government reforms /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19501.pdf.
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Beitum, Luís Fernando Iozzi [UNESP]. "Estado e administração pública no pensamento social brasileiro." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/96140.
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O presente trabalho tem como finalidade a identificação dos fundamentos de uma sociologia da Administração Pública brasileira. Para tanto, uma gama de formulações teóricas são estudadas a fim de obter um panorama sobre as interpretações a respeito da natureza da Administração Pública no país. A metodologia deste trabalho consiste, portanto, em estudar o pensamento social brasileiro relativo à formação histórica do Estado brasileiro e suas implicações para a sua administração pública. Para tanto, adotamos duas grandes categorias do pensamento social brasileiro: a primeira vertente traz, fundamentalmente, a discussão sobre o país patrimonialista, cujas referências críticas atribuem uma cultura particularista do Estado para com o trato da coisa pública; a segunda discute a ação tutelar do Estado sobre a sociedade, cuja finalidade seria concretizar uma nação organizada e cumprir sua missão civilizatória sobre a sociedade. Ao articular tais vertentes interpretativas, temos uma concepção comum a ambas: a administração pública brasileira é de natureza peculiar, derivada de uma densa rede de relações entre Estado, instituições e sociedade civil. Complementarmente, interessa-nos localizar determinados legados históricos, que persistem a despeito das sucessivas reformas pelas quais passou o aparelho do Estado brasileiro. Assim, delineado o contexto histórico reformista e dadas as exposições, contraposições e proximidades entre os autores, traçamos um panorama sobre a administração pública no contexto do pensamento social brasileiro. A intenção, portanto, é contribuir para uma tipificação, ainda que preliminar, dos trabalhos de viés sociológico sobre a administração pública no Brasil
This work aims to identify the foundations of a sociology of the Brazilian Public Administration. Thus, a range of intellectual formulations are studied to obtain an overview on the interpretations regarding the nature of the public administration in the country. The methodology of this study consists in studying the Brazilian social thought on the historical formation of the State and its implications for public administration. Therefore, it was adopted two broad categories of Brazilian social thought: the first part provides essentially the discussion on the patrimonial country, which critic references attribute a particularist culture of the State to deal with public affairs; the second discusses the tutelary action of the State over society, whose purpose would be to bring an organized nation and to realize a civilizing mission. By articulating such interpretative aspects, there is a common conception to both: the Brazilian public administration has a peculiar nature, derived from a dense network of relations between State, institutions and civil society. In addition, there is an interest in identifying some historical legacies related to successive reforms that the Brazilian state has passed. As a result, after the presentation of the reformist historical context and given the exhibitions, oppositions and proximities between the authors, it was traced a panorama of the administration in the context of Brazilian social thought. The intention therefore is to contribute to a classification, although preliminary, of the works about sociological feature on the public administration in Brazil
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Piedra-Perez, Isidro. "The Venezuela National Institute of Housing-reforms in the department of personnel." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1987. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/2946.
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The intent of this degree paper is to describe and analyze problems of inefficiency in personnel administration in the Personnel Direction of the National Institute of Housing in Venezuela. The paper includes a general description of the National Institute of Housing, the actual structure and functions of the Personnel Direction as well as the functions of those divisions and departments attached to it. The study draws attention to those existent inefficiencies in personnel administration and authority distribution.
The study found that public employees at the National Institute of Housing are not regulated by the provisions of the Administrative Career Law designed as a guide for the Venezuelan public administration system. Consequently, Public employees are laid off every five years, employees are not selected on merit basis, employees are promoted through political patronage and personal alliances, and they are paid inadequately. Furthermore, the Personnel Direction lacks sufficient delegated authority in the administration of personnel.
The main sources of information were a combination of secondary sources and the writer's observation during his tenure as head of the department of classification and remuneration within the Personnel Direction.
Included in this study are proposed reforms in the above mentioned areas in an attempt to help create a better and more efficient public administration system. The suggested reforms address the inequities of the Personnel Direction and are proposed as corrective measures for the Personnel Direction's present ineffective policies in recruitment, selection, promotion, authority distribution, and call for the enforcement of the Administrative Career Law.
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McAntony, Tilla Sewe. "Public sector management reforms in Africa Analysis of anticorruption strategies in Kenya /." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2009. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.
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Beitum, Luís Fernando Iozzi. "Estado e administração pública no pensamento social brasileiro /." Araraquara : [s.n.], 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/96140.
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Orientador: Angelo Del VecchioBanca: Fernando Luiz Abrucio
Banca: Edson Bariani Junior
Resumo: O presente trabalho tem como finalidade a identificação dos fundamentos de uma sociologia da Administração Pública brasileira. Para tanto, uma gama de formulações teóricas são estudadas a fim de obter um panorama sobre as interpretações a respeito da natureza da Administração Pública no país. A metodologia deste trabalho consiste, portanto, em estudar o pensamento social brasileiro relativo à formação histórica do Estado brasileiro e suas implicações para a sua administração pública. Para tanto, adotamos duas grandes categorias do pensamento social brasileiro: a primeira vertente traz, fundamentalmente, a discussão sobre o país patrimonialista, cujas referências críticas atribuem uma cultura particularista do Estado para com o trato da coisa pública; a segunda discute a ação tutelar do Estado sobre a sociedade, cuja finalidade seria concretizar uma nação organizada e cumprir sua missão civilizatória sobre a sociedade. Ao articular tais vertentes interpretativas, temos uma concepção comum a ambas: a administração pública brasileira é de natureza peculiar, derivada de uma densa rede de relações entre Estado, instituições e sociedade civil. Complementarmente, interessa-nos localizar determinados legados históricos, que persistem a despeito das sucessivas reformas pelas quais passou o aparelho do Estado brasileiro. Assim, delineado o contexto histórico reformista e dadas as exposições, contraposições e proximidades entre os autores, traçamos um panorama sobre a administração pública no contexto do pensamento social brasileiro. A intenção, portanto, é contribuir para uma tipificação, ainda que preliminar, dos trabalhos de viés sociológico sobre a administração pública no Brasil
Abstract: This work aims to identify the foundations of a sociology of the Brazilian Public Administration. Thus, a range of intellectual formulations are studied to obtain an overview on the interpretations regarding the nature of the public administration in the country. The methodology of this study consists in studying the Brazilian social thought on the historical formation of the State and its implications for public administration. Therefore, it was adopted two broad categories of Brazilian social thought: the first part provides essentially the discussion on the patrimonial country, which critic references attribute a particularist culture of the State to deal with public affairs; the second discusses the tutelary action of the State over society, whose purpose would be to bring an organized nation and to realize a civilizing mission. By articulating such interpretative aspects, there is a common conception to both: the Brazilian public administration has a peculiar nature, derived from a dense network of relations between State, institutions and civil society. In addition, there is an interest in identifying some historical legacies related to successive reforms that the Brazilian state has passed. As a result, after the presentation of the reformist historical context and given the exhibitions, oppositions and proximities between the authors, it was traced a panorama of the administration in the context of Brazilian social thought. The intention therefore is to contribute to a classification, although preliminary, of the works about sociological feature on the public administration in Brazil
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Seisa, Lerato Violet. "To what extent do South African public service reforms depict new public management influences : the implications for service delivery." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3698.
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Du, Juan. "Tale of two countries : new public management reforms in universities in the UK and China." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/12245.
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New Public Management (NPM) has been one of the dominant paradigms in public management since the 1980s. Its various elements have been adopted by many countries around the world in their public sector reforms. This research examines the most influential models of NPM and draws out the recurring elements among them. These elements are then employed to build the theoretical framework of how NPM may be related to the reforms in higher education sectors in two countries with highly contrasting contexts: the United Kingdom and China. The UK is an industrialized country that has been one of the pioneers in implementing NPM reforms in its public sector; whilst China, being a socialist country where its public sector has long been under the tight control of the government, is among the developing countries as one of the "late adopters" of NPM techniques in its public management reforms. The aim of this study is to examine the extent to which NPM reforms in these two countries shared any commonalities and divergences. Multiple cases studies are adopted as the main research method. Four universities are chosen: two in the UK and two in China. A comparative analysis of issues relating to the application of NPM techniques in the reforms in these two countries is provided. The NPM elements adopted during the reform processes in the four case studies are analyzed respectively according to the theoretical framework. The conditions under which various NPM elements have been introduced during the reforms are examined and the extent to which they have been applied in the higher education sector in both countries is explored. Results indicate that there has been a translation of NPM techniques from its original country (the UK) to the Chinese socio-economical and political environment. It has been found that although some of the NPM elements such as delayering and devolution of power are shared by both countries, divergences still exist in many aspects of their organizational changes. Meanwhile, the elite and non-elite group of universities in both countries have chosen different pathways in their reforms, which I have significant impacts on the outcomes. The implications of these case studies for future research on public sector management are discussed in the conclusion.
