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Showing 1 to 20 of 141 for “"Government departments"”.
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Factors impacting on the adoption and operation of corporate governance reform in Australian state government departments
… corporate governance change in Australian state government departments, particularly the factors that impact on the adoption and operation of reform. Concepts associated with scientific management (rational/technocratic influences) and organisational culture (political/cultural influences), and …
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South Africa's Senior Civil Service : structures, roles and perspectives on change in government departments since 1994
… senior civil servants and politicians in modern governments. The convergence concept has been particularly associated with the work of Aberbach et al. (1981) in their major study Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies. This concept has been a particular interest of this study. My …
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Challenges related to implementation of Employee Health and Wellness Programme in the selected Limpopo Provincial Government Departments within the Vhembe District
… and Wellness Practitioners in the selected government departments in the Vhembe District Municipality of the Limpopo Province. The researcher adopted a qualitative approach and explorative descriptive research design. Theoretically, the study adopted the ecological systems theory to unpack …
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The impact of performance-based reward system (PBRS) on customers' perceived service outcomes
… customers’ perceptions of service quality. Six government departments were examined, three categorised as having high levels of customer focus in their PBRS plans and three as having low levels of customer focus in their PBRS plans. Marketing research generally suggests that customer orientation …
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Implementation of a developmental approach to social welfare service delivery at Nkandla in Kwazulu–Natal
… revealed that, the majority of people view the government departments’ system of governance as unresponsive to the societal needs. Lack of effective communication mechanisms between the officials and the communities appears to be the main factor. Communities are hardly consulted for planned …
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Organisational commitment and organisational citizenship behaviour : the mediating role of job insecurity among contract employees at selected Gauteng Provincial Government
… austerity measures to address budget deficits, government departments have utilised contract workers. However, these contract workers are susceptible to job insecurity as such, may display less organisational citizenship behaviour and commitment. For this reason, this study investigated the …
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Contractual governance: theory and practice in Circular A-76
… program, circular A-76. To comply with the government's general policy of relying on commercial sources to supply products and services, Circular A-76 requires agencies to study selected activities and put them up for bid between in0-house government departments and private companies.
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Accountability in the Thai public sector
… organisations in a developing country?; How do government departments in a developing country implement accountability?; and How does the experience of implementation in a developing country help us think about theories of accountability? In order to achieve these objectives, this thesis …
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An analysis of output based budgetting (OBB) in the Victorian government
… of Output Based Budgeting (OBB) in the Victorian government in two ways using the decision-usefulness model and the budget process model as theoretical frameworks. First, this study aimed to examine the usefulness of information generated by OBB in the Victorian budget papers from the users …
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The drought relief scheme in the Northern Cape Province (2013/2014) : an analysis of the intergovernmental communication approach
… to assess whether poor or lack thereof of intergovernmental communication contributed to the delay of the implementation of the 2013/2014-drought relief scheme in the Northern Cape Province, in order to recommend mechanisms for effective implementation of future drought relief schemes in the …
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Evaluation of a pilot crime prevention project in the Western Cape
The non-governmental organisation U Managing Conflict (UMAC) is responsible for the implementation of a local crime prevention initiative in the Western Cape. The pilot project involves establishing community safety forums (CSFs) consisting of representation from government departments, communities …
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Assessing responses and interventions to orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS: A case study of the experiences of HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children in Gugulethu, Cape Town
… response proposals of key role players, such as government departments, civil society organisations and the affected communities, in dealing with the challenges faced by HIV/AIDS OVCs.
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The policies and position of the British Council from the outbreak of war to 1950
… period, of its organisation and relations with Government Departments and of its work overseas. These activities have been placed in the wider context of British foreign policy. The thesis is based mainly on unpublished and largely untapped primary sources, in particular the archives of the …
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Effectiveness of flood response mechanisms for enhancing resilient livelihoods in Tsholotsho District of Zimbabwe
… key stakeholders in disaster response, including government departments, NGOs and community leaders. The study specifically targeted wards 6, 7 and 8, in the district which all have a history of severe flooding. Tsholotsho’s vulnerability is heightened by its location on the low-lying Gwayi River, …
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Enactment of standardised pan-governmental enterprise system : a Bahraini case study
There is an ongoing drive among governments globally to modernise their public service delivery by means of ICT. Bahrain’s government was no different when it implemented a national enterprise system to standardise work across the public sector. The purpose of this research is to investigate the …
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Closing the Loop on Visa Security: A Case for Change
… need for communication