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Paalzow, Anders. "Public debt management." Doctoral thesis, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Samhällsekonomi (S), 1992. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hhs:diva-901.
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This thesis consists of three self-contained papers covering different aspects of public debt management. From a methodological point of view they all have in common that results and models from the theory of finance are used to analyze the effects of public debt management. The first paper, Neutrality of Public Debt Management, studies the case when public debt management does not matter, i.e. when it is neutral. Although strong assumptions are needed to ensure neutrality of public debt management it is nevertheless of interest to study it, since an analysis illuminates the mechanisms through which public debt management affects the economy. The paper starts with a discussion of the assumptions that are needed to ensure neutrality in the models used in the literature. The remainder of the paper tries to relax some of these assumptions. The model employed is an intertemporal general equilibrium model. It is shown that if the agents are identical, public debt is neutral provided the agents pierce the veil of government, and all taxes associated with public debt are lump-sum. It is also shown that if the agents are different but have sufficiently similar utility functions that exhibit hyperbolic absolute risk aversion (i.e., the agents have linear risk tolerance), public debt management is neutral in aggregates, provided the agents pierce the veil of government and all taxes associated with the debt service are lump-sum. This means that public debt management neither affects prices nor aggregate consumption; it might, however affect the individual agent’s consumption-savings decision. Since the class of utility functions that exhibit hyperbolic absolute risk aversion is widely used in economic analysis, this result has several theoretical and empirical implications. The result also has implications for the choice of model in the third paper of the thesis. The second paper, Objectives of Public Debt Management, discusses the objectives of public debt management in an atemporal mean-variance framework. The model employed in this paper differs in one important aspect from the ones previously used in the literature; it takes the firms’ investment decisions into account and hence endogenizes the supply of assets to some extent. It is shown that if the firms’ behavior is introduced, objectives that in the literature have been assumed to stimulate the economic activity do not necessarily have the desired effect. The paper also discusses different objectives aiming at welfare-improvements and economic stimulation. Since the analysis is performed in a unified framework, it is possible to compare the objectives and to discuss their welfare implications. Of particular interest is the welfare aspects of minimization of the costs of public debt. Finally, the paper also discusses the effectiveness of the objectives and it is shown that with one exception, cost minimization, effectiveness declines when the government-issued debt instruments’ share of the asset market falls. The last paper, Public Debt Management and the Term Structure of Interest Rates, develops and uses a stochastic overlapping generations model to analyze the impact of public debt management on the term structure of interest rate. In most of the literature public debt management is thought of as changes in the maturity structure of the outstanding public debt. A change in the maturity structure implies that public debt management affects, e.g., future tax liabilities and hedging opportunities. To capture these effects it is necessary to use an intertemporal framework. In contrast to most models in the literature on public debt management, the model in this paper is intertemporal and takes the general equilibrium effects of public debt management into account, by integrating the financial and real sectors of the economy. This means that current and future asset prices, as well as investments are affected by public debt management. The analysis suggests that it is not the quantities of the long-term and short-term bonds, per se, that determine the effects on the term structure of interest rates. What determines these effects is how public debt management affects the hedging opportunities through changes in asset supply, taxes and prices.Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan
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Missale, Alessandro. "Public debt management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11962.
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Kubovcová, Hana. "New public management." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-164023.
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This thesis deals with the reform theory of public administration called New Public Management, which is based on tools used in the private sector. The theoretical part provides a critical view of rational bureaucracy and seeks to highlight the benefits of using modern methods of management in the public sector. The practical part, mainly focused on the implementation of the New Public Management tools in the practice of public administration in the Czech Republic, is based on the results of empirical research.The survey results indicate use of particular methods of measuring the quality of public administration in the Czech Republic.
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Alexandre, Cesar da S. "An idiographic analysis of new public management / leadership and traditional public management / leadership." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1680.
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Thesis (DTech (Public Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2008.Public service professionals can no longer afford to be ethnocentric, inward looking, focused on the past, and defensive. They must be forward-looking, globally oriented, innovative, adaptable, and ready to take advantage of opportunities to serve the community more effectively. Public Administration, if it is to be well done, must be aggressive, not a passive enterprise; in the pursuit of public interest (Cooper et al., 1998). Industrial era Public Administrators, characterized by high degrees of centralization and large driven bureaucracies, cannot meet the needs and challenges of the new information era. New kinds of Public Institutions are therefore required which are more flexible and more customer and results oriented. This trend follows what is emerging outside the public sector where organizations are promoting flatter management structures, decentralization of authority and a greater focus on improving quality and customer service. The many decades of dormancy in the administrative and organizational structure of the public sector were reflected in and influenced by the unchanging nature of public service culture (Caiden, 1990). In contrast, there has been a rush for reform during the past 12 years, reflected in new policies, structures, financial management frameworks and service outcomes aimed at enhancing public sector accountability, transparency and efficiency. This, however, has not been accompanied by a vision for a new public sector organizational culture, of more customer driven and business like mentality.
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Porsaeus, Mattias. "New Public Management och frivårdsinspektören." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-18058.
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Med termen New Public Management, NPM, vill samhällsvetenskapliga forskare beskriva den våg av organisationsförändringar inom offentlig förvaltning som svept över västvärlden de senaste cirka 30 åren. Den här uppsatsen undersöker hur frivårdsinspektörer inom den svenska kriminalvården upplever sin arbetssituation utifrån förekomsten av NPM-principer. Fem frivårdsinspektörer intervjuades utifrån tre temata som är kopplade till NPM - mål, kontroll och utvärdering. Undersökningen visar att verksamheten tycks ha förändrats påtagligt under den tid intervjupersonerna arbetet inom kriminalvården och att dessa förändringar kan kopplas till uppkomsten av NPM. Delar av arbetets organisering beskrevs som positiv för såväl kriminalvårdens anställda som för dess klienter. Kritik framfördes dock gällande hur verksamhetens måluppfyllnad mättes. Respondenterna menade att detta skedde på ett missvisande sätt och att det kvalitativa, klientnära arbetet sällan uppmärksammades eller utvärderades.
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Rood, Jason Alexander. "Public Participation in Emergency Management." PDXScholar, 2012. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/333.
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With disasters increasing in frequency and costs each year, this study seeks to explore ways greater public participation can assist emergency managers in their mission to keep communities safe. Specifically this study examines the policy process and administrative functions of emergency management to illuminated the benefits and hindrances involved in greater participation. This study conducted a qualitative analysis of governmental documents, disaster case studies, international research, as well as political science and administrative doctrines, to arrive at its conclusions. The results of this study reveal that the public is a largely untapped resource in the emergency management field. Engaging the public dialogically in early policy stages and emergency management phases is essential to successful inclusion for both administrators and communities. Specifically, public inclusion creates expanded knowledge, shared learning, personal responsibility, and increased social capital. Faced with the growing threat from disasters, emergency management can create communities that are both more resilient and sustainable by increasing public participation.
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DeGroff, Amy S. "New Public Management and Governance Collide: Federal-Level Performance Measurement in Networked Public Management Networks." Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29654.
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Thesis (Ph.D)--Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009.Committee Chair: Theodore H. Poister, Ph.D.; Committee Member: Gordon Kingsley, Ph.D.; Committee Member: John Thomas, Ph.D.; Committee Member: Judith Ottoson, Ph.D.; Committee Member: Patricia Reeves, Ph.D. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.
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Henry, Cyril Phillip. "Event management : a public management perspective / Cyril Phillip Henry." Thesis, North-West University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/325.
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The hosting of mega events encapsulates different opportunities and benefits for host countries
or regions. Event management constitutes one of the most exciting and fastest growing forms
of leisure, business and tourism-related phenomena. Their special appeal stems from the
limited duration and innate uniqueness of each event, which distinguishes them from permanent
institutions and built attractions. Events and festivals have the ability to attract a large number
of visitors for a specific time period to a specific destination. The frequency of events is evident
for the success of a tourism destination. The hosting of mega events requires a detailed
process of bidding for international events. This study focused on the bidding process for
hosting such events, with specific reference to the role of government in the bidding process.
The value of this study lies in the key success factors that were identified by a comparative
analysis that was done between the FlFA 2006 Soccer Bid between Germany and South Africa.
Although South Africa's bid was unsuccessful, the country still delivered an outstanding
technical bid and is regarded as a serious competitor for future events. South Africa already
proved itself, through hosting the 1995 Rugby World Cup and the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Two major recommendations were made, including a FlFA World Cup Information Centre and a
checklist for successful bidding. The FlFA World Cup Information Centre's aim must be to
provide and disseminate information to communities. This will not only encourage community
involvement. but also create support for the event. The marketing programme, staff information,
maintenance plans, ecological balance, budget concerns, event evaluation process, the role of
the organising committee and security matters are the key factors in developing such a centre.
The checklist for creating a successful bid cover a number of issues regarding operational
planning and management.Thesis (M. Development and Management)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2004.
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Ellwood, John M. "Curriculum study of Public Works Management." Thesis, Springfield, Va. : Available from National Technical Information Service, 1999. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA365004.
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Wong, Pak Kwan. "Public housing management in Hong Kong." Thesis, University of Macau, 1987. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1636960.
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Alver, Mustafa Ugur. "Optimization Models For Public Debt Management." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610462/index.pdf.
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Management of public debt is crucial for every country. Public debt managers make efforts to both minimize the cost of borrowing and to keep debt stock at sustainable levels. However, due to competition for funds in the continuously changing and developing financial markets, new threats and opportunities appear constantly.
Public debt managers construct borrowing policies in order to minimize the cost of borrowing and also to decrease risk by using various borrowing instruments. This thesis presents a mathematical model to determine the borrowing policy that minimizes the cost of borrowing in line with future projections and then seeks to extend it to construct risk sensitive policies that allow minimizing the effects of changes in the market on the cost of borrowing.
The model&rsquos application results for determining the borrowing strategies of Turkish Treasury for 100 month horizon have been evaluated through the study.
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Scheepers, Louis Adrian. "Professionalisation of local public administration management." University of the Western Cape, 2004. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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Local government is the sphere of government that is most directly involved in rendering services to communities and individuals. It is also at this sphere of government where the basic needs of people are addressed. Services like water, sanitation, waste removal and electricity have a direct influence on the quality of life that people live. In order for the occupation of local public administration to contribute meaningfully towards rendering services of a high level, both in quantity and quality, it is important to lay down a number of preconditions. In this research report it was argued that for local public administration management to become a profession in the full sense, it will be necessary: to draw well-qualified graduates from tertiary institutionsto develop practitioners in the occupation on a continual basis
to develop minimum performance standards and requisite competencies
to develop standards of ethical conduct acceptable to the community at large, and the occupation as a whole
and to continuously develop knowledge in the science of public administration as it is found in the local sphere of government.
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Klevensparr, Johan. "Public Procurement: A performance management perspective." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (CeLS), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-31104.