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Mothusi, Bashi. "Public sector reforms and managing change in Botswana the case of performance management system (PMS) /." Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1213282797.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Cleveland State University, 2008.Abstract. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Oct. 8, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-224) and appendices. Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center. Also available in print.
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Khine, Thet Thet. "Building Process of Public-Private Dialogue During Major Reforms In Myanmar." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6051.
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Since 1962, Myanmar has experienced stagnant economic growth despite its rich natural resources, demographic strength, and being located at the crossroad of Asia. To improve policy and regulation, Myanmar's private sector must advocate policy or administrative course of action to the government. Therefore, the purpose of the research was to evaluate the public-private dialogue (PPD) before and after the change of the government, and change of UMFCCI leadership during major reforms in Myanmar. Research questions were focused on the design, implementation, and benefits and risks of PPD. This qualitative case study, based on cross-sector collaboration theory, included semistructured interviews with 26 key participants who have deeply involved in the PPD building process since very beginning. Data were categorized for thematic analysis and the PPD building process was compared before and after April 2016 because there was a change of government and Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industries leadership. Findings included differing levels of conceptualization, capacity constraints, and the need to coordinate among development partners. Additionally, differing commitment level among local and foreign businesses indicated that creating the right conditions and being able to establish a collective purpose are important for successful cross-sector collaboration. This study contributes to positive social change for policy makers and collaborators interested in creating a positive regulatory environment through collaboration.
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Price, Richard, and n/a. "Dual accountability in the Commonwealth primary industries statutory authorities." University of Canberra. Management, 1993. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061106.152937.
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During the 1980s some remarkable public administration
reforms took place in the Commonwealth primary
industries portfolio statutory research and marketing
authorities. These reforms implemented dual
accountability arrangements which legislated the
requirement for the authorities to be held accountable
directly to government and Parliament, as well as to
industry and community bodies which held either a
financial stake in the authorities or a stake in the
outcomes of their activities.
This dissertation discusses the nature of the dual
accountability arrangements in the broader context of
administrative and accountability theory, with particular
emphasis on its place in the evolution of public
enterprise and of more open, participatory and socially
responsive public administration. It also considers the
1980s reforms in the historical context of Australian
primary industry institutionalisation and agrarian
socialism.
The dissertation concludes that dual accountability can
strengthen an organisation's accountability while at the
same time reduce the need for close administrative
control. Dual accountability acknowledges that the
fundamental processes of an organisation's
accountability should apply in more than one direction,
and that the decentralisation of these processes actually
fills the voids left by removing control mechanisms. The
dissertation also identifies variations in the application
of dual accountability principles across primary industry
authorities and suggests that there is potential for the
principles to be applied to other areas of government administration.
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Banerji, Bidisha. "Institutional Analysis of Municipal Water Reforms| Framework And Application To Jakarta, Indonesia." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3557389.
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This dissertation presents a comprehensive framework to analyze municipal water supply reforms in developing countries by adapting the institutional analysis and development framework (IAD) to this sector. It does so by providing a detailed description of all the meaningful components of the IAD framework that apply to municipal water reforms and also provides a structure to evaluate these reforms. It then applies the adapted framework to the municipal water reforms in Jakarta, Indonesia to get a fresh perspective on the situation there.
The application of the framework to Jakarta yields a number of findings, not widely discussed in the literature. For instance it becomes clear that the success of a system involving a diverse set of institutions requires a thorough understanding of the interactions between the different actors, not just a study of the actors themselves. Also, a variety of factors exogenous to the players—like biophysical factors, or the characteristics of the community or rules on the ground—often play crucial roles. These need to be considered while shaping policy. A number of such lessons have been presented in this dissertation.
Finally, this dissertation draws insights from this adaptation to Jakarta which can provide lessons to similar cases in the developing world.
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Angaine, Emily Karwitha. "The reforms in the ministry of immigration and registration of persons in Kenya." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1021099.
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Public service delivery is a major challenge to governments in both the developing and developed worlds. Governments have used various strategies to enhance service delivery. These strategies have resulted in varying outcomes and levels of service delivery. In the Kenyan government, the strategies to enhance service delivery include: Results Based Management strategies, service charters, Information Communication Technology (ICT), performance contracting, and strategic plans. This study is an investigation of reforms in the Ministry of Immigration and Registration of Persons (MIRP), Kenya. The study sought to investigate the effects of Results Based Management on service delivery; to investigate the effect of strategic planning on service delivery in Kenya; to investigate the effect of ICT on service delivery in Kenya; and to investigate the effect of Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) in service delivery. This study utilized a descriptive research design where the researcher investigated and collected factual data to describe the situation or problem. Secondary data was sourced from document reviews. Data was analyzed as it was collected. The researcher classified the data in terms of the topic, themes and content. The broad topic and themes of the data collected was based on the research objectives of this study and included: use of Information Communication Technology, Business Process Re-engineering, Results Based Management, and strategic planning. The findings revealed that the department has utilized Results Based Management, strategic planning, Information Communication Technology, as well as Business Process Re-engineering tools in reforming public service delivery towards effectiveness and efficiency. Furthermore, this study also revealed that the department has accrued various benefits as a consequence of these tools despite the challenges facing their implementation. According to the report, the reform programs have enhanced greater transparency in service delivery, improved accountability, responsibility in employees, enhanced policy coherence and strengthened capacity. these advantages are evident to the Department of Immigration. the study recommends that the use of Results Based Management, ICT and Business Process Re-engineering policies and changes should be implemented to improve service delivery in the Ministry of Immigration and Registration of Persons. In addition, the study recommends the following further studies: the study should be replicated to other public organizations (agencies) to allow for comparison of the findings of this study; the study recommends research on the success of public organizations in achieving objectives of their strategic planning (this is based on the challenges identified facing strategic planning in the Department of Immigration); and, finally, this study recommends future research on the relationship between Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) and efficient service delivery. This study will provide insight to what extent BPR affects service delivery.
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Keita, Hawa. "Furthering new public management principles through financial reforms in post-1999 South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95822.
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Thesis (MPA)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this research is to describe how the reform of public finance undertaken in South Africa since 1999 has furthered the principles of new public management (NPM). The first part of the research outlines the history of public sector reform in South Africa in general, with particular emphasis on public finance. It also discusses how reform was initiated and supplemented by the principles of new public management with the adoption of the Public Finance Management Act, No. 1 of 1999 (PFMA, 1999). This is followed by a deep analysis and detailed discussion of key indicators and the mode of their collection. The final phase consists of a description of how new public management principles have impacted public finance management since 1999. The study concludes with recommendations for further research and for practice and policy. The results tend to show how some principles of NPM have furthered public finance reform in some areas while others are still lacking. However the lack of sufficient data results in gaps in the findings: this lack of data makes it difficult to portray a clear picture of the extent to which principles of NPM have been fully implemented. Thus one of the recommendations is that certain indicators should be investigated further to understand the phenomenon better; it is probable that in a few years sufficient data will be available to allow for trend assessments.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie navorsing is om te beskryf hoe hervorming van openbare finansies sedert 1999 in Suid Afrika onderneem is ten einde die beginsels van ‘nuwe openbare bestuur’ te bevorder. Die eerste gedeelte van die navorsing fokus op die Suid-Afrikaanse openbare sektor hervorming geskiedenis in die algemeen, met spesifieke fokus op openbare finansies. Dit beskryf hoe die Openbare Finansiële Bestuurswet, No 1 van 1999 (PMFA, 1999) hervorming en die beginsels van ‘nuwe openbare bestuur’ bevorder het. Dit word gevolg deur ‘n diep en deeglike bespreking van kern indikatore en die wyse waarop data versamel is. Die finale fase behels ‘n beskrywing van die bedra van openbare finansiële bestuur hervorming sedert 1999 tot die bevordering van ‘nuwe openbare bestuur’ beginsels. Die studie sluit af met aanbevelings vir praktyk en beleid asook verdere navorsing. Die resultate toon dat sommige van die beginsels van ‘nuwe openbare bestuur’ bevorder is deur openbare finansiële hervorming, terwyl ander steeds agterweë bly. ‘n Tekort aan genoemsame data lei egter tot leemtes in die bevindinge: die tekort aan data maak dit moeilik om ‘n duidelike prentjie te vorm oor die mate waartoe die beginsels van ‘nuwe openbare bestuur’ ten volle geïmplementeer is. Een van die kern aanbevelings is dus dat spesifieke indikatore verder ondersoek moet word om die verskynsel beter te verstaan; dit is waarskynlik dat genoegsame data in die toekoms koers berekenings moontlik sal maak wat verdere begrip sal bevorder.
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Mothusi, Bashi. "Public sector seforms and managing change in Botswana: The case of Performance Management System (PMS)." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1213282797.
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Townsend, Jacqueline Michelle. "Managerial reforms within the United States government." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2881.
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This research project examines Presidential and Congressional attempts to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the United States government. It describes prior reform efforts and then focuses on President George W. Bush's management agenda.
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Korte, Nina [Verfasser], and Andreas [Akademischer Betreuer] Ufen. "The Political Economy of Public Administration Reforms in Southeast Asia : A Comparative Analysis of the Tax Administration in Indonesia and the Philippines / Nina Korte. Betreuer: Andreas Ufen." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1053811381/34.
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Nilsson, Claes. "Good governance in development-aid : making democracy-reforms sustainable." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Social Sciences, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-3841.
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February through March, 2005, I conducted a Minor Field Study (MFS) in Lao PDR together with a fellow-student. We were interested in a project in Laos called GPAR Luang Prabang, in which Sida, UNDP and the Lao Government are trying to improve the governance system in Laos. Luang Prabang is the province in the northern parts of Laos where the good governance-project were being implemented.
The main interest in this study concerns democracy aid in the shape of good governance and local ownership in development aid. Good governance is a highly debated topic in aid-literature, both because of the explosion of good governance projects the last ten or so years and because of the ambiguity that lies in the concept good governance. Different aid-actors give different meanings to good governance. Two definitions stand out: First there is the “narrow” definition that focuses on the economical steering of a country’s resources. The second, or “broad” definition of good governance, focuses on democratic aspects of the concept. Areas like participation, transparency, accountability and rule of law are high-lighted here. Different actors in the aid-society thus have different definitions of the concept.
Whether democracy aid works and becomes sustainable relies, according to the literature, on how well the partners in an aid-project can foster local ownership. Ownership means that the recipient is in control of the policy process, from highlighting a problem to implementing the solutions. The starting point in this thesis is the question whether the ambiguity in good governance- definitions constrains ownership in the policy process. Also, in democracy aid there is an interesting paradox: How can a project that aims at changing political power-structures be driven by those who have the most to gain from these structures? My study shows that when the partners in an aid-project are unable to settle for one definition of good governance, ownership is hard to reach. If the partners can not reach an agreement at an early stage in the process, ownership will suffer and sustainability will be hard to reach.February through March, 2005, I conducted a Minor Field Study (MFS) in Lao PDR together with a fellow-student. We were interested in a project in Laos called GPAR Luang Prabang, in which Sida, UNDP and the Lao Government are trying to improve the governance system in Laos. Luang Prabang is the province in the northern parts of Laos where the good governance-project were being implemented.The main interest in this study concerns democracy aid in the shape of good governance and local ownership in development aid. Good governance is a highly debated topic in aid-literature, both because of the explosion of good governance projects the last ten or so years and because of the ambiguity that lies in the concept good governance. Different aid-actors give different meanings to good governance. Two definitions stand out: First there is the “narrow” definition that focuses on the economical steering of a country’s resources. The second, or “broad” definition of good governance, focuses on democratic aspects of the concept. Areas like participation, transparency, accountability and rule of law are high-lighted here. Different actors in the aid-society thus have different definitions of the concept. Whether democracy aid works and becomes sustainable relies, according to the literature, on how well the partners in an aid-project can foster local ownership. Ownership means that the recipient is in control of the policy process, from highlighting a problem to implementing the solutions. The starting point in this thesis is the question whether the ambiguity in good governance- definitions constrains ownership in the policy process. Also, in democracy aid there is an interesting paradox: How can a project that aims at changing political power-structures be driven by those who have the most to gain from these structures? My study shows that when the partners in an aid-project are unable to settle for one definition of good governance, ownership is hard to reach. If the partners can not reach an agreement at an early stage in the process, ownership will suffer and sustainability will be hard to reach.
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Shevchenko, Maryna, and Marek Ostaszewski. "Perspectives of economic cooperation between Poland and Ukraine." Thesis, Національний технічний університет "Харківський політехнічний інститут", 2015. http://repository.kpi.kharkov.ua/handle/KhPI-Press/45430.
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Jones, Glyn Robert Walter. "The effects of the 1989-97 French administrative reforms on the ministerial field services : the explanatory insights of Burgelman's model of the interaction of strategic behaviour, corporate context and the concept of strategy." Thesis, Southampton Solent University, 2003. http://ssudl.solent.ac.uk/612/.
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The research investigates the effects of the 1989-92 Public Service Renewal and 1995-1997 Reform of the State administrative reform programme on the ministerial field services. These reforms, through the processes of deconcentration and responsibilisation, delegated increased autonomy to the firld services in their operational management to enable them to improve their delivery of policy objectives. The primary research question was whether operational and institutional factors at field service level impeded or facilitated moves towards a more managerial logic of appropriateness as envisaged by the reform programmes. Through an institutional analysis of the French administrative reform process, a number of institutional and operational factors were identified that would determine the capacity of the field services to engage in the reform process. These factors included the concessions made by the reforms to the field services in budgetary and human resource management, the incentives for field service officials to participate and the extent to which both the field services and their central Ministries were able to adjust to the requirements of the reform. In addition, there were the conservative influences of the trade unions, the effects of budgetary cutbacks and the contextual backgrounds of the respective Ministries that were influences on the receptivity of the field service to change. Burgelman's 'Model of the Interaction of Strategic Behavior, Corporate Context and the Concept of Strategy' was used as the theeoretical framework through which the findings from the fieldwork investigations conducted in the Education, Agriculture and Infrastructure Ministries were interpreted. The theoretical framework was found to be applicable to the French administrative context through its articulation of those over their operations and to show greater initiative. Burgelman's criteria for autonomous strategic behaviour were, therefore, adapted to the French administrative reform context and utilised as a structural framework through which the research findings were presented. The establishment of whether the respective criterial had been met provided a means to identify those institutional and operational variables which influenced the capacity of the field services to exercise greater autonomy in their operational management. The explanatory insights of Burgelman's model show how the resilience of traditional institutional features and the effects of budgetary cutbacks minimised the impact of the Public Service Renewal and the Reform of the State programmes in those field services of the Education, Agriculture and Infrastructure Ministries where fieldwork was carried out. The conditions within the French administration were found to be more constraining on the organisational behaviour of officials than Burgelman's model, based on a large scale private sector organisation envisages. Burgelman's model was able to identify the organisational dynamics that constrain reform, but was not able to trace the source of these constraints into a wider social context. It was found that insights from sociological and rational choise institutionalist perspectives clarified the missing social elements of Burgelman's model. The final chapter examines how the organisational dynamics identified in the study could be used as the basis for a generalised framework.
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Tambulasi, Richard Ignitious Chipopopo. "The impact of the new public management reforms on political control and corruption : the case of Malawi's Local Governance." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2572.
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Thesis (MPA (School of Public Management and Planning))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.The new public management (NPM) paradigm features very highly in both contemporary public sector reform and public sector management literature. The NPM model has been implemented both in the developing and developed world at the local and central levels of government. Key to NPM is the introduction of market principles in the running of the public sector. The rationale is to replace the over rigid and bureaucratic traditional public administration with the fast moving form of public management so as to achieve high levels of efficiency, effectiveness and economy in the delivery of public goods and services. Despite its wide application, the doctrine of NPM has had diverse impacts in different countries.
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Muema, Emmah Mwongeli. "Leadership and Policy for Reforms and Change in Higher Education: A Review of the Juakalization Phenomenon of Public Universities in Kenya." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1598346230750732.
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de, Renzio Paolo. "Buying better governance : the political economy of budget reforms in aid-dependent countries, 1997-2007." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a56c6b13-dfce-4337-bc35-eded2b8f6954.
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The quality of governance and institutions is increasingly seen as a fundamental factor in shaping the development prospects of poor countries. As a consequence, donor agencies have increasingly allocated resources to providing technical assistance for improving governance standards in such countries, with mixed results. This thesis investigates the domestic and external factors affecting the outcomes of reforms aimed at improving the quality of government budget institutions across a sample of 16 aid-dependent countries. It provides a new definition of the quality of budget institutions, and develops an analytical framework that identifies the key factors at play in the political economy of budget reforms. The analysis starts with a medium-N ‘pattern finding’ approach, based on a new dataset tracking changes in the quality of budget institutions over the period 2001 to 2007. This is followed by a small-N ‘process tracing’ approach, with in-depth case studies of Mozambique and Burkina Faso (with additional evidence from Tanzania), looking at both overall reform trajectories and four specific budget reform areas. The results show that among domestic factors, economic and political stability are preconditions for successful budget reforms. A minimum degree of government leadership and commitment to reforms is also a very important factor shaping budget reform outcomes, alongside the centralisation of budget institutions. Surprisingly, among external factors, the level of technical assistance and the use of so-called programme aid modalities were less important than the overall fragmentation of aid flows and the ways in which technical assistance is delivered in influencing budget reform outcomes. Donors’ hopes of ‘buying’ better budget governance, therefore, are more likely to be enhanced not by additional resources, but by better behaviour. Moreover, such strategy is likely to work only in countries with enough capacity and interest in reforms.