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Purpose - The purpose of this thesis is to explore what performance indicators that exist within public procurement in defence sector context and how such performance indicators can be categorized. Methodology - For the purpose of this thesis, an abductive approach was applied. This thesis is characterized as an exploratory multimethod qualitative research, which emphasize a single case study and a comprehensive research literature review. The empirical data was collected using semi-structured interviews, observations and documentary. The empirical data was analyzed using a data display and analysis, whereas a descriptive and content analysis was used for the research literature review. Findings - Initially, a comparison between the conducted research literature review and the empirical study resulted in 117 performance indicators were abled to be identified. Furthermore, with support from the research literature review, the empirical study and the frame of reference, categorizations of performance indicators were possible. Through research literature review, the author were able to identify eight dimensions cost, quality, time, flexibility, sustainability, innovation, risk and compliance, all of which can be aligned to public procurement. Through the empirical study, seven elements were identified as categories. These elements include business strategy and development, operations management, category management, supplier management, customer management, procurement and expert and system support, all of which with aligned performance indicators. Through the frame of reference, three decision-levels were used as categorization of performance indicators. The decision-levels could either be strategic, tactical or operational. Finally, a merger of decision-making levels and elements resulted in a conceptual model, visualizing how elements with aligning performance indicators within public procurement could be organized and structured. Research limitations - At first, this thesis uses only one database for the research literature review, limiting the search result of publications concerning the research topic of this thesis. Secondly, single cases study within the defece sector, which limits the amount of information and may prevent transferability possibilities for other public procurement organizations. Future research - From the result of this thesis, several potential research opportunities has been discovered. First, following-up and measure PIs in public procurement in order to justify the “real” compliance to rules and regulation. Another one is possible challenges with implementing PIs in public procurement organizations. Lastly, measuring process maturity in public organization would allow benchmarking possibilities among public organizations and defece sector procurement.
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Milward, Brint, Laura Jensen, Alasdair Roberts, Mauricio I. Dussauge-Laguna, Veronica Junjan, Rene Torenvlied, Arjen Boin, H. K. Colebatch, Donald Kettl, and Robert Durant. "Is Public Management Neglecting the State?" WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/621271.
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Public management is a domain of research that is now roughly three decades old. Researchers in this area have made important advances in understanding about the performance of public organizations. But questions have been raised about the scope and methods of public management research (PMR). Does it neglect important questions about the development of major institutions of the modern state? Has it focused unduly on problems of the advanced democracies? Has it made itself irrelevant to public debates about the role and design of government, and the capacity of public institutions to deal with emerging challenges? This set of eight short essays were prepared for a roundtable held at the research conference of the PMR Association at the University of Aarhus in June 2016. Contributors were asked to consider the question: Is PMR neglecting the state?
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Distinto, Isabella. "Legal Ontologies for Public Procurement Management." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2013. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/6118/1/distinto_isabella_tesi.pdf.
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The thesis explores ways to formalize the legal knowledge concerning the public procurement domain by means of ontological patterns suitable, on one hand, to support awarding authorities in conducting procurement procedures and, on the other hand, to help citizens and economic operators in accessing procurement's notices and data.
Such an investigation on the making up of conceptual models for the public procurement domain, in turn, inspires and motivates a reflection on the role of legal ontologies nowadays, as in the past, retracing the steps of the ``ontological legal thinking'' from Roman Law up to now. I try, at the same time, to forecast the impact, in terms of benefits, challenges and critical issues, of the application of computational models of Law in future e-Governance scenarios.
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Distinto, Isabella. "Legal Ontologies for Public Procurement Management." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2013. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/6118/.
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The thesis explores ways to formalize the legal knowledge concerning the public procurement domain by means of ontological patterns suitable, on one hand, to support awarding authorities in conducting procurement procedures and, on the other hand, to help citizens and economic operators in accessing procurement's notices and data.
Such an investigation on the making up of conceptual models for the public procurement domain, in turn, inspires and motivates a reflection on the role of legal ontologies nowadays, as in the past, retracing the steps of the ``ontological legal thinking'' from Roman Law up to now. I try, at the same time, to forecast the impact, in terms of benefits, challenges and critical issues, of the application of computational models of Law in future e-Governance scenarios.
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Moskalyuk, Svitlana. "Public debt management in transition countries." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3421624.
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Public debt management (PDM) in transition and other emerging countries is more complex and crucial than in developed ones. In these economies, the choice of the financial structure of the public debt is key to warrant fiscal stability because of higher volatility of macroeconomic and financial conditions. In addition, public debt dynamics exacerbate the weight of fiscal risk as a source of macroeconomic instability. This work is a contribution to the analysis of these issues; in particular, it is focussed on the optimal PDM in the Former Soviet Union (FSU) countries, a relatively unexplored issue in the economic literature.
This Ph.D. thesis is composed by three papers, each one corresponding to a chapter. The first one presents a brief description of the economy and public debt structure of the FSU countries since their independence, while the last two provide the optimal debt structure of Armenia and Lithuania.
Break up of the Soviet Union put the FSU republics in front of a number of issues, which they had to solve on their own. Lack of significant own resources and loss of subsidies from the consolidated budget of the USSR necessitated foreign borrowings of financial resources. In the early years of the transition the republics borrowed from the international financial institutions mainly on concessional terms, thus, external debt increased to extremely high levels. Lately, the markets for debt securities expanded significantly in order to diversify the risks and to look for a different sources of finance. But these financial markets remain undeveloped, which causes extremely difficulties to collect data on debt composition. Chapter 1 is the first attempt to describes the public debt evolution in the FSU republics since their independence, thus, represents a unique contribution to the literature.
Chapter 2, relying on a stylized set of securities and on a simple econometric model of the Armenian economy, analyzes the optimal public debt composition, balancing fiscal and financial risks and costs. Considering several alternative macroeconomic shocks hitting the economy, I find that the balance of risks and costs underlying Armenian public debt can be improved by reducing foreign-currency denominated debt (both on concessional and commercial terms), and by increasing fixed-rate bonds. Also, the analysis clearly supports the introduction of real bonds.
Chapter 3 presents a model in which PDM stabilizes the debt ratio to minimize the risk that the budget deficit exceeds the 3% limit set by the EU Stability and Growth Pact, in face of different macroeconomic and financial shocks affecting Lithuanian economy in the context of a pegged exchange rate. To minimize debt risks and costs the estimated results suggest giving priority to fixed rate securities. The model introduces inflation-indexed bonds and describes the share necessary for potential gains to the government from their issuing.La gestione del debito pubblico nelle economie emergenti ed in transizione è più complessa e cruciale rispetto alle economie sviluppate. A causa della maggiore volatilità delle condizioni macroeconomiche e finanziarie tipiche di queste economie, la scelta della struttura del debito pubblico è fondamentale per garantire la stabilità fiscale. Inoltre le dinamiche del debito aumentano il peso del rischio fiscale come fonte di instabilità macroeconomica. Questo lavoro contribuisce all'analisi di questi argomenti; in particolare, focalizzandosi sull'ottimizzazione della gestione del debito pubblico nelle repubbliche ex-URRS, aspetto ancora relativamente inesplorato nella letteratura. Questa tesi di dottorato è composta da tre articoli, ognuno dei quali corrisponde ad un capitolo. Il primo rappresenta una descrizione dell'economia e della struttura del debito pubblico delle repubbliche ex-URRS dalla loro indipendenza ad oggi, mentre gli ultimi due sono dedicati al calcolo della composizione ottimale del debito pubblico di Armenia e Lituania. La caduta dell'Unione Sovietica ha posto le repubbliche ex-URRS di fronte a diverse difficoltà che ogni paese ha dovuto affrontare individualmente. La mancanza di risorse proprie e la perdita dei sussidi dal bilancio consolidato dell'URRS ha creato la necessità di ricorrere a prestiti dall'estero. Nei primi anni dell'indipendenza le repubbliche si sono indebitate principalmente con istituzioni finanziarie internazionali usufruendo di prestiti agevolati. Successivamente, hanno cominciato a sviluppare il mercato dei titoli di stato allo scopo di diversificare i rischi ed accedere ad altre fonti finanziarie. Ma questi mercati finanziari rimangono ancora poco sviluppati, ciò rende la raccolta dei dati sul debito pubblico difficile. Il Capitolo 1 è il primo tentativo di descrivere l'evoluzione del debito pubblico nei paesi ex-URRS dalla loro indipendenza, per cui rappresenta un contributo unico alla letteratura. Il Capitolo 2, basandosi su un set semplificato di titoli di stato ed un modello econometrico semplificato dell'economia armena, analizza la composizione ottimale del debito pubblico della Repubblica di Armenia, bilanciando rischi e costi fiscali e finanziari. Applicando differenti shock macroeconomici all'economia Armena, emerge che il bilanciamento fra rischi e costi sottostanti il debito pubblico armeno può essere migliorato riducendo i titoli di stato denominati in valuta estera e aumentando l'emissione di titoli a tasso fisso. Inoltre, l'analisi supporta l'introduzione di titoli indicizzati all'inflazione. Il Capitolo 3 presenta un modello in cui la gestione del debito è orientata a stabilizzare il rapporto del debito-PIL per minimizzare il rischio che il deficit ecceda il 3% (limite stabilito dal Patto Europeo di Stabilità e Crescita) nel contesto di tasso di cambio fisso considerando diversi shock che colpiscono l'economia lituana. I risultati suggeriscono di dare priorità ai titoli a tasso fisso. Per minimizzare i rischi e costi del debito, il modello introduce l'emissione di titoli indicizzati all'inflazione e descrive i possibili vantaggi per il governo dovuti alla loro emissione sul mercato.
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Ranchod, Shameem Roshnee. "Public sector pharmacists' perception of the public sector performance management system." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/596.
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Performance Management aims to develop the employee and ensure that the work which the employee does is in line with organisational goals. However, many managers and employees do not like performance management systems and very often, for this reason, such a system does not succeed in meeting the organisation’s goals. The aim of this study was to determine the perceptions towards the performance management system of pharmacists working in the public sector. A questionnaire was compiled and pharmacists working in all public sector hospitals, provincial and municipal clinics and medical depots were asked to complete the questionnaire. The response rate was 66 percent. Seventy three percent of respondents had never undergone a performance evaluation, 75 percent stated it did not motivate them, 62.5 percent felt it did not improve poor performance, 90.6 percent felt the Performance Appraisal System did not reward good performance sufficiently and 63.6 percent felt it did not help with career progression. Seventy eight percent believed that the Performance Appraisal System did not effectively measure the pharmacists’ performance, and 82 percent felt that the System needed to be developed further. At least four evaluations should have been completed per year, yet 85 percent of respondents had experienced three or fewer evaluations since the System had been introduced. The analysis of the responses indicated that there was great dissatisfaction with the current performance management system. A few of the reasons are that the system in place did not effectively measure the pharmacists performance, that additional work done was not recognised, and that the process was extremely time-consuming. It may be concluded that the government needs to address the current problems being experienced with this system, as at present, it is not meeting the objectives it was intended to meet.