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Скоробогата, О. С., and О. М. Полуянова. "Становлення реформи системи державного управління та місцевого самоврядування в Україні." Thesis, Чернігів, 2021. http://ir.stu.cn.ua/123456789/25361.
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Скоробогата, О. С. Становлення реформи системи державного управління та місцевого самоврядування в Україні : випускна кваліфікаційна робота : 281 «Публічне управління та адміністрування» / О. С. Скоробогата, О. М. Полуянова ; керівник роботи Н. В. Філіпова ; НУ "Чернігівська політехніка", кафедра публічного управління та менеджменту організацій. – Чернігів, 2021. – 88 с.Метою роботи є дослідження перших результатів реформування системи державного управління та місцевого самоврядування в контексті існуючих зовнішніх і внутрішніх викликів розвитку України та розробити концептуальні й практичні пропозиції суб’єктам публічного управління, включаючи інститути громадянського суспільства, щодо її подальшого ефективного здійснення. Об’єктом дослідження є процес здійснення реформи державного управління. Предметом дослідження є реформування системи державного управління. Методи дослідження полягають в узагальненні та систематизації реформи щодо державного управління.
The purpose of the work is to study the first results of public administration and local self-government reform in the context of existing external and internal challenges of Ukraine’s development and to develop conceptual and practical proposals to public administration entities, including civil society institutions, for its further effective implementation. The object of research is the process of public administration reform. The subject of the study is the reform of the public administration system. Research methods are to generalize and systematize public administration reform.
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Hult, Johan, and Henrik Strand. "Hållbart syn- och arbetssätt inom offentlig sektor : Ett medarbetarperspektiv." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för handel och företagande, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-15208.
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Bakgrund: Offentlig sektor har under de senaste decennierna genomgått omfattande omorganiseringar och reformer som syftat till att göra den allmänna välfärden mer effektiv. Enligt tidigare forskning har dock dessa reformer inte varit tillräckligt bra anpassade för offentlig sektor. Influenser hämtade från det privata näringslivet har medfört konsekvenser för såväl arbetssätt, de samhälleliga intressena och inte minst medarbetarnas arbetssituation. Med utgångspunkt i denna bakgrund har studien följande problemformulering: Vad anser medarbetare inom offentlig sektor är ett hållbart syn- och arbetssätt och kan det innebära en förening av den offentliga traditionen och influenser från den privata sektorn? Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att ur ett medarbetarperspektiv utforska innebörden av ett hållbart syn- och arbetssätt inom offentlig sektor samt vart detta tar sin utgångspunkt. Metod: Studien har utgått från en kvalitativ metod för insamling av empiriskt material. Detta har skett genom 10 semistrukturerade intervjuer med medarbetare som är verksamma inom kommuner och region, geografiskt avgränsat till Västra Götalands län. Resultat och analys: Studiens resultat presenteras genom en tematisering efter fem övergripande områden som författarna identifierat som återkommande i samtalen. Dessa är: effektivisering, styrning, tillit, vikten av att värna om medarbetaren samt förskjutning av arbetsuppgifter. I analysen bekräftas och dementeras studiens resultat av tidigare forskning och här synliggörs därtill förslag till förbättringar ur ett medarbetarperspektiv. Slutsatser: Studien visar att ett hållbart syn- och arbetssätt bland annat inkluderar tillit till medarbetaren, likabehandling och rättvisa med en hög grad av autonomi och professionell logik i arbetssättet. Medarbetare inom offentlig sektor är öppna för arbetssätt som influerats av dess omvärld.Background: The public sector has during the last decades been transformed by reorganizations and reforms which purpose has been to make the public welfare more efficient. According to earlier research these reforms has not been sufficiently adopted for the public sector. Influences derived from the private sector have had consequences for both the working methods, the social interests and, in particular, the employees' work situation. With that as a starting point, this study will attempt to answer: What does employees within the public sector consider to be a sustainable approach and working methods and can the traditional public sector uniting with influences from the private sector? Purpose: The purpose of this study is to discuss the meaning of a sustainable approach and working methods within the public sector with an employee point of view and where this is based. Method: The study is based on a qualitative method for collecting empirical material. This included 10 semi-structured interviews with employees working in municipalities and regions, geographically bound to Västra Götalands län. Results and analysis: The result of the study will be presented in five headings based on reoccurring themes identified by the authors during the interviews. These are: efficiency, control, trust, value of employees and the shift of assigned working tasks. The analysis both confirms and denies previous research and submits suggestions for improvements from an employee point of view. Conclusions: The study shows that a sustainable approach and working methods include trust in the employee, equal treatment and justice with a high degree of autonomy and professional logic in the working methods. Public sector employees are open to working practices influenced by their outside world.
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Bruk, Boris V. "Formation of New Ideologies of Administration in American and Russian Administrative Reform." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49610.
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This research project seeks to identify commonalities and differences between new administrative ideologies in the United States and post-Soviet Russia. To achieve this goal, the study explores the question of administrative ideology through the lens of the New Public Management (NPM) related reforms, which spread around much of the world in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The discussion is structured around two broad themes identified in the review of the literature on NPM and Reinventing Government: the new vision of the government (and its bureaucracy) and the relationship between government and the public. As a method of inquiry, the study uses the review and analysis of official publications and elite interviews with high-ranking officials, analysts, and scholars in the United States and Russia. The research demonstrates that although new ideologies of administration in the United States and Russia share significant characteristics, they differ in a number of important respects. � �Ph. D.
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Hanabe, Lulamile Donacious. "Local government budgetary reforms reconsidered: the case of Amatole District Municipality, province of the Eastern Cape." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/15093.
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This research critically analysed the role, if any, that is played by the budgetary reforms in enhancing basic service delivery, with specific reference to the case of Amathole District Municipality. The main objectives of this study were to investigate and evaluate the causes of possible challenges encountered by the ADM in the implementation of local government budgetary reforms; to assess and determine the role played by budgetary reforms in promoting basic service delivery by the Amathole District Municipality; to analyse the extent to which budgetary reforms are used in the preparation of the municipal budget and the IDP; and to evaluate the level of ADM institutional capacity in delivering basic services to communities in terms of the municipality’s capital budget and financial plan. The study is premised on the fact that there is no guaranteed service delivery without a sound financial management and planning. In this study, it is acknowledged that municipalities in South Africa are struggling to implement the local government budgetary reforms; and as such, South African municipalities could succeed in rendering effective and efficient public services, provided the matters of governance are adhered to, as well as financial governance in particular. This research is solely based on the assumption that the Amathole District Municipality’s budgets and budget process, like other municipalities in South Africa, are done for the sake of compliance with the requirements of National Treasury and the MFMA – with less emphasis being placed on enhanced basic service delivery to communities. The study proposed to provide a brief literature review on the basic service delivery, with reference to the South African context, as well as a theoretical overview on the evolution of developmental local government budgetary reforms. The empirical survey and research methodology employed in the study are described, followed by the operationalization of the survey questionnaire used for gathering the field data. The research findings of the empirical survey are then statistically analysed, using statistical procedures. The qualitative data analysis involved thematic content analysis, being interpreted and reported on. The triangulation-research methodology was employed with the emphasis being on the quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The sample comprised councillors, officials and ward committee members. Questionnaires, with open and closed-ended questions, were employed for the councillors and the officials. Focus-group interviews were conducted with the ward committee members from the respective local municipalities.The findings strongly suggest that, the introduction of the budgetary reforms indeed resulted in a shift by municipalities from their core mandate – that is service delivery – to a more legislative-compliant mode of practice. Recommendations flowing from, inter alia, the results of the empirical study, are presented to improve financial governance and service delivery in the Amathole District Municipality, as well as in other municipalities in South Africa. If adopted, these recommendations should enable the Amathole District Municipality, as a development agent, to fulfil its developmental mandate, thereby addressing the matters of financial governance and service delivery.
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Hai, Peter Nguyen Van, and n/a. "Recent administrative reform in Vietnam." University of Canberra. Administrative Studies, 1994. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060714.115805.
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Since the introduction in 1986 of Doi Moi program, a Vietnamese form of
Perestroika, which was designed partly to reduce the role of state bureaucracy
in the system, major economic reforms have been carried out in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV). However, while Vietnam's economic reforms
have generated considerable interest, its limited political reforms, especially in
the area of public administration, have not been a central concern among
political scientists, historians and researchers. In their efforts to revitalise the
state bureaucracy, reformers in Vietnam now recognise the importance of well
qualified bureaucrats, and they inevitably have to face the old issue of how best
to attract, motivate, train and retain public servants for a better government.
This paper, based on the search through the maze of official documents in
Vietnamese language, describes the SRV's political institutions, provides an
overview of Vietnam's administrative system against the backdrop of the
country's economic and political reforms, highlighting institutional interactions
induced by reform imperatives, discusses recent administrative reforms
emanating from the amended 1992 Constitution, and evaluates the effectiveness
of current administrative reform strategies. Comments will also be made on
. The roles and functions of central agencies in Vietnam
. Policy making processes and paradigms
. The 'emerging' dichotomy between policy and administration
. The 'ministerial department' a la Vietnamienne
. Machinery of government changes
. Human resource management initiatives
. The 'career service' nature of the Vietnamese public service, and,
. Central versus provincial governments.
Vietnamese Public Service is an important question and worthy of investigation
because of the increasingly close bilateral relationship between Australia and
Vietnam. Many Australian investors who have often been annoyed by
unnecessary delays caused by bureaucratic red tape and corruption, are now
keen to learn more about the policy making style of Vietnamese bureaucrats.
Vietnam still displays many deliberate trappings of a country run in a highly
centralist fashion. Its reorganisation strategy of the state's administrative
system will continue to bear the socialist imprints. Dr David Marr of the
Australian National University contends that layer upon layer of bureaucratic
influence, from Chinese Neo-Confucian to French Third Republic to Soviet
Stalinist, can be seen in Vietnam today. This paper argues that Vietnam's
political and cultural legacies will continue to exercise significant influence, as
they have in the past, on its public service's structures, strategies and ethics.
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Al-Akayleh, Wa'el A. "Democratisation and public administration reform in Jordan." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.493523.
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The aim of this study is to examine democratisation and public administration reform in Jordan after 1989. This study defines democratisation and presents its nature and limits in the Middle East in general and Jordan in particular. It presents major arguments with regard to despotism, the rentier state, modernisation and level of development and fragmented societies. We have argued that the democratisation process emerged in 1989 as a result of domestic catalysts and facilitators together with numerous external factors.
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Fusimalohi, Taniela L. "Culture-bound public administration : the value basis of public administration in Tonga /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19271.pdf.
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Moren, Jan. "Om reformer : En studie av Kvalitetsreformen, Politireform 2000 og Kunnskapsløftet." Doctoral thesis, Karlstads universitet, Avdelningen för arbetsvetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-7318.
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This thesis studies three major reforms in the public sector of Norway. The sectors studied are the police, higher education, and primary schools. The main motive for studying these reforms are of a theoretical nature, the reason to study them is to produce general knowledge about reforms. The study aims to answer two main questions. One is about the possibilities and limitations contained in using reforms to change organizations. The second is about how organizations can promote the ideals of representative democracy. In its efforts to attain answers to these questions the thesis blends empirically-oriented research with aspects of organization theory and political theory. The thesis is divided into four different parts. First, there is a descriptive presentation of the three reforms. Secondly, there is a discussion of various theories of reforms and organizations. The primary aim of this analysis is to illuminate and explain the empirical data, but this discussion should also provide its own answers to the main questions asked in the thesis. Thirdly, these theories are applied to analyze data from the three reforms. And finally, the study concludes with a summary of what general insights about the reforms we are left with after studying the Quality Reform, The Police Reform 2000, and the Knowledge Reform. The study shows that reforms have both policy and content aspects, and that it is important to distinguish between the two in order to analyse and understand them. The policy aspect is that reforms are a strategy for change - they are tools for implementing change in organizations. The content aspect is that reforms have a specific content - they have certain objectives that they want to realize. The study concludes that in order to understand this complex and fascinating phenomenon, we need to understand reforms both as instrumental tools, institutional adaptations and symbols.
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Papaioannou, Georgios. "Essays on contemporary patronage, public administration, and reform." Thesis, University of Essex, 2018. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/22839/.
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Sánchez, Povis Lucio Andrés. "The Liability of the Public Administration in the Peruvian Administrative Law: Approaches to an Institution Pending Reform." Derecho & Sociedad, 2016. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/118009.
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The author studies the protection that the liability of public administration regime offers against Public Administration’s actions in Peruvian Administrative Law. In this context, he notes the shortcomings of such regime and proposes Peruvian legislation must change in order to overcome this weakness. Finally, the author notes that it is necessary to change this regime in order to guarantee effective economic protection against illegal decisions of the Regulatory State.El autor estudia el régimen de responsabilidad patrimonial de la Administración pública en el ordenamiento peruano, partiendo de las relaciones que guarda éste con el régimen de expropiación forzosa y las garantías que ofrece para hacer frente a los daños derivados de la actuación administrativa. En este contexto, el autor advierte las deficiencias adjetivas que este régimen padece en sede judicial y propone su reforma para lograr un régimen eficaz de responsabilidad patrimonial en un contexto de cada vez mayor intervención pública sobre los particulares.
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Iqbal, Faisal. "An analysis of administrative reforms in Pakistan's public sector." Thesis, University of Bedfordshire, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/550403.
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Context: Despite a long history of reforms, Pakistan‘s public sector (PS) is still considered cumbersome, corrupt, and inefficient by its citizens, government and international development community. Recent reforms were operationalised in 2001 under a new economic policy called the Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP) designed to facilitate the New Public Management (NPM) influenced transformation. The overarching objectives of these reforms were to strengthen the market and public sector simultaneously and so that they complemented each other. The PS reform actions taken under this strategy were mainly based on the World Bank‘s (WB) experience of developing countries which identified the state‘s weak institutional capacity as bottleneck to this transformation. Therefore, with the view to removing these impediments, actions to train the public servants, improve their salaries, and enhanced the use of information technology (IT) were included. However, many recent reports and indicators confirm the situation in Pakistan has remained unchanged. Various generic explanations of these compromised results have been provided; however, the concrete reasons in a Pakistani setting are still unknown. Research Questions: This study aims to investigate the reasons why Pakistan‘s PS organisations appear to be resistant to reform and why the repeated attempts at reform appear to have had so little impact. It addresses the following questions: What effects, if any, have NPM-inspired reform attempts had on the way that public sector organisations function? What have been the intended and unintended consequences of reform attempts? Research approach: This case study aims to bridge this gap through analysing the effects of administrative reforms in the federal tax agency where these actions have been revived as a part of the comprehensive reform programme. This study is qualitative and adopts a social constructionist approach. This case study is ethnographically oriented and works within pragmatist criteria of truth and validity; the case study organisation has been conceptualised as negotiated order (Strauss, 1978); and the initiatives of training, salaries and information technology are understood as managerial attempts to reshape organisational structures, processes, and the employment relationship with employees in line with the requirements of NPM. This research mainly depends on the interpretation and analysis of data gathered through 22 semi-structured interviews, participant observation and documentary sources of information including public and classified reports from donors and government repositories as well as published scholarly articles. The data were analysed in two stages: 1. abstract analysis took place during data collection, arranging, cleaning, and extraction of themes and patterns; and 2. firm analysis happened through an iterative process of comparing these themes, patterns, and field notes to make the sense of data. Findings: The findings suggest that the desired results of efficiency, transparency, fairness, and controlling corruption could not be achieved due to the takeover of prevalent contextual corrupt practices of nepotism, favouritism and recommendation at the time of its implementation. Moreover, this content-focused approach has also ignored the context and processes that led to compromised results. I have supported these findings through the identification of these contextual problems at the organisational and national levels. Contribution: This research contributed to a greater understanding of the initiation and implementation processes of the NPM-inspired PSR in Pakistan through the identification of factors limiting its results at organisational and national levels. In turn, it helped to highlight the problems behind reformer‘s taken for granted assumptions of quick-fixing the institutions through rapid dosage of reform. The results will also be valuable to reformers as they will not only help reformers to understand the reasons affecting its intended results but also help them to include these in the list of safeguard.
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Nunes, Alexandre Manuel Martins Morais. "Reformas na gestão hospitalar:análise dos efeitos da empresarialização." Doctoral thesis, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/12070.
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Tese de Doutoramento em Ciências Sociais na
Especialidade de Administração da SaúdeAs reformas da gestão hospitalar, desde a criação do Serviço Nacional de Saúde, objetivaram a maximização da eficiência nos hospitais de forma a promover a sustentabilidade do setor. Com base em quatro experiências de gestão e na integração da perspetiva da NPM, no ano 2002 iniciou-se uma nova reforma de gestão hospitalar que se manteve até aos dias de hoje: a empresarialização. De modo a maximizar a utilização de recursos, foi também uma aposta da tutela, em 2005, o desenvolvimento de uma política de fusão/concentração de unidades de saúde. O objetivo deste estudo é analisar o comportamento e os respetivos efeitos da empresarialização na eficiência dos hospitais públicos, na produtividade dos centros hospitalares (criados por fusão de unidades) e na eficiência dos hospitais após intervenção do programa de ajustamento financeiro. Para esta análise foi considerado o período temporal decorrente entre os anos 2002 e 2013. Na realização deste estudo, recorreu-se, numa primeira fase, à aplicação da técnica da Data Envelopment Analisys (DEA) para a avaliação da eficiência, e do índice de Malmquist para a avaliação da produtividade das unidades e dos centros hospitalares, tendo por base os conceitos de eficiência e supereficiência não radial. Numa segunda fase, com o objetivo de apurar os efeitos que estariam na base da variação da eficiência, foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas aos gestores/administradores das unidades eficientes/ineficientes, analisadas com recurso à análise de conteúdo. Do estudo das 49 unidades hospitalares consideradas no ano 2002, podemos concluir que: a eficiência aumentou nas unidades empresariais, apenas a partir do ano 2005 (o que correspondeu à transição para o estatuto E.P.E); a política de fusão de unidades de saúde não gerou os resultados esperados em termos de produtividade; a intervenção externa, apesar de gerar aumentos de eficiência das unidades, resultou, de acordo com os entrevistados, em perdas significativas nos cuidados de saúde prestados aos utentes do SNS.