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Blundell, Ian, and n/a. "Co-management : a tool for genuine Maori involvement in coastal management." University of Otago. Department of Geography, 2003. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20070507.114028.
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For Maori, the management fo New Zealand�s coast and its resources is fundamental to their cultural identity. Iwi and hapu throughout New Zealand have close relationships with the coast and unique rights and responsibilities for its future management. However, there does not appear to be wide recognition of the crucial role of Maori in New Zealand�s coastal management regime.
Co-management initiatives in coastal management, particularly under the Conservation Act 1987, Resource Management Act 1991 and several legislative initiatives controlling fisheries management, are explored and critiqued. Overall, the initiatives demonstrate that progress is being made in coastal management for better protection of Maori coastal values. Nevertheless, there is scope for further improvements concerning greater Maori involvement in coastal management.
Recommendations for genuine co-management systems in New Zealand�s coastal management regime include effective communication between iwi and Government; appreciation of the unique nature of each iwi in New Zealand; involvement of a third party communicating between iwi and Government representatives; appropriate funding and resources to maintain the co-management system, and encouragement and motivation from the Government to initiate and maintain the co-management system.
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Anich, Vanessa F., and n/a. "Iwi management plans and consultation under the Resource Management Act 1991." University of Otago. Department of Geography, 1995. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20070531.125119.
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The Resource Management Act (hereafter �the RM Act�) has significantly changed the statutory framework for natural resource management in New Zealand. It is the result of a three year process of law reform, the largest law reform exercise ever undertaken in this country (M. F. E., 1992). It consolidates into one statute most of the laws that regulate the use of New Zealand�s natural and physical resources.
The purpose of the RM Act is the promotion of �the sustainable management of natural and physical resources�. The focus of this Project is the introduction into the RM Act of a number of positive obligations dealing with Maori interests, the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, consultation, and iwi management plans.
The RM Act contains provisions designed to, amongst other things, safeguard Maori heritage interests, make consultation between consent agencies and tangata whenua mandatory in the preparation of local authority plans and policy statements, provide for the delegation of authority to iwi, and to instruct decision makers to take the principles of the Treaty into account when exercising functions and duties under the act. These provisions provide new opportunities for a distinctive Maori dimension to be incorporated into resource management decision making practice.
The ability is present within the RM Act to remove some of the barriers that have prevented Maori from participating in decisions on the management of resources. The interest of tangata whenua in natural resource management are now a part of the statutory framework. This has the effect of increasing the interaction, consultation and accountability of iwi and local government when natural resources are managed.
The realization of the potential of these iwi provisions in the RM Act will require decision makers and local iwi to develop a working relationship by exploring models of consultation and co-management. For the relationship to be effective, it will need to be based on mutual tolerance and cooperation. The rights and duties in the relationship are complementary and rest with both parties. Long-term sucess will require a commitment from both local authorities and tangata whenua to work together in good faith and with clarity of purpose to develop kaupapa (plan, strategy) for the present and future management of natural resources.
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Brink, Jeanetha. "Corporate governance in public-private partnerships : a public sector management perspective." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17443.
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Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This assignment deals with the relevance of Public-Private Partnerships in the South African context and particularly the role it can play in realising the developmental goals of the economic policy. The value of the unique relationship that is possible between the public and the private partner goes beyond the formalised legal agreement as the mix of cultures and different managerial approaches hold benefits for both parties. There are many aspects of the PPP, especially as a management tool, which grow beyond the boundaries of a work of this length and which will hopefully entice the reader to further reading. However, in this work the main thrust of the argument is that the PPP offers an alternative, or maybe rather a supplementary vehicle to address a number of managerial problems experienced in the public sector.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie werkstuk handel met die relevansie van die sogenaamde “Public-Private Partnership” in die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks en meer spesifiek die rol wat dit kan speel om die ontwikkelingsdoelwitte van die ekonomie te bereik. Die waarde van die unieke verhouding wat moontlik is tussen die publieke en die private party venoot verder as die formele regsverhouding aangesien die vermenging van die kulture en verskillende bestuurstyle voordele vir beide partye inhou. Daar is vele aspekte van die PPP, veral as ‘n bestuursmeganisme, wat buite die grense van ‘n werk van hierdie lengte gaan en hopelik word die leser gestimuleer om verder oor die onderwerp op te lees. Die vertrekpunt van hierdie werk egter is dat die PPP ‘n alternatiewe, of selfs ‘n bykomende meganisme om verskeie bestuursprobleme wat in die publieke sektor ervaar word, aan te spreek.
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Blanes, Ramona. "Smart policy for public value : strategic management in public sector reform." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2017. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/8311/.
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This thesis explored the public value (PV) concept as strategic management to (re)introduce the concept of social responsibility and ethics within the public sector. Public sector governance relied on the assumption that the specific attributes of the various public sector governance approaches influenced public managers’ actions and decisions. The attributes of the management approach became more aligned with the PV concept as it moved along a public sector reform (PSR) continuum. To compare and contrast the PV concept in the various cultures and institutional settings through the lens of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)-related policies and programmes, three countries at the different stages of PSR were chosen. The results showed there were varying degrees of PSR acceptance and compliance at the various government levels. Thus, more than one dominant PSR model existed simultaneously in a country. The extent to which the changes were accepted and complied with depended on several dynamics. Additionally, the results discovered that the PV concept influenced public managers’ practices despite the governance traditions. This discovery validated the fact that a country did not have to be at the most sophisticated PSR stage to strategise using the PV concept. Finally, the results supported the view that ITS enabled easy and continuous data collection for the public managers. This ease of data collection advanced the process of knowledge exchange to co-create/co-produce or share PV with the public. The knowledge collaboration and sharing could lead to innovation, sustainability and the perception of value by the public.
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Rushwaya, Mauru. "Online crisis management /." Full text available online, 2004. http://www.lib.rowan.edu/find/theses.
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Horton, Sylvia. "From public administration to public management : studies of change and innovation in the public services." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327003.
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Sozen, Suleyman. "Public management in Turkey : issues in the introduction of new public management reforms into the Turkish police organisation." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.267137.
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Paradissopoulos, Iordanis K. "Railway management : an evaluation of management cybernetics in a public enterprise." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1989. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/4164.
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Two are the objectives of this thesis: To identify structural and cultural causes of ineffectiveness in a state-owned railway enterprise in the light of the management cybernetics area of knowledge. To assess the capacity of this area of knowledge, especially in its abstract and coded form (Beer's Model of the Viable System), to provide adequate explanations of organizational performance and organizational failure. The objectives are sought in the analysis of an actual enterprise, the Greek Railways Organization (OSE). An 'ethnographic type' pilot study is initially undertaken, to highlight organizational problems under a management cybernetics perspective. The study, though demonstrating structural problems associated with a certain organizational culture, is assumed in itself inadequate, as it reflects a subjective interpretation of reality. A 'survey within the case study' is therefore undertaken aiming at deriving the real dimensions of organizational problems from an analysis of managerial responses. Responses are designed to provide a picture of both the actual way in which the enterprise organizes in the pursuit of its tasks, and the organizational culture. The first subtheme (organizational structure) is examined in terms of the cybernetic model of the viable organization. The findings, in general, validate the assumptions of the ethnographic study. Numerous structural problems are identified. The second subtheme (culture) is examined in terms of managerial cohesiveness, defined as the agreement between managers on key issues of the identity of the enterprise. The overall conclusion is that though managers are, in general, in agreement, the content of this agreement tends rather to reflect a shared pessimistic view of the future than cohesiveness facilitating viability and development. The conclusion, as regards the enterprise, is, that though many problems are reflected in the organizational structure, proper modifications of this structure may not suffice to guarantee improved performance, unless considerable attention is paid in the building of a relevant organizational culture, quite difficult under the specific circumstances. The conclusion, as regards the adopted methodology, is that though Beer's model of the viable system assists in a diagnosis of many organizational deficiencies, it may not suffice to promote organizational change, especially when narrowly perceived, i. e., when results to a concentration on structural arrangements in the expense of the building of a corporate culture. Certain methodologies should develop, which, while making use of the advantages of the model, will not underestimate other significant aspects of organizational reality.
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Aris, Sulaiman Bin. "Risk management in public expenditure management and service delivery in Malaysia." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2010. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/1119/.
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The study seeks to clarify why donors such as the World Bank still insist on the use of their financial management system rather than the recipient country’s financial management system, despite the intention under the Paris Declaration 2005 to use the respective government’s systems. The study then explores the reasons why the financial management system used by the World Bank is more effective in managing risks related to public financial management and aid as compared to the Government of Malaysia approach. The study compares financial management by the World Bank and Ministry of Education, Government of Malaysia, in their parallel implementation of Educational Sector Support Projects (ESSP) under the Eighth Malaysian Plan, 2001-2005. The quality of financial management of projects in two systems is compared using established criteria of good financial management practice. Findings are based on evidence from interviews, documentation and direct observations. The study demonstrates the significant roles in reducing risks played in the World Bank approach by the Project Management Reports (PMR), the high quality of Project Implementation Unit (PIU) staff and the better procurement procedures. The implication is that more effective risk management and financial management reporting were needed by the Ministry of Education in implementing the ESSP under the Eighth Malaysian Plan 2001 - 2005.
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Snape, Edward John. "Public law and public management : “theory” and “values” in corporation tax reform." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2008. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/201/.
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Reforming the UK’s corporation tax code is becoming more of a widespread political concern than the preoccupation of specialists. This functionalist study offers an interpretation, and assesses the arguments. It views the corporation tax code as public law, energised by political values whose meaning and prioritisation are shaped by the prudential logic of effectiveness. The institutions that generate the code, and the challenges of globalisation to the nation state, have highlighted historic tensions between Crown and Parliament, and the latter’s scrutiny of the managerialist governance style that the code’s reform involves. This style is apparent in the ideology of the public interest that reform is designed to promote, a process that involves the skilful balancing of efficiency and fairness. Surprisingly, perhaps, there is little in the conduct of reform that violates the traditions of the UK’s representative democracy. The result is a code that, given its public law status, is a pre-eminent example of political jurisprudence. Its values, their prioritisation, and their change and complexity, are inevitably contentious, because they are the products of representative institutions. Criticism of the code generally understates these points. What are presented as impartial legal arguments are often simply rival views of the public interest.
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Mbesi, Mwiga Wiljonsi. "Public financial watchdogs, new public management and value for money in Tanzania." Doctoral thesis, [s.n.], 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10284/5080.