The reforms of hospital management since the creation of the National Health Service were aimed in maximizing the efficiency of hospitals to make the sector more sustainable. Based on four experiences of management and integration of the NPM, a new reform of hospital management was created in 2002 that has continued until this day: the corporatization. To improve the way the resources are used, the tutelage also bet on the development of a politic of merge/ concentration of the health units. The goal of the study is to analyse the behaviour and effects of corporatization in the efficiency of public hospitals, in the productivity of hospital centres (created from the merge of hospital units) and in the efficiency of the hospitals after the intervention of the austerity program. The analysis considered the time period between 2002 and 2013. For this study, we started by using the technique of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to asses efficiency, and then the Malmquist index for assessing the productivity of hospitals units and centres, based on the concepts of non-radial efficiency and super efficiency. In a second phase, aiming to determine the effects that be in the origin of the variation in efficiency, we conducted semi-structured interviews with managers/ directors of efficient and inefficient units, that were then analyzed trough the method of content analysis. From the study of the 49 hospitals considered in the year 2002, we can conclude that: the efficiency in business units only began to increase starting from the year 2005 (which corresponds to the transition to the E.P.E. status); the policy of merging health units did not have the expected outcome in terms of productivity; external intervention ,although has generated increased efficiency of the units it has resulted, according to the interviewers, in significant losses in the health care provided to users of the NHS.
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Gurjão, Fernanda Vianna. "Reformas orçamentárias: iniciativas do poder legislativo de 1990 a 2010." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/11348.
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The Public Budget is the primary tool for planning and managing Public Administration. It is worth mentioning the existence of his dual character, being bounded on one side by a normative and legal perspective and on the other by the changes and aspirations of society. In this context, this research seeks to highlight the key initiatives by the Federal Legislature to modify the structure of the public budget, acting directly on the laws that rule it. The chosen period covers the years between 1990 to 2010 there are characterized by the process of democratic consolidation and institutional change in the country. The results shows that the efforts of prospective budget reform in the Brazilian case seeks to reverse the historical trend of centralization of the Federal Executive decision-making and also limit their discretion in dealing with the Public Budget.
O Orçamento Público configura-se como o principal instrumento de planejamento e gestão da administração pública. Cabe destacar no mesmo, a existência de uma característica dual, sendo de um lado delimitado por uma perspectiva normativa e legal e, de outro, pressionado por mudanças e anseios sociais. Considerando esta característica, buscou-se destacar quais foram as principais iniciativas por parte do Legislativo Federal para modificar a estrutura do orçamento público, atuando diretamente nas leis que o regem. O período escolhido compreendeu os anos entre 1990 e 2010, caracterizado pelo processo de consolidação democrática e de modificação institucional do país. Os resultados mostram que parte dos esforços prospectivos de reforma orçamental no caso brasileiro busca reverter a histórica tendência do centralismo decisório do Executivo Federal e também limitar sua discricionariedade no trato do Orçamento Público.
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Carstens, Marthinus Jacobus. "Administrative reform : guidelines for South Africa." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25288.
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Please read the abstract (Summary) in the section 00front of this documentThesis (D Admin (Public Administration))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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Fernandes, Ciro Campos Christo. "Política de compras e contratações: trajetória e mudanças na administração pública federal brasileira." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/7950.
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The thesis analyses political change in public procurement policy of Brazilian federal administration describing in a systematic way the six cases in which legal rules and procedures suffered substantial changes affecting general laws or statutes: the centralization of purchases in Vargas period, in two decisive moments (1931 and 1940); the revision of rules for bidding by Decree-law 200, in the context of president Castello Branco administrative reform; the enactment of a statute for biddings (Decree-law 2.300 ) in José Sarney government; the congressional approval of a general bidding law directed to fight corruption and collusion in public contracts (Law 8.666, of 1993 ); the frustrated attempt of a new bidding law aligned with the managerial public management reform of Fernando Henrique Cardoso government and the creation of reverse auction (pregão) as a new modality for bids, in 2000. The research focuses the political process of problem formulation, specification of solutions and decision-making, applying John Kingdon`s model to unfold the flows of political process, problems and solutions in each specific historical context. The six cases are described and compared by means of structured narratives and their analysis is supported on theoretical model categories to elucidate how the process of change is developed and which are the relevant actors, ideas, models and political events that explain their circumstances and result.
A tese analisa as mudanças da política de compras e contratações da administração pública federal brasileira descrevendo de forma sistemática os seis casos nos quais as regras e procedimentos sofrem alteração substancial, na forma de leis gerais ou estatutos: a centralização das compras no período Vargas, em dois momentos decisivos (1931 e 1940); a revisão das regras de licitação pelo Decreto-lei n. 200, no contexto da reforma administrativa do governo Castello Branco; a edição de um estatuto das licitações (o Decreto-lei n 2.300) no governo Sarney; a aprovação no Legislativo de uma lei de licitações voltada para o combate à corrupção e ao direcionamento dos contratos públicos (Lei 8.666); a tentativa frustrada de uma nova lei alinhada com a reforma gerencial do primeiro governo Fernando Henrique Cardoso e a criação do pregão como nova modalidade de licitação, em 2000. A pesquisa focaliza o processo político de formulação dos problemas, especificação de soluções e tomada de decisão, com base no modelo de John Kingdon, desdobrando a análise em fluxos do processo político, dos problemas emergentes e das soluções, em cada contexto histórico específico. Os seis casos são descritos por meio de narrativas estruturadas e comparados a partir das categorias do modelo teórico para elucidar como se desenvolveu o processo de mudança, quais os atores relevantes, idéias, modelos e eventos políticos que explicam suas circunstâncias e resultado.
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Sartor, Vicente Volnei de Bona. "Reforma administrativa do aparelho estatal." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 1996. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/76511.
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Análise histórica do processo de reforma administrativa. O conceito de Administração Pública. O papel do Estado no Brasil. Relação entre desenvolvimento e reforma administrativa. Algumas críticas às reformas brasileiras. A reforma no mundo. As características das reformas no mundo e no Brasil. A atual reforma administrativa: características e ênfases.
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Perez, Caio Frederico Fonseca Martinez. "Burocracia estável e o princípio da eficiência na administração pública brasileira." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/2/2134/tde-03112016-223544/.
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A última reforma administrativa brasileira de 1998 buscou na iniciativa privada ideias para melhorias em sua gestão, como o princípio da eficiência, o new public management e a maior flexibilidade na contratação e dispensa de trabalhadores. No entanto, a inovação proposta não levou em conta aquilo que as mais modernas teorias adotadas pelas organizações privadas de fato propõem. A noção de que a estabilidade da burocracia na Administração Pública seria perniciosa e menos eficiente não se sustenta, especialmente no tocante ao turnover e à retenção de quadros qualificados. A valorização do capital humano, e não o seu descarte, é que torna melhor a gestão, quer da empresa privada, quer do setor público.The last Brazilian Public Administration reform in 1998 sought within the private sector ideas to improve its management, such as the principle of efficiency, the new public management and the greater flexibility in hiring and laying off public workers. However, the proposed innovation did not observed what private sectors present-day theories actually proposed. The notion that the bureaucracys stability in public administration would be pernicious and less efficient is inaccurate, especially with regards to turnover and retention of qualified staff. The enrichment of human capital, and not its disposal, is what makes managing better, whether in the private enterprise or in the public sector.
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Oliveira, Ciro Eduardo Silva de. "REFORMA OU REVOLUÇÃO: A ADMINISTRAÇÃO PÚBLICA GERENCIAL E OS SERVIDORES TÉCNICO-ADMINISTRATIVOS EM EDUCAÇÃO DA UFSM." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2015. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/6261.