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Tese apresentada à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Doutor em Ciências Sociais, especialidade em Serviço SocialApesar da visibilidade crescente da Nova Administração Pública (NAP) e das agências reguladoras, permanecem por responder algumas interrogações cruciais sobre como respeitar os padrões adequados de ―Value for Money‖ (VFM) na utilização de recursos públicos. Esta tese pretende explorar o impacto das agências reguladoras na problemática da ―accountability‖ e da gestão de recursos públicos através de uma análise critica das instituições de auditoria na prossecução de VFM de acordo com a teoria da NAP. A tese envereda, ainda, por uma análise crítica da posição dos cidadãos no contexto da atividade desempenhada pelas agências reguladoras. O contexto tanzaniano foi abordado através de uma estratégia de investigação qualitativa, comênfase nas entrevistas, questionários e análise documental, com o propósito de testar a validade das perguntas de partida. Os resultados revelaram que a Tanzânia adotou o modelo de NPA e criou, nessa conformidade, várias agências reguladoras. Todavia, tratou-se da adoção parcial do modelo de NAP. Apesar das reformas empreendidas, tem-se notado o crescimento de fraude, de irregularidades várias, de corrupção e uma utilização ineficiente de recursos públicos. Constatou-se que a adoção da NAP e a criação de agências reguladoras não contribuíram para o aumento do poder das entidades de supervisão financeira do setor público nem para o aumento dos padrões de ―accountability‖. Um fator com peso que diminui o alcance de VFM é o elevado nível de dependência política das entidades responsáveis pela provisão de serviços públicos. Os resultados revelaram ainda que as entidades de supervisão financeira do setor público têm muita utilidade para assegurar VFM na utilização de recursos públicos. No entanto, as instituições de auditoria tanzanianas confrontam-se com vários desafios que dificultam a execução cabal dos seus deveres profissionais. Estas entidades encontram-se divididas entre acautelar interesses políticos e interesses dos cidadãos. Por exemplo, os dirigentes das instituições de supervisão financeira na Tanzânia são nomeados pelo governo e dele dependem em larga medida,o que coloca em risco a sua independência política. O modelo das agências reguladoras tanzanianas inclui consultores financeiros com ligações ao governo e não verdadeiras instituições de supervisão financeira do setor público. Apesar do Controllerand Auditor Generaldispor de um mandato constitucional para auditar o setor público, não dispõe de poderes de verificação das suas recomendações. A tese considera, por conseguinte, que as entidades de supervisão financeira do setor público tanzaniano têm poderes limitados. Não obstante a Constituição exigir que o governo seja ―accountable‖ junto dos cidadãos e que haja abertura à intervenção dos cidadãos na gestão dos assuntos públicos, o modelo das agências reguladoras da Tanzânia, assim como o seu enquadramento legal e o sistema de ―accountability‖, ignoram a intervenção dos cidadãos.
Despite the increased visibility of the adoption of New Public Management (NPM) and agencification, the key questions regarding the achievement of Value for Money (VFM) in the utilization of public resources remain unanswered. This dissertation intended to produce evidence on the impact of agencification on accountability and management of public resources. It critically analyzes the usefulness of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) in assuring VFM in the utilization of public resources according to the NPM doctrine. It also provides a critical analysis of the position of the public in the agencification framework. Qualitative research strategy was used to analyze the Tanzanian framework, and in particular in-depth interviews, questionnaires, and documentary analysis, to confirm the initial research assumptions. Findings revealed that Tanzania has embraced NPM and agencification. However, the country has partially implemented the NPM doctrine. Despite the reforms, fraud, irregularities, corruption, and inefficient use of resources are growing. NPM and agencification have not largely improved public watchdogs‘ power in addressing accountability issues. One major factor that hinders the achievement of VFM is that the service delivery machinery has been highly politicized and becomes part of the political system. Findings reveal that public financial watchdogs are exceptionally useful in assuring VFM in the utilization of public resources. However, Tanzania‘s SAI is facing a number of challenges that resulted in the unsuccessful execution of professional duties. Watchdog institutions are facing the risk of balancing political interests and the interests of the public. For instance, the heads of Tanzania‘s public financial watchdog institutions are appointed and largely obey to the government and not to the public. This puts in jeopardy their expected independence status. Thus, Tanzania‘s agencification and accountability framework comprises ―government financial consultants‖ and not ―public financial watchdog institutions‖. Although the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) is constitutionally mandated to audit the public sector, it is not mandated to follow-up and to enforce audit recommendations. This dissertation considers Tanzania‘s public watchdog institutions as toothless public financial watchdog institutions. Regardless that the Constitution requires the government to be accountable to the people and to be open to the people‘s participation in public affairs, Tanzania‘s agencification, legal and accountability frameworks ignore the involvement of the public.
Malgré l'augmentation de la visibilité de l'adoption de la Nouvelle Gestion Publique (NGP) et des agences de régulations, les questions clés concernant le respect des standards de « Value for Money » (VFM) dans l'utilisation des ressources publiques restent sans réponse. L‘objectif de cette thèse est d‘analyser l'impact des agences de régulation sur la problématique de l‘«accountability» et de la gestion des ressources publiques à travers une analyse critique de l'utilité des Institutions de Surveillance pour assurer une VFM dans l'utilisation des ressources publiques en suivant la doctrine de la NGP. La thèse présente aussi une analyse critique de la position du public face aux activités effectuées par les agences de régulation. La recherche qualitative a été utilisée comme stratégie pour analyser le contexte de la Tanzanie, et en particulier les interviews approfondies, les questionnaires et l'analyse documentaire, pour confirmer les hypothèses initiales de recherche. Les résultats ont révélé que la Tanzanie a adopté la NGP et l‘agencement. Cependant, il ne s‘agit que d‘une mise en oeuvre partielle du modèle de NGP. Malgré les réformes, la fraude, les irrégularités, la corruption, et l'utilisation inefficace des ressources augmentent de plus en plus. L‘adoption de la NGP et la création des agences de régulation n‘ont pas amélioré le pouvoir des institutions publiques de surveillance ni traité les problématiques liées à l‘«accountability». Un facteur important qui entrave la réalisation de NGP est le fait que le mécanisme de prestation de services a été très politisé et devient partie intégrante du système politique. Les résultats révèlent que des garde-fous dans la gestion des finances publiques sont particulièrement utiles pour assurer une NGP dans l'utilisation des ressources publiques. Cependant, les institutions tanzaniennes de surveillance sont confrontées à des défis qui ont abouti à une exécution sans succès de ses devoirs professionnels. Elles sont partagées entre les intérêts politiques et les intérêts publics. A titre d‘exemple, en Tanzanie, les chefs des institutions financières publiques de surveillance n‘obéissent pas aux intérêts publics mais plutôt au gouvernement qui les nomme. Ceci met en péril leur statut d'indépendance présumée. Ainsi, le modèle tanzanien des agences de régulations et de «accountability» inclut les «consultants financiers du gouvernement» mais pas les «institutions de contrôle des finances publiques ». Bien que la Constitution donne mandat à la «Cours des Comptes» pour auditer le secteur public, cette dernière ne dispose pas de pouvoir pour suivre et appliquer les recommandations des audits. Cette thèse considère les institutions publiques de vigilance de la Tanzanie disposent des pouvoirs assez limités. En dépit du fait que la Constitution oblige le gouvernement à rendre compte à la population et lui ouvrir une participation à la gestion des affaires publiques, le cadre juridique des agences de régulation et de l‘«accountability» en Tanzanie ignore complétement la participation des citoyens.
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Money, Claire. "Reflections on new public management: Independent public schools, staffing and social equity." Thesis, Money, Claire (2014) Reflections on new public management: Independent public schools, staffing and social equity. Masters by Coursework thesis, Murdoch University, 2014. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/27426/.
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This thesis investigated changes in employment opportunities for part-time teachers in Western Australia as a result of the Independent Public School (IPS) initiative. The study was premised on the understanding that the Independent Public Schools initiative is based on the core tenets of New Public Management. A telephone survey collected a convenient sample of ten principals’ perceptions about part-time teaching staff, with a specific focus on commitment. An analysis of the responses identified tensions between principals’ values, the characteristics of the Independent Public School initiative and equal opportunity policies. Principals placed high value on team work, and perceived part-time teachers as less committed to teaching than their full-time colleagues. These may create tensions through increased workplace competition invoked through the Independent Public Schools initiative and the limited availability of part-time teachers. This thesis also identified concerns surrounding the labelling of schools as IPS or non-IPS. It concludes by identifying that the working conditions for part-time staff may experience negative changes in employment equity as a result of the Independent Public Schools initiative. The thesis acknowledges that IPS is here to stay and that the policy challenges lie in identifying, avoiding and ameliorating any inequities the IPS initiative may create.
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Balibek, Emre. "Multi-objective Approaches To Public Debt Management." Phd thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609305/index.pdf.
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Public debt managers have a certain range of borrowing instruments varying in their interest rate type, currency, maturity etc. at their disposal and have to find an appropriate
combination of those while raising debt on behalf of the government. In selecting the combination of instruments to be issued, i.e. the borrowing strategy to be pursued for a
certain period of time, debt managers need to consider several objectives that are conflicting by their nature, and the uncertainty associated with the outcomes of the decisions made. The objective of this thesis is to propose an approach to support the decision making process
regarding sovereign debt issuance. We incorporate Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) tools using a multi-period stochastic programming model that takes into account
sequential decisions concerned with debt issuance policies. The model is then applied for public debt management in Turkey.
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Scharitzer, Dieter, Angelika Sonnek, and Christian Korunka. "New Public Management. Die Mitarbeiter-Kunden-Schnittstelle." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2002. http://epub.wu.ac.at/796/1/document.pdf.
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Qualitätsmanagement und verwandte Ansätze (am bekanntesten: Total Quality Management (TQM)) verbreiten sich immer mehr im Bereich der Dienstleistungen, sowohl im privaten, wie neuerdings unter dem Begriff des "New Public Managements" (NPM) auch im öffentlichen Sektor. In der hier vorgestellten Studie wurde ein theoretisches Modell zum Zusammenhang der Mitarbeiter- und Kundenzufriedenheit entwickelt. Das Modell wurde im Rahmen einer umfangreichen Forschungsprojekts (FWF, Projektnummer 13520) empirisch überprüft. Das Arbeitsmodell basiert auf der "Service-Profit-Chain" (Heskett et al., 1994). Erweitert wurde dieses in der einschlägigen Literatur bekannte Modell um die von Donabedian (1967) eingeführte Unterscheidung in Struktur- Prozess und Ergebnisqualität einer Leistung. Die Wahrnehmungen der MitarbeiterInnen bezüglich dieser Qualitätsdimensionen (perzipierte Servicefähigkeit; Hallowell et al., 1996)) wurden als zusätzliche Differenzierung in das Arbeitsmodell integriert. Die Studie basiert auf einer dyadischen Evaluation von Zufriedenheitsaspekten der MitarbeiterInnen und KundInnen im Bereich von Organisationen, die sich mit New Public Management auseinandersetzen. Die statistischen Analysen basieren auf einem aggregierten Datensatz, der eine Zuordnung der Einschätzungen von definierten KundInnengruppen und MitarbeiterInnengruppen ermöglicht. Die Daten wurden mit einem selbst entwickelten Messinstrument erfasst, welches für die einzelnen Mitarbeiter- und Kundendimensionen analoge Formulierungen der Items vorsieht. Mittels Faktorenanalyse konnte die Struktur der Struktur- Prozess- und Ergebnisqalität sowohl mitarbeiter- als auch kundenseitig bestätigt werden. Im direkten Vergleich wurde insbesondere die Ergebnisqualität der Leistungen kritisch beurteilt. Die MitarbeiterInnen neigen meist zu einer Unterschätzung ihrer Leistungen. Eine (kausale) Beziehung zwischen Mitarbeiter- und Kundeneinschätzungen konnte insbesondere für die Prozessqualität nachgewiesen werden. (Autorenref.)Series: WU-Jahrestagung 2002
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Kantola, H. (Hannele). "Management accounting change in public health care." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2014. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526204680.