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Political, economic , technological and social changes that occurred in recent decades have led governments around the world, to implement the Public Administration Management, replacing Public Administration Bureaucratic, which has become obsolete, but it is still widely used. In Brazil, the administrative reform of the State has been implemented since the mid 1990s, along with other structural reforms, bringing with it the promise of efficiency, but also issues related to the change process. This study has the general objective, identify the perception of educations technical workers (TAEs) of the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), about the characteristics elements of the cultural dimension of Public Administration Management. We list three specific objectives: 1 ) write a history of the models of public administration; 2 ) write a history of public service in Brazil; 3 ) verify the perception of TAEs about characteristics elements of the cultural dimension of Public Administration Management. In terms of methodology, first we conducted a literature review to define the most important concepts, and meet the first and second objectives. Then we use the quantitative method, and the sample survey technique to fulfill the third objective. Sampling was performed by defining a simple random sample, comprising TAES of UFSM, that make up the population studied. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire application, hosted on Google Forms platform, with the access link sent to the email of selected workers. The purpose of the data collection process was to ensure the anonymity of respondents. Finally, the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the results evaluated from the perspective of rational choice theory and logic of collective action. The results from the analysis of the data allows us to conclude that TAE of UFSM is currently a qualified Professional, with higher education to that required for admission to the post. Briefly, we conclude that the characteristics elements of the cultural dimension of Public Administration Management, have a high degree of acceptance among research participants. The percentage of agreement to some degree (partially or fully) the relationship between the searched elements and the efficiency in the public service are between 74,3% and 95,8%. Finally, when asked: I know what the Public Administration Management, 37,2% said they did not know what it is about this administrative model, while the remaining 62,8% said they know. Among these latter, the vast majority also agree to some degree with the implementation of the Public Administration Management in UFSM.As transformações políticas, econômicas, tecnológicas e sociais, ocorridas nas últimas décadas, têm levado os governos ao redor do mundo, na busca pela eficiência administrativa, a implementar o modelo Gerencial de Administração Pública, em substituição ao modelo Burocrático, que se tornou obsoleto, mas ainda é amplamente utilizado. No Brasil, a reforma administrativa do aparelho do Estado vem sendo implantada desde meados da década de 1990, juntamente com outras reformas estruturais, trazendo consigo a promessa de eficiência, mas também problemas, ligados ao processo de mudança. O presente estudo tem como objetivo geral, identificar a percepção dos servidores técnico-administrativos em educação (TAEs) da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), quanto aos elementos que caracterizam a dimensão cultural da Administração Pública Gerencial. Para que o objetivo principal do trabalho fosse alcançado, elencamos três objetivos específicos: 1) elaborar um histórico dos modelos de Administração Pública Patrimonialista, Burocrática e Gerencial; 2) elaborar um histórico do serviço público no Brasil; 3) verificar a percepção dos TAEs quanto aos elementos que compõe a dimensão cultural da Administração Pública Gerencial. Em termos metodológicos, primeiramente realizamos uma pesquisa bibliográfica visando, além da definição dos conceitos mais importantes, o embasamento necessário ao cumprimento dos dois primeiros objetivos. Em um segundo momento, foi utilizado o método quantitativo, e a técnica de levantamento amostral, visando alcançar o terceiro objetivo. A amostragem foi realizada através da definição de uma amostra aleatória simples, composta por TAEs da UFSM, que integram a população estudada. Os dados analisados foram coletados através de aplicação de questionário estruturado, hospedado na plataforma Google Forms, cujo link de acesso foi enviado para o e-mail dos servidores selecionados. Tal processo de coleta de dados visou, além da celeridade no processo, garantir o anonimato dos respondentes. Por fim, os dados foram analisados através de estatística descritiva, e os resultados, avaliados sob a perspectiva da teoria da escolha racional e da lógica da ação coletiva. Os resultados obtidos a partir da análise dos dados nos permitem afirmar que o TAE da UFSM é, atualmente, um profissional qualificado, com escolaridade superior à exigida para ingresso no cargo, e que reúne todas as condições para prestar um serviço eficiente e célere, mas que é gerido por uma estrutura administrativa Burocrática deficiente, que não aproveita o potencial humano de que dispõe e que, pelos mecanismos de seu funcionamento, pode desmotivar o trabalhador. Além disso, de forma resumida, podemos dizer que os elementos que compõe a dimensão cultural da Administração Pública Gerencial, e que visam à eficiência e racionalização administrativas, apresentam um elevado grau de aceitação entre participantes da pesquisa. O percentual de concordância em algum grau (parcialmente ou totalmente) com a relação entre os elementos pesquisados e a eficiência no serviço público variam de 74,3% a 95,8%. Finalmente, ao serem confrontados com a assertiva Eu sei o que é a Administração Pública Gerencial, 37,2% disseram não saber do que se trata tal modelo administrativo, enquanto os demais 62,8% afirmaram saber. Dentre, esses últimos, a imensa maioria também concorda em algum grau com a implantação da Administração Pública Gerencial na UFSM.
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Jarfors, Anna-Lena, and Kristin Svensson. "Verksamhetsstyrning i primärvården : Stödjer ersättningsmodellerna verksamhetens mål för primärvården, en studie av Region Region Jönköpings län och Landstinget Blekinge." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-71543.
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Hälso- och sjukvården har genomgått stora förändringar genom åren och är idag en central del av vårt välfärdssamhälle. Utvecklingen går mot en mer primärvårdscentrerad vård vilket gör att hälso- och sjukvården står inför nya utmaningar gällande bland annat resursfördelning och prioriteringar. Idag styrs hälso- och sjukvården i allt större utsträckning av ekonomiska incitament där kopplingen till ersättning utgår från bland annat måluppfyllelse, prestation och resursinsatser. Hur ersättningsmodellerna utformas skiljer sig åt mellan olika huvudmän och varje huvudman utformar sin vårdvalsmodell efter sina prioriteringar av primärvårdsmålen. Syftet med studien är att analysera om de olika ersättningsmodellerna i primärvården understödjer de mål man arbetar mot samt vilka erfarenheter aktörerna inom hälso- och sjukvården, dvs. politiker, administrativ ledning och profession, har av ersättningsmodellernas effekter. För att studera hur ersättningsmodellen understödjer verksamhetsmålen i primärvården har två fallorganisationer valts ut, Landstinget Blekinge och Region Jönköpings län, där en komparativ forskningsdesign tillämpats. Data för den teoretiska referensramen utgår från publicerade artiklar, böcker och övrigt informationsmaterial från myndigheter. Primärdata har inhämtats från sex kvalitativa, semistrukturerade intervjuer. Sekundärdata för studien består av insamlad data från respektive region/landsting. Att använda en ersättningsmodell för resursfördelning i primärvården anses vara ett bra styrmedel då monetära ersättningar motiverar. Målen tillgänglighet, jämlik vård, hög kvalité, personcentrerad vård, patientsäkerhet tillsammans med kostnadseffektiv vård kan ibland motverka varandra. God kostnadskontroll prioriteras ofta i styrningen samtidigt ger uppföljning och kontroll behov av mycket administration, vilket motverkar målet kostnadseffektiv vård. Att styra primärvården med ersättningsmodeller är effektivt då monetär ersättning är inblandad men modellen används inte i första hand att styra mot mål utan för kostnadskontroll. Erfarenheterna av ersättningsmodellens effekter är att de ibland motverkar målen för hälso-och sjukvården och får oönskade effekter såsom manipulation av data och fokus på att det man utför genererar högre ersättning. Uppföljningen av ersättningsmodellerna kräver också mycket administration.The health care system has undergone major changes over the years and is today a central part of our welfare society. The trend is to direct citizens towards the Primary Health Care sector, making the health care system face new challenges. The primary challenges are related to the allocation of resources and guiding priorities for this. Today, health care is increasingly controlled by economic incentives, where the link to compensation is based on, compensation models. How the compensation model is designed varies between different principal stakeholders whom are designing their care choice model after its own priorities of primary health care objectives. The aim of the current study is to analyse whether the different compensation models in primary care supports the goal to work towards and what experience the different operators, politicians, administrative management and profession, have of compensation models ' effects. To study how the compensation model supports business goals in primary care two organizations has been selected, County Council of Jönköping and Blekinge on which a comparative research design has been applied. Data for the theoretical frame of reference is based on published articles, books and other information material from the authorities. Primary data has been gathered from six qualitative, semi-structured interviews. Secondary data for the study consists of data collected from each region/County Councils. To use a compensation model for the allocation of resources in primary health care is considered to be a good instrument in which monetary remuneration justifies. Objectives as availability, equal treatment, high quality care, person-centred care, patient safety, along with cost-effective care can sometimes counteract with each other. Good cost control is often a priority when governing health care operations, monitoring and control the business needs much administration, thus undermining the objective of cost effective care. Compensation model is effective way to control primary health care since monetary compensation is involved but the model is not used primarily to steer towards the target but for cost control. The experience of the effects of the compensation model is that they sometimes act counterproductive towards goal for the health care system and you might receiving unwanted effects as manipulation of data and focus what you can do to generate more compensation. A vast amount of administration is needed to follow up compensation models.
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Rawaf, Monirah. "Women in public administration in Saudia Arabia : the need for reform." Thesis, University of Bath, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.237258.
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Yoon, Byeong-Soo. "The new public management : its applicability to administration reform in Korea." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364426.
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Damle, Shilpa C. "Institutionalizing Reform: The Ford Foundation, The I.I.P.A., and Administrative Reform in India, 1950-1970." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1401832984.
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Popovic, Dunja. "Economic inequality and Nationalism : Relationship between the discourse of Nation and the National and economic reforms in Yugoslavia, Case Study: Serbia." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-327039.
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Taking into consideration that national identity and nationalism are not purely political, and trying not to simplify the factors that led to fallout of the state, I will try to research the history of Yugoslavia in relation to economic reforms and the discourse in literature and media. Most analysis turn to ethno-nationalism and deep-rooted hate. However, this master thesis will take into consideration some other variables, like the economic reforms and the role of the media, literature and political elites that followed. The main hypothesis is that the implementation of the economic reforms that were introduced during transition weakened the previous economic system in Yugoslavia and that these reforms went hand in hand with the rise of nationalism in the media and literature caused the rise of nationalistic discourse in different parts of Yugoslavia. The main hypothesis is that the implementation of the economic reforms that went hand in hand with the nationalistic discourse in the media and literature caused the rise of nationalism in different parts of Yugoslavia. The most important unit around which I will define the main research is the question of neoliberal reforms and its effects on the nation and the national discourse through media and literature in former Yugoslavia. This is going to be a research on the consequences of those variables in Yugoslavia and the rise of ethno-nationalism in Serbia, and with that respect, the main research question will be: ‘’What is the relation between the economic reforms, politics, literature and media on the rise of nationalism in Yugoslavia before the fallout?’’ Additional questions are: ‘’How did economic reforms in the 1960s affect the rise of nationalism?’’, How did media, literature discourse and the political elite affect the rise of nationalism?’’ This thesis describes the break-up of Yugoslavia in relation to economic reforms and literature and media, perceiving it as a political, economic, as well as a cultural project.
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Al-Fahad, Jasem Y. "Reform of building codes, regulations, administration and enforcement in Kuwait : within the legal, administrative, technical & social framework." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2012. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/9883.
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The majority of building code development and implementation practices are normally connected with the progress of construction community changing awareness, needs and perspectives, advanced technology in construction and new level of knowledge. Unproven practices and the technology of building code development and implementation in case of insufficient and outdated codes, the use of unproven advanced codes of other countries, or the infringement of the existing codes, in most cases, could lead to a large number of shortcomings of minimum requirements of public health, safety and general welfare, and poor quality of buildings. Every aspect of a building code development and implementation practice could be influenced by insufficiencies and infringements in building codes/regulations that could cause buildings failures. Generally, the success of a building code development and implementation practice is directly connected with the involved insufficiencies and infringements in the framework of building code (legal, Administrative, technical, & social), i.e. faults of building code development and implementation should be successfully resolved in order to come to an end of a building project assuring code's objectives (public health, safety and general welfare). One of the early research problems of building code development and implementation practice was conducted by Productivity Commission (2004) where the research organized and categorized the causes of shortcomings of BC according to four main functions of building code, including legal, administrative, technical, and social functions. Productivity Commission Research had been the starting point of research problems of building codes in Kuwait. For the past 20 years, many researchers have high numbers of categories, components and rankings to explain different types of insufficiencies and infringements in building codes/regulations. However, these categories and rankings produce inconsistent and overlapping cause and impact factors. In addition, researchers and practitioners at this point tend to focus on the technical and administrative sides related to the issues of building codes development and implementation, and neglecting the importance of legal and social sides. Legal issues like finding a law to prepare and enforce building codes, cover of insurance companies, building materials testing system, weak regulations related issues, building specifications, and clarity of regulation texts; as well as social issues like community awareness, issuing and enforcing legal court rules, deterrent punishments for violators, violations or cheatings in related issues, all of these were deemed not that critical by most reviewers. The research is specifically concerned with the insufficiencies and infringements in building codes/regulations which cause shortcomings of minimum requirements of public health, safety and general welfare, and how related cause and impact factors are selected and organized. Existing research highlights the need for further researches of how to relate between research and building regulations that are at present. There is evidence that construction industries around the world have little experience in this area (CIB TG37, 2001). The proposal within this research is to address this aspect of the debate by seeking to clarify the role of the four functions of building code; legal, administrative, technical, and social function as a frame of reference that stakeholder parties (building officials, design and construction professionals) might agree with and which should act as the basis for the selection and formation of occurrences of cause factors, and their iv impact on public health, safety and general welfare. The focus on the four functions of building code as a fault (cause) frame of reference potentially leads to a common, practical view of the (multi) dimensionality setting of fault (cause) within which cause factors may be identified and which, we believe, could be grounded across a wide range of practices specifically in this research of building code development and implementation. The research surveyed and examined the opinions of building officials, design and construction professionals. We assess which fault (cause) factors are most likely to occur in building and construction projects; evaluate fault (cause) impact by assessing which fault (cause) factors that building officials, design and construction professionals specifically think are likely to arise in the possibility of shortcomings of minimum requirements of public health, safety and general welfare. The data obtained were processed, analyzed and ranked. By using the EXCEL and SPSS for factor analysis, all the fault (cause) factors were reduced and groups into clusters and components for further correlation analysis. The analysis was able to prove an opinion on fault (cause) likelihood, the impact of the fault (cause) on the objectives of building code. The analysis indicates that it is possible to identify grouping of insufficiencies and infringements in building codes/regulations that is correspondent to the different parts of the framework of building code (legal, Administrative, technical, & social) these suggest three identified groups when viewing cause from the likelihood occurrence and four identified groups and their impact for each building code objective. The evidence related to the impact of building code objectives, view of cause, and provides a stronger view of which components of cause were important compared with cause likelihood. The research accounts for the difference by suggesting that a more selection and formation of cause and impact, offered by viewing cause within the context of a framework of building code, and viewing impact within the context of building code objectives (public health, safety and general welfare) allows those involved in building code development and implementation to have an understandable view of the relationships within cause factors, and between cause and impact factors. It also allows the various cause components and the associated emergent clusters to be more readily identified. The contribution of the research relates to the assessment of cause within a construction that is defined in the context of a fairly broad accepted view of the framework of building code (legal, Administrative, technical, & social). The fault (cause) likelihood construction is based on the building code framework proposed in this research and could facilitates a focus on roles and responsibilities, and allows the coordination and integration of activities for regular development and implementation with the building code goals. This contribution would better enable building officials and code writers to identify and manage faults (causes) as they emerge with BC aspects/parts and more closely reflect building and construction activities and processes and facilitate the fault (cause) administration exercise.
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Pereira, Paulo Alexandre Conde. "A orientação para uma administração pública gestionária e o perfil dos dirigentes na administração central do estado em Portugal." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/11499.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Gestão e Políticas PúblicasEste estudo teve por objectivo compreender e avaliar em que medida a composição dos corpos dirigentes do sector público administrativo espelha, no que respeita às suas habilitações literárias, uma mudança no seu perfil, em resultado da adopção, nas últimas décadas, em Portugal, de uma reforma administrativa de pendor gestionário. Visou-se caracterizar a Administração Portuguesa ao nível da gestão de recursos humanos; identificar e analisar o enquadramento legal relacionado com os perfis de direcção na Administração Pública Central do Estado; descrever as políticas de reforma administrativa em Portugal; comparar os perfis dos dirigentes actuais com os dos dirigentes dos anos 80 do século passado; e, por último, avaliar as possíveis alterações registadas em tais perfis. Para tal, criou-se uma base de dados, procurando dar resposta às questões supracitadas, sustentada nas nomeações dos dirigentes da Administração Pública Central do Estado, através da consulta e análise do Diário da República no período de 2007 a 2014. Os dados foram sujeitos a uma análise qualitativa da informação, com enfoque nos seguintes elementos: habilitações literárias na área genérica de formação; formação específica (gestionária ou não); valorização profissional; idade e, por fim, género.
The purpose of this study is to understand and evaluate how the composition of the managing body of the administrative public sector mirrors, considering academic qualifications, a change in profile resulting from an adoption of an administrative management reform in Portugal, in the previous decades. The aim is to define the Portuguese Administration on a human resources management level, to identify and analyse the legal framework related to management level profiles in State Central Public Administration, to describe administrative reform policies in Portugal, to compare profiles of current senior managers with those from the nineteen-eighties, and lastly, to evaluate the possible changes registered in those profiles. To carry this out, a data base was created to research the above-mentioned questions based on the nomination of managers for the State Central Public Administration, through research and analysis of the Diário da República (Official Gazette) from 2007 to 2014. The data was subjected to a qualitative analysis of information with emphasis on the following elements: academic qualifications in the generic field of training, specific training (managerial or not), professional enhancement, age and lastly, gender.