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Abstract The aim of this dissertation is to analyse the process of change in management accounting in public-sector health care. The change is examined through the implementation of a nationally homogeneous Diagnosis Related Grouping (DRG) system. The DRG system is used to classify health-care diagnoses into groups for service productisation and pricing. The system has been proposed as a solution for cost accounting and budgeting. The practical motivation of the dissertation is to analyse the embedding of change in organisations´ practises. The theoretical motivation of the dissertation is to extend the investigation of change by analysing the process of implementation of a nationally homogeneous system. The research data comprise 39 interviews conducted between 2006 and 2011 with hospital district representatives, the representatives of the company managing the DRG system, the DRG system supplier, and the representatives of the National Institute for Health and Welfare and the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities. In addition to interviews, the data consists of participative observations, telephone inquiries, and newspaper articles. This dissertation consists of four essays that analyse the data through the lens of two theories: the Actor Network (ANT) and Institutional theory (NIS). The results indicate how the use of multiple theories (ANT ja NIS) as a methodology enriches and extends the insight into the change process in management accounting. For instance, the analysis of the homogeneous use of the DRG system, without investigating the practices of actors by making use of the ANT, the results could have been different in this respect. Especially, this dissertation indicates how important it is that actors’ actions are also examined in the processes of change in the implementation of public-sector management accounting systems. The idea for the DRG system was introduced to Finland almost twenty years ago. However, the results indicate that it has spread very slowly. According to earlier research, an institutional environment is considered to exercise pressure on organisations in order to make them adopt new practices that are homogeneous with other institutional practices. There is indirect pressure in decentralised health care in Finland, though its power for change is weak. This dissertation shows how the decentralisation of responsibilities in large-scale institutions, such as the health-care system in Finland, also slows down and decentralises reforms. As institutional power becomes weaker, the power of organisations to promote things seems to grow stronger, howeverTiivistelmä Tämän väitöskirjatyön tarkoituksena on analysoida johdon laskentatoimen muutosprosessia julkisen sektorin terveydenhoidossa. Muutosta tarkastellaan kansallisesti yhtenäisen diagnoosiperustaisen ryhmittelyjärjestelmän (Diagnosis Related Grouping, DRG) käyttöönottoprosessin kautta. DRG on järjestelmä, jossa luokitellaan terveydenhoidon diagnoosit ryhmiin palvelujen tuotteistusta ja hinnoittelua varten. Järjestelmää on esitetty ratkaisuna kustannuslaskentaan ja budjetointiin. Väitöskirjatyön käytännön motivaationa on analysoida muutoksen asettumista organisaatioiden käytäntöihin. Väitöskirjatyön teoreettisena motivaationa on laajentaa muutostutkimusta tarkastelemalla kansallisesti yhtenäisen järjestelmän käyttöönottoa. Tutkimuksen aineisto koostuu 39 haastattelusta, joita on kerätty vuosien 2006 ja 2011 välillä. Tutkimuksessa on haastateltu sairaanhoitopiirien henkilökuntaa, DRG-järjestelmän hallinnoiman yhtiön edustajia, järjestelmän toimittajaa, Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitoksen sekä Kuntaliiton edustajia. Aineisto sisältää haastattelujen lisäksi osallistuvaa havainnointia, puhelinkyselyjä sekä lehtiartikkeleita. Tämä väitöskirjatyö koostuu neljästä esseestä, joissa analysoidaan aineistoa kahden eri teorian, toimijaverkostoteorian (ANT) ja institutionaalisen teorian (NIS), avulla. Tulokset tuovat esille, kuinka kahden teorian (ANT ja NIS) metodologinen käyttö rikastuttaa ja laajentaa näkemystä johdon laskentatoimen muutosprosessista. Esimerkiksi analysoitaessa DRG-järjestelmän yhtenäistä käyttöä tutkimatta toimijoiden toimintaa toimijaverkostoteoriaa hyödyntäen, tulokset voisivat tältä osin olla erilaiset. Erityisesti tämä väitöskirjatyö osoittaa, kuinka tärkeää julkisen sektorin johdon laskentajärjestelmien käyttöönoton muutosprosessia tutkittaessa on tutkia myös toimijoiden toimintaa. Idea DRG-järjestelmästä esitettiin Suomessa melkein kaksikymmentä vuotta sitten. Tulokset osoittavat kuitenkin, että sen leviäminen on ollut hyvin hidasta. Aikaisempien tutkimusten mukaan institutionaalisen ympäristön katsotaan painostavan organisaatioita, jotta ne ottaisivat käyttöön uusia menetelmiä, jotka ovat yhdenmukaiset muiden institutionaalisten käytänteiden kanssa. Suomen hajautetussa terveydenhoidossa esitetään epäsuoraa painetta, mutta sen voima muutokseen ei ole vahva. Väitöskirjatyö tuo esille miten suurien instituutioiden, kuten Suomen terveydenhoidon, vastuun hajautuessa myös reformit hidastuvat ja hajautuvat. Institutionaalisten voimien heikentyessä organisaatioiden voima ajaa asioita näyttää kuitenkin vahvistuvan
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Williams, Deidre D. "Key management for McEliece public-key cryptosystem." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/14864.
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Uddin, Syed Jamal. "Characteristics of public enterprise management in Bangladesh." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1987. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/4137/.
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Although public sector industries play a very significant role in the economy of Bangladesh, from the very beginning of their inception they have been a cause of concern. It is alleged that they have failed to meet their expectations mainly because of inefficient management. On the other hand the public sector managers do not agree that the absolute responsibility for unsatisfactory performance should go to them. It is true that public sector enterprises in Bangladesh have failed to initiate the breakthrough as to profitability and productivity, and thus the public sector managers cannot avoid their bigger responsibility in this regard since they are supposed to play the dominating role in an organisation. It was logically thought that an investigating study would be able to provide important insights into the subject matter. This empirical study has thus tried to examine the managerial world in order to draw a profile of managerial characteristics by taking into account the personal, behavioural and the contextual issues. It also has examined the progress of industrialisation and the position of professionalisation of management in the perspective of Bangladesh along with the roles that are being played by the Bangladesh managers in the industrialisation process. The study has been quite successful in identifying a wide range of interesting issues having influence on managerial performance. It was found that the Bangladesh managers are in general highly educated and relatively new generation managers having little industrial experience to their credit. They mainly came from the vast rural areas of the country. Their position is comparatively stronger with respect to job related training. But the higher education and wider training have failed to bring positive results with respect to productivity and profitability, because the education has very little relevance to the managerial profession. Again, the higher education has been mainly responsible for increasing the level of managerial aspirations with very little realisation and thus has been generating widespread frustration. Poor job description and inadequate delegation were also responsible in this regard. The public sector managers have been found very much concerned about the security of their jobs. Their dealings and actions apparently are directed towards maintaining a good superior-subordinate relationship but under careful scrutiny this apparently encouraging situation was found to be non-existent. Interestingly the public sector managers are almost united in saying `No' to any prospective changes which may affect their jobs and interests, but they are also less concerned about the changes which appeared to have no apparent adverse effect. The policies of the successive governments in Bangladesh have made the situation worse. The required power, authority and freedom has not been allowed to practice to the enterprises; instead they are expected to follow the regulations covering almost every operational area and also to follow lengthy and bureaucratic procedures. Despite the presence of preconditions the industrialisation process has not got momentum as yet. The absence of powerful elite has been mainly responsible for this situation. The symptoms of professional management were found absent there which is an indication that the management has still a very long way to go in the way of becoming a professional group. What is evident from the study is that all the revolutionary changes (as they are often labelled by the authority) have virtually failed to bring the desired results; even so the government is planning to introduce more changes, when it is almost certain that some vital aspects have continued to remain unattended throughout the period as there have been very little effort to increase the managerial capacity and to release their willingness to cooperate with the government plans. Time, money and efforts would have been worth investing if these could have been diverted towards creating a congenial environment and developing the human resources working in the Bangladesh public sectors especially the managerial personnel. Some of the 'costly' experiments would have easily been avoided and much of the criticisms of the public sectors would not have appeared if there were such efforts from the very beginning.
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McMillan, Janice M. A. "Improving public sector management training in Scotland." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.308695.
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RODRIGUES, MARISA DE ALMEIDA. "CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AT A QUALITY PUBLIC SCHOOL." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2011. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=18524@1.
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COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIORO estudo sobre as práticas docentes em sala de aula e a dinâmica da relação professor/aluno tem sido de fundamental importância para uma melhor compreensão do que acontece na escola. Diversas pesquisas têm mostrado o impacto de tais práticas nos resultados das avaliações padronizadas nas escolas. Esta dissertação se insere na investigação do SOCED/PUC-Rio – Contextos Institucionais e a Construção da Qualidade de Ensino na Educação Básica e investiga as práticas docentes de uma escola municipal do Rio de Janeiro com resultados na Prova Brasil acima da média da rede. Foram analisados dados de um survey realizado com professores, alunos e pais do 9º ano e respostas dos docentes do 2º segmento do ensino fundamental a um questionário sobre suas práticas docentes em sala de aula. Além disso, foi realizada a observação de aulas e entrevistados sete professores. Os resultados mostraram a relevância do estabelecimento de consensos coletivos sobre as regras disciplinares e das rotinas de verificação de tarefas de casa. Verificou-se que tais práticas de gestão de sala de aula como um ambiente propício à aprendizagem são mais frequentes e consolidadas no grupo de professores com mais experiência e há mais tempo na escola, que contam também com considerável apoio da direção da escola. Estes professores são também os que mais investem na relação com suas turmas, procurando envolver a maioria dos alunos na gestão do processo de ensinoaprendizagem e na manutenção das regras coletivas de convivência e disciplina, mobilizando assim mecanismos facilitadores da aprendizagem.
The study on teachers’ practices in the classroom and the teacher/student relationship dynamics has been quite important for a better understanding of what happens in the school. Various researches have shown the impact of such practices in the results of the standardized evaluations. This study investigates teachers’ practices at a municipal school in Rio de Janeiro, whose results at external evaluation are above the average of the city’s school system. Data has been collected through a survey carried out with teachers, pupils and parents of 9º year, 2nd segment of Elementary school teacher’s answers to a questionnaire on their classroom practices. Moreover, classes were observed and teachers interviewed. The results have shown the relevance of establishing collective consensuses on discipline rules and the checking routines on homework. These practices of classroom management that turn out to be valuable to create a facilitating environment for learning were more frequent and consolidated in the group of teachers with more experience and that work in the school longer, who have considerable support of the school principal. These teachers are the ones that invest more in the relation with their classes as well, trying to involve the majority of the pupils in the management of the teaching-learning process and in the maintenance of the collective sociability rules and discipline, mobilizing thereby mechanisms that tend to facilitate the learning process.
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Ekeke, Hamilton Ekemena. "Knowledge management in the Nigerian public service." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2160/5bc54ecf-bea6-437d-9ebc-925667cd313f.
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This study investigates how knowledge is transferred in the Nigerian public service, the features of its bureaucratic culture, as well as, the effects that this culture has on knowledge transfer. The motivation to undertake this study is borne out of the identified gap in the literature, which bothers on the dearth of studies in the area of knowledge transfer, as well as, the specific features inherent in that of the Nigerian public service bureaucratic culture. Qualitative and quantitative research methods (i.e. semi-structured interviews and survey) are combined in gathering data for this study. Both the interviews and survey sample frames undertaken with key players of the public service covering the three cadres, (senior, and junior and management/directorate staff), were representative of all the aspects of the public service covered. Seven ministries out of a total of seventeen in the Bayelsa state public service forms the sample frame used for this research The overall empirical results indicate that there is knowledge transfer in the Nigerian public service in view of the available mechanisms used for the transfer of knowledge. In addition, the Nigerian bureaucratic culture has more negative effects than positive on knowledge transfer. The application of Hofstede’s theory reveals a high level of inequality, masculinity and autocracy as features of the Nigerian public service bureaucratic culture. The study also reveals that there is the use of very high sounding military fashion language in the public service, due to the long period of military rule. This research finds that there is reasonable awareness amongst public servants about knowledge and its sources that is needed to run the public service, but that access to knowledge, particularly tacit knowledge by authorised staff is difficult. Public servants agree that certain kind of knowledge transfer activities persist, although the terminology is relatively new to Nigeria. They agree that under the current democratic environment in which the public service operates, government should make concerted efforts to establish a knowledge transfer culture so as to make knowledge readily available. It recommends the entrenchment of a leaning, training and collaborative culture, as well as, the de-emphasising of hierarchy and creation of a more flexible public service. The contribution of this study to knowledge is in the area of putting in place a framework for the effective implementation of knowledge management practice (transfer) in the Nigerian public service.
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Henriet, Alain. "Le concept d'impartition en management public local." Paris 10, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000PA100018.
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Boy, Therese, and Pernilla Lemvall-Hersner. "New public management från solidaritet till effektivitet." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-25345.
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The public service within health and care has changed remarkably during the last 30 years. It has been inspired by management ideas from profit-making businesses. Those thoughts are an umbrella term called Nex public management. In what way has New public management influenced the public service in Sweden? Important concepts in the change of public service are quality, effektivity and goals. Measuring of these concepts is also an important part.
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Palm, Klas. "Balancing Control and Breakthrough in Public Management." Doctoral thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för kvalitetsteknik, maskinteknik och matematik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-30518.
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Previous research shows that a good balance between focus on development of existing processes with development of new and innovative products, processes or services has a positive effect on organizational excellence. However, the relationship between these two quality perspectives is not easy to maintain and it is a challenge for every organization to find an appropriate balance between them. Previous research shows also that there is often a striking overemphasis on continuous improvement and stepwise refinement at the expense of working with innovations. Consequently, it has become necessary to find forms for development of the balance between improvement of existing processes and innovations. It is a question of how to manage both exploitation (improvement of existing processes) and exploration (innovations). Being able to manage both exploitation and exploration and maintain a good balance is known as organizational ambidexterity. The purpose of this thesis is to develop existing knowledge of how organisational ambidexterity and innovation can be understood and developed as an approach to increasing customer value in the context of the public sector. In order to meet the purpose, the research behind this thesis was conducted through six studies. The results have been presented in six scientific articles. The analytical focus in the research has been on management of public organization. Thus, the unit of analysis has been public sector management both at national, regional and municipal level. The studies have been conducted with a qualitative approach and data collection has primarily been done through semi- structured interviews. Most of the data has been collected in Sweden. Through the studies, it appears that the current quality practice in the Swedish public sector to a large extent relates to and supports exploitation, but not exploration. The empirical findings give examples of organizations that have a large focus on systematic measurement and control of the work process. An inhibition of increased customer value is indicated in the studied organizations’ current emphasis on exploitation at the expense of exploration. The research also shows that there are a number of impediments for the public organizations studied to combine their current quality practice with an improved ability to explore. It appears that there is a need for development of the leeway for exploration in order to increase the ability to be ambidextrous. The research behind this thesis empirically identifies a number of enablers the public organization may need to work actively with in order to develop organizational ambidexterity. Some of these enabling factors harmonize with quality movement core values. This applies to core values like committed leadership, focus on customers and a holistic system perspective. In addition, the following factors are perceived to be enabling factors for organizational ambidexterity: specific budgets for both exploration and exploitation; development of a culture in which employees feel that they are allowed to make mistakes; a good dialogue both internally and with external stake holders; focusing on the implementation of innovations and clear incentives for work on exploration as well as for work on exploitation. Finally, the empirical data also shows that an enabling factor is to get different professions involved in explorative processes. This can be achieved by working through ambassadors who can promote the explorative processes. The enablers, which have been empirically identified in this research as important for organizational ambidexterity, have also previously been identified by scholars as enablers for innovations. The research behind this thesis contributes to the empirical sorting out which - out of a wide range of factors - may be the most important factors for organizational ambidexterity.Vid tidpunkten för disputationen var följande delarbeten opublicerade: delarbete 6 accepterat.
At the time of the doctoral defence the following papers were unpublished: paper 6 accepted.
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Badarch, Kherlen. "Integrating new values into Mongolian public management." Phd thesis, Universität Potsdam, 2013. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2014/6689/.
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This dissertation explores the socio-cultural and institutional environment of the public sector organizations of Mongolia that have strong influence on current public administration reform results. This study applies the Cultural theory and Value theory. The strong hierarchy favoring rule-bounded behavior and collectivism, fatalism accepting an authority as inevitable and uncontrollable, and individualism wishing to have control over own actions are the types of culture common in Mongolian public sector organizations. Accordingly, Mongolian public sector employees transcending their selfish interests, emphasize the well-being of others, protection of order, harmony in relations, life safety and stability. Then self-direction values with emphases on independent thought and action, and creativity are important for them. This socio-cultural context has great implication for work behavior of public employees, for their action to implement the reform policies in government organizations. Thus, the institutional leadership, which produces and protects values, becomes essential for introducing changes in the existing intuitional environment.Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht das sozio-kulturelle und institutionelle Umfeld der Organisationen des öffentlichen Sektors in der Mongolei, das signifikante Einflüsse auf die aktuellen Reformbemühungen in der öffentlichen Verwaltung hat. Die Studie stützt sich auf die Kultur- und Werttheorie. Die regelkonforme Verhaltensweise, Gemeinschaftsfavorisierende strenge Hierarchie, die fatalistische Annahme einer Autorität als unvermeidlich und unkontrollierbar sowie ein auf möglichst eigenständige Entscheidung und Meinungsbildung angestrebter Individualismus sind die weitverbreiteten kulturellen Verhaltensformen bei den Organisationen des öffentlichen Sektors der Mongolei. Dementsprechend streben die Beschäftigten des öffentlichen Dienstes uneigennützig das Wohlergehen der Bevölkerung, die Einhaltung der öffentlichen Regeln, die einvernehmlichen Beziehungen der Menschen zueinander sowie die Sicherheit und Nachhaltigkeit des Lebens an. Bestimmte Wertvorstellungen zur Selbstbestimmung, wie persönliche Geisteshaltung, eigenständiges Handeln sowie Kreativität sind für sie sehr wichtig. Dieser sozio- kulturelle Kontext hat große Auswirkungen auf das Arbeitsverhalten und auf die Aktivitäten der Beschäftigten des öffentlichen Dienstes zur Umsetzung von Reformen in der öffentlichen Verwaltung. Daher ist eine institutionelle Führung als Förderer und Beschützer von Wertesystemen bei der Umsetzung von Reformen in den hiesigen Institutionen unerlässlich.
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Heath, Geoffrey. "Performance Management and Rationalityin Public Sector Organisations." Licentiate thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Människa och teknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-73875.
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Abstract and Keywords The thesis concerns different conceptions of rationality and their implications for organisations, especially in the public sector. The focus is on performance management (as widely defined) within public sector organisations as a subject for exploring these issues. This has long been controversial because seemingly simplistic approaches to performance management persist, despite well recognised shortcomings, such as a tendency to perverse incentives and unintended outcomes. Therefore, in the kappa, I analyse the notion of instrumental rationality, examine the established critique of instrumental rationality from a ‘political’ perspective and present the dilemma that this creates; i.e. how to improve processes of resource allocation and performance evaluation, while recognising organisational realities such as imbalances in power. The potential of communicative rationality as an alternative conceptualisation of rationality in organisations is then discussed. The development of public sector management from the fiscal crises of the 1970s is explained, with the rise of the ‘New Public Management’ based on neo-liberal ideas, and the subsequent opposition to it from ‘New Public Governance’ and ‘New Public Services’ paradigms. These potentially give more scope to participative and deliberative processes of generating performance measurement packages and control systems. Moreover, in practice, particularly interesting examples of participatory approaches have been found in developing countries which align with communicative rationality. A critical position is adopted in the thesis, seeking to challenge ‘managerialist’ orthodoxies. As a theoretical guide to understanding these issues, conceptual frameworks from the management control literature are used. Broadbent and Laughlin’s (2009) conceptual model of performance management systems has been of particular value. They draw on Weber and Habermas to distinguish between instrumental and communicative rationality models and between transactional and relational performance management systems. This enables them to identify two distinct ideal types of ‘rationality clusters’ (instrumental and communicative) to which organisations will incline. They also contend that contingent factors influence where actual organisations are located between these two ideal types. 7 The four papers I have selected for the licentiate from my various publications report on research carried out in three different public sector settings using different methods of investigation. Paper 1 considers the approaches to resource allocation and performance measurement then used by English Health Authorities at the time of writing. In Paper 2 an evaluation carried out at an English police service, utilising cost-consequences analysis, is described and discussed. Papers 3 and 4 concern a performance management regime for the English ambulance service, which became noted for promoting perverse incentives and ‘gaming’, and its subsequent replacement. The first two papers foreground issues of rationality and the last two issues of performance management; but these topics are interrelated and are relevant throughout. It is argued in all the papers that comprehensively ‘rationalistic’ approaches are flawed and that participation, deliberation and dialogue between stakeholders are desirable.
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Earl, Cameron Phillip. "Public health management at outdoor music festivals." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2006. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16235/1/Cameron_Earl_Thesis.pdf.
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Background Information: Outdoor music festivals (OMFs) are complex events to organise with many exceeding the population of a small city. Minimising public health impacts at these events is important with improved event planning and management seen as the best method to achieve this. Key players in improving public health outcomes include the environmental health practitioners (EHPs) working within local government authorities (LGAs) that regulate OMFs and volunteer organisations with an investment in volunteer staff working at events. In order to have a positive impact there is a need for more evidence and to date there has been limited research undertaken in this area.
The research aim: The aim of this research program was to enhance event planning and management at OMFs and add to the body of knowledge on volunteers, crowd safety and quality event planning for OMFs. This aim was formulated by the following objectives.
1.To investigate the capacity of volunteers working at OMFs to successfully contribute to public health and emergency management;
2.To identify the key factors that can be used to improve public health management at OMFs; and
3.To identify priority concerns and influential factors that are most likely to have an impact on crowd behaviour and safety for patrons attending OMFs.
Methods: This research program has involved a series of five exploratory research studies exploring two main themes within public health management for OMFs, event planning capacity and volunteer capacity. Four studies used a cross-sectional design and survey methodology to collect self-report data from each cohort while the remaining study utilised case methods.
The study participants were recruited from Australian and European OMFs. For volunteer capacity, data have been collected from volunteers at two internationally recognised OMFs. One had formal training for their volunteers and the other did not. For planning capacity, data have been collected on consumer concerns regarding OMFs, priority factors that influence crowd behaviour and safety and leadership in event planning.
Results (volunteer capacity): The first studies assessed the public health and emergency management capacity of volunteers working at two OMFs. Volunteer training was provided at one event but not at the other. Comparatively, the participants from the OMF where training was provided reported noticeably better awareness of and involvement in public health and emergency management at that event. Additionally, this awareness was improved with experience volunteering at the study festivals. These studies highlighted the benefits of volunteer training and retention.
Results (event planning capacity): The next three studies focused on event planning capacity with the first being a case study on event planning leadership. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that the event licensing programs managed by LGAs could improve health outcomes for OMFs. A European OMF, the Glastonbury Festival, was chosen for this study. After problems in 2000, it was highly likely that the event would never be held again unless public health and safety was improved. This study documents the progression from that 2000 event through to the 2004 event that was considered the safest event yet. The LGA EHPs working through the event licensing programs had engineered these changes.
The next study focused on consumer priority concerns associated with attending OMFs. A wide range of public health issues were identified as high concern including access to drinking water, toilets, safe food and personal protection issues such as females being grabbed or losing valuables. Safety in the mosh pit was a particular concern for almost half of the participants in the study. Also mosh pit safety was identified with other concerns such as females being grabbed, needing first aid, being struck by thrown items, crowd sizes, losing valuables and alcohol-related behaviour. Making safety in the mosh pit the most important public health issue for these study participants.
The final study focused on identifying the main influences on crowd behaviour and safety at OMFs, particularly mosh pits. This study follows on from the consumer study. The study participants were skilled event security guards, specialising in OMFs and considered the performers, the music and group mentality as the most common motivators for changes in mosh pit behaviour. They also considered that generally (1) crowd composition, (2) drugs and particularly alcohol, (3) the type of performance, (4) venue configuration, and (5) activities of security staff were highly influential on crowd behaviour and safety at OMFs.
Conclusion: Results from this research program have added to the body of evidence on public health management for OMFs. Findings support capacity building and retention for volunteer staff working at OMFs. Also this research has provided evidence on quality event planning, crowd behaviour and safety that can support EHPs working with OMFs. All of these studies have been published in peer-reviewed journals in order to communicate these findings to volunteer organisations and EHPs involved with OMFs.
Where to from here? There remains considerable opportunity for research on a variety of topics related to public health management for OMFs. Some specific areas where further work is recommended are:
othe development and evaluation of a pilot training program (web-based) for Australian volunteers working at OMFs (this training package is currently under development);
othe development of a national code of practice for the event management industry;
oresearch into festival patrons' risk perceptions and the impacts of those choices;
oevaluation of the planning and management approaches used by specific OMFs; and
oadditional detailed investigations of event characteristics such as crowd mood and its impacts on public health safety at OMFs.
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Earl, Cameron Phillip. "Public health management at outdoor music festivals." Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16235/.
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Background Information: Outdoor music festivals (OMFs) are complex events to organise with many exceeding the population of a small city. Minimising public health impacts at these events is important with improved event planning and management seen as the best method to achieve this. Key players in improving public health outcomes include the environmental health practitioners (EHPs) working within local government authorities (LGAs) that regulate OMFs and volunteer organisations with an investment in volunteer staff working at events. In order to have a positive impact there is a need for more evidence and to date there has been limited research undertaken in this area. The research aim: The aim of this research program was to enhance event planning and management at OMFs and add to the body of knowledge on volunteers, crowd safety and quality event planning for OMFs. This aim was formulated by the following objectives. 1.To investigate the capacity of volunteers working at OMFs to successfully contribute to public health and emergency management; 2.To identify the key factors that can be used to improve public health management at OMFs; and 3.To identify priority concerns and influential factors that are most likely to have an impact on crowd behaviour and safety for patrons attending OMFs. Methods: This research program has involved a series of five exploratory research studies exploring two main themes within public health management for OMFs, event planning capacity and volunteer capacity. Four studies used a cross-sectional design and survey methodology to collect self-report data from each cohort while the remaining study utilised case methods. The study participants were recruited from Australian and European OMFs. For volunteer capacity, data have been collected from volunteers at two internationally recognised OMFs. One had formal training for their volunteers and the other did not. For planning capacity, data have been collected on consumer concerns regarding OMFs, priority factors that influence crowd behaviour and safety and leadership in event planning. Results (volunteer capacity): The first studies assessed the public health and emergency management capacity of volunteers working at two OMFs. Volunteer training was provided at one event but not at the other. Comparatively, the participants from the OMF where training was provided reported noticeably better awareness of and involvement in public health and emergency management at that event. Additionally, this awareness was improved with experience volunteering at the study festivals. These studies highlighted the benefits of volunteer training and retention. Results (event planning capacity): The next three studies focused on event planning capacity with the first being a case study on event planning leadership. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that the event licensing programs managed by LGAs could improve health outcomes for OMFs. A European OMF, the Glastonbury Festival, was chosen for this study. After problems in 2000, it was highly likely that the event would never be held again unless public health and safety was improved. This study documents the progression from that 2000 event through to the 2004 event that was considered the safest event yet. The LGA EHPs working through the event licensing programs had engineered these changes. The next study focused on consumer priority concerns associated with attending OMFs. A wide range of public health issues were identified as high concern including access to drinking water, toilets, safe food and personal protection issues such as females being grabbed or losing valuables. Safety in the mosh pit was a particular concern for almost half of the participants in the study. Also mosh pit safety was identified with other concerns such as females being grabbed, needing first aid, being struck by thrown items, crowd sizes, losing valuables and alcohol-related behaviour. Making safety in the mosh pit the most important public health issue for these study participants. The final study focused on identifying the main influences on crowd behaviour and safety at OMFs, particularly mosh pits. This study follows on from the consumer study. The study participants were skilled event security guards, specialising in OMFs and considered the performers, the music and group mentality as the most common motivators for changes in mosh pit behaviour. They also considered that generally (1) crowd composition, (2) drugs and particularly alcohol, (3) the type of performance, (4) venue configuration, and (5) activities of security staff were highly influential on crowd behaviour and safety at OMFs. Conclusion: Results from this research program have added to the body of evidence on public health management for OMFs. Findings support capacity building and retention for volunteer staff working at OMFs. Also this research has provided evidence on quality event planning, crowd behaviour and safety that can support EHPs working with OMFs. All of these studies have been published in peer-reviewed journals in order to communicate these findings to volunteer organisations and EHPs involved with OMFs. Where to from here? There remains considerable opportunity for research on a variety of topics related to public health management for OMFs. Some specific areas where further work is recommended are: othe development and evaluation of a pilot training program (web-based) for Australian volunteers working at OMFs (this training package is currently under development); othe development of a national code of practice for the event management industry; oresearch into festival patrons' risk perceptions and the impacts of those choices; oevaluation of the planning and management approaches used by specific OMFs; and oadditional detailed investigations of event characteristics such as crowd mood and its impacts on public health safety at OMFs.
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Roquet, Cédric. "Juridictionnalisation des rapports sociaux à l’hôpital : du contentieux du management au management du contentieux." Thesis, Rennes 1, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019REN1G015.
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Le contentieux social des personnels dans les établissements publics de santé (EPS) est un contentieux de plus en plus fourni. Ce constat peut-il être mis en perspective avec les spécificités des organisations de travail à l’hôpital attachées au principe de continuité, ou à la réforme de l’institution hospitalière rattachée au principe de mutabilité ? Les enjeux d’équilibre et de proportionnalité dans les rapports employeurs - employés semblent montrer que dans le domaine du droit social, la rupture n’est jamais loin. C’est précisément cette proximité entre le point de rupture de cet équilibre des relations sociales et le déclenchement du contentieux, qui fait de cet objet de recherche, un prisme intéressant pour mieux comprendre l’évolution desdites relations sociales au sein de l’institution hospitalière. Etudier les éléments qui fondent le contentieux des relations sociales à l’hôpital, c’est permettre d’étudier les relations managériales dans les spécificités de ce contexte hospitalier. Ce travail de recherche interroge cette crise des relations sociales hospitalières sous un angle juridique et managérial, pour mieux comprendre les fondements de cette recrudescence contentieuse. Cette thèse s’attache ensuite à décrire et à prendre en compte les impacts de cette nouvelle donne managériale, sur la gestion et le pilotage des EPS au quotidien. Elle démontre la nécessité pour ces derniers d’optimiser leurs performances juridique et managériale au profit d’un rééquilibre du rapport performance économique et performance sociale, de nature à limiter la juridictionnalisation des rapports sociauxSocial legal litiges in public hospital are more and more provided. Can this observation be put into perspective with hospital organizations specificities, as continuity of care, or hospital reform, in conjunction with economic situation ? In social law, equilibrium and proportionality are tow issues, and the breacking point is never far. It is precisely this proximity between this equilibrium and this breacking point , potentially triggering social legal dispute, which makes that research topic, an interessant prism to study the evolution of social reports in the hospital institution. Investigate the elements at the basis of legal social litiges in hospital, it is to study managerial relationships, taking into accompte specificities of hospital structure. This thesis examine this social reports crisis, considering juridic and managerial aspects, in order to better understand the causes of this legal litiges upsurge. Then, this thesis describe and take into account this managerial new reality, in the daily management of public hospital centers. The results demonstrate the necessity for this ones, to optimize their juridic and managerial performance to rebalance their economic performance in favor of their social performance, and so limit this legal litiges upsurge phenomen
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Stringer, Carolyn Patricia, and n/a. "Performance management : an empirical study." University of Otago. Department of Accountancy and Business Law, 2006. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20070501.145211.
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The dynamic nature of performance management is a significant issue for organisations. A review of the empirical performance management literature highlights that little research has examined an organisation�s holistic performance management framework. Most prior studies have been partial (i.e., examine various performance management elements), and there is a lack of depth in analysis (because of the short-term nature of many studies). In addition to the few studies that have examined the interconnections between the performance management elements, there has also been a lack of research examining incentive systems (especially at lower levels), target-setting, and performance evaluation. The literature review in this thesis also highlights the diversity in the performance management elements studied, the lack of theoretical development, diversity in who is interviewed and research sites, etc. This diversity in field study research provides a difficult base on which to build a cumulative body of literature (as most studies examine a different research question in a different context).
This PhD research examines the overall performance management framework in a large and complex Australasian organisation, Sensol, over a 14 year period. The research is inductive, empirical and interpretative so as to gain a deeper understanding of Sensol�s performance management framework. The narrative highlights the multiple voices that exist in Sensol to illustrate the complexity of performance management at various levels. Otley�s (1999) performance management framework is a useful research tool (e.g., initial data analysis, structuring device).
The documentary evidence traces the history and development of Sensol�s performance management framework. The designers� story tells about the sophisticated nature of Sensol�s approach to performance management. In contrast, the business unit managers describe the complexities in operationalising performance management in a complex, diversified and decentralised organisation.
The researcher�s story explains the importance of understanding the highly interconnected nature of Sensol�s performance management framework and of understanding the behavioural issues (e.g., intense sibling rivalry, short-termism). It includes the importance of history, context (e.g., hierarchical culture), decentralised structure (e.g., interrelated business units), the trade-offs between financial and social objectives (and signalling effect of weightings), performance measurement issues (e.g., EVA�, scorecard, dominance of EBIT, transfer pricing), the subjectivity of objective setting and performance management processes (e.g., averaging, little differentiation between good and poor performers), problems with the annual incentive scheme (e.g., double dipping, risk and penalties, lack of understanding and line of sight, low trust), strategic programmes (e.g., lack of visibility), target-setting (e.g., conservative targets, impact of capping), and information flows (i.e., poor data, black boxes).
The research also highlights the importance of understanding how the formal and informal performance management systems operate. There are considerable differences between the designers� rhetoric on the formal HPMF system (i.e., the intended design), compared to the system in use (e.g., formal and informal systems). This point has been recognised in some prior field studies but is an under-researched area. An understanding of the impact of the background to the performance management literature from classical management theory provides some insights into why the value-based management literature focuses on formal system design control tools, goal congruence, top-down focus, and the universal applicability of their techniques. Ignoring informal systems may be one reason that the traditional control problems remain evident with the new value-based management techniques.
A final contribution of this PhD research is to use historical documents to identify how little change there has been over time and how performance management issues keep going around in circles (e.g., lack of accountability, transfer pricing). Some reasons for these circles include that history is lost, complacency, culture, communication issues (e.g., good news, blocking behaviours, standardisation). A feature of Sensol�s performance management framework is how it used EVA� and the balanced scorecard in a complementary manner. However, rather than adopting these new techniques as prescribed by consultants, Sensol built these new techniques onto their existing performance management system. This highlights the importance of understanding the history of an organisation�s performance management framework, so as to understand the reasons for the current design and operation.
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Pauley, Keryn A., and n/a. "Personal risk management in pilots." University of Otago. Department of Psychology, 2007. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20071010.090032.
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Risk management is a key component of aeronautical decision-making and one of the possible causes of pilot error (e.g., Jensen, Guilke, & Hunter, 1997). Risk management encompasses risk perception and risk tolerance. Risk perception involves the detection of risks associated with a situation, whereas risk tolerance is the willingness to accept a given degree of risk (Hunter, 2002). Previous studies using flight simulators have found that risk perception and risk tolerance differs between pilots who fly into adverse weather and those who do not (e.g., O�Hare, Owen, Jorgensen, Wiegmann, Hunter, & Mullen, 2007). The aim of this research was to assess risk perception and risk tolerance using scenario-based measures. The measure of risk perception was developed over three studies. Since risk perception is a skill which expert pilots exercise (Jensen et al., 1997), I used the Cochran-Weiss-Shanteau (CWS, Weiss & Shanteau, 2003) index to measure how good pilots were at perceiving aeronautical risks. Weiss and Shanteau assumed that an expert should be able to discriminate between two relevant stimuli, and do so consistently. Participants were presented with flight scenarios and rated the risk involved in each scenario from 0 (low risk) to 100 (high risk). If a valid measure of expertise in risk perception, those with experience in aeronautical decision-making should have been better at this task. In study one the qualified pilots had higher and more variable CWS scores than the non-pilots, suggesting that some pilots were expert at this task, whereas most non-pilots were poor at this task. The focus of study two was shifted to weather-related decision-making (WRDM). Geography students, student pilots, and qualified pilots did not differ in their mean CWS scores, although the qualified pilots were most discriminating, and the geography students were most consistent. To decrease the reliance of the task on memory, study three included a blocking task in between each scenario. While only a small scale study, the results suggested that the blocking task improved the qualified pilots� performance while the geography students� performance deteriorated. In study four, I used Lopes�s (1987) theory to measure risk tolerance in pilots. According to Lopes (1987), risk tolerant individuals are motivated by opportunity, or what they can gain from taking risks, whereas risk averse individuals are motivated by threat, or what they can lose from taking risks. Qualified pilots were presented with 36 flight scenarios, varying in the level of threat and opportunity. The pilots rated the likelihood of going on the flights. Multiple regression equations were calculated, measuring the influence of threat and opportunity on each pilot�s ratings. Pilots were largely risk averse, as their ratings were influenced by threat. The two pilots whose ratings were influenced by opportunity had experienced more aviation incidents compared to the pilots who were not influenced by opportunity. The aim of study five was to assess the relationship between risk management and in-flight WRDM. Qualified pilots completed a simulated flight into adverse weather, and four-computer based measures: the expertise in risk perception measure developed in study three, the risk tolerance measure developed in study four, and two implicit association tests assessing implicit risk perception and anxiousness towards adverse weather. Twelve pilots continued beyond the critical decision point, 18 pilots diverted, and 2 pilots crashed. There was no relationship between in-flight WRDM and expertise in weather-related risk perception. However, the pilots who diverted gave higher ratings of risk during the CWS task compared to the pilots who crashed. The pilots who diverted also tended to be more risk averse and implicitly perceived more risk in adverse weather, compared to the pilots who continued, suggesting a relationship between risk management and decision-making in a simulated flight into adverse weather. These five studies further highlight the role of risk management in pilot decision-making. The tools developed in these studies have potential for measuring risk management in pilots.
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Matus, Castillejos Abel, and n/a. "Management of Time Series Data." University of Canberra. Information Sciences & Engineering, 2006. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20070111.095300.
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Every day large volumes of data are collected in the form of time series. Time series are
collections of events or observations, predominantly numeric in nature, sequentially recorded
on a regular or irregular time basis. Time series are becoming increasingly important in
nearly every organisation and industry, including banking, finance, telecommunication, and
transportation. Banking institutions, for instance, rely on the analysis of time series for
forecasting economic indices, elaborating financial market models, and registering
international trade operations. More and more time series are being used in this type of
investigation and becoming a valuable resource in today�s organisations.
This thesis investigates and proposes solutions to some current and important issues in time
series data management (TSDM), using Design Science Research Methodology. The thesis
presents new models for mapping time series data to relational databases which optimise the
use of disk space, can handle different time granularities, status attributes, and facilitate time
series data manipulation in a commercial Relational Database Management System
(RDBMS). These new models provide a good solution for current time series database
applications with RDBMS and are tested with a case study and prototype with financial time
series information. Also included is a temporal data model for illustrating time series data
lifetime behaviour based on a new set of time dimensions (confidentiality, definitiveness,
validity, and maturity times) specially targeted to manage time series data which are
introduced to correctly represent the different status of time series data in a timeline. The
proposed temporal data model gives a clear and accurate picture of the time series data
lifecycle. Formal definitions of these time series dimensions are also presented. In addition,
a time series grouping mechanism in an extensible commercial relational database system is
defined, illustrated, and justified. The extension consists of a new data type and its
corresponding rich set of routines that support modelling and operating time series
information within a higher level of abstraction. It extends the capability of the database
server to organise and manipulate time series into groups. Thus, this thesis presents a new
data type that is referred to as GroupTimeSeries, and its corresponding architecture and
support functions and operations. Implementation options for the GroupTimeSeries data type
in relational based technologies are also presented.
Finally, a framework for TSDM with enough expressiveness of the main requirements of time
series application and the management of that data is defined. The framework aims at
providing initial domain know-how and requirements of time series data management,
avoiding the impracticability of designing a TSDM system on paper from scratch. Many
aspects of time series applications including the way time series data are organised at the
conceptual level are addressed. The central abstraction for the proposed domain specific
framework is the notions of business sections, group of time series, and time series itself. The
framework integrates comprehensive specification regarding structural and functional aspects
for time series data management. A formal framework specification using conceptual graphs
is also explored.
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Björklund, Elin, and Calle A. Lindskoug. "New public management och den svenska gymnasieskolan : En ideologikritisk analys av Gy11-reformen kopplat till organisationskonceptet new public management." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för lärande och miljö, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-14036.
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The purpose of this ideology critical study is to investigate the hidden content in the reform Gy11 and compare it with the concept new public management. After the clarification of the hidden content, we compare the structure of the organization in Swedish high schools with the structure in public sector called new public management. The main questions of this study are the following: Is it possible to see the foundation of new public management in the Swedish high schools when it comes to the views of knowledge and the formation of goals? Which similarities can we find when we look at the organization new public management and the Swedish high school? The result showed many similarities, both regarding the views of knowledge and the formations of goals. The structure of new public management has been largely implemented in the Swedish high schools and the schools now focus more on instrumental knowledge rather than universal knowledge based on understanding. This is not surprising due to the social progress. In a society where instrumental knowledge is requested with the purpose of being sold on the market, schools are transforming the knowledge that is being taught as well. We have arrived in a society where individuals grow instead of the collective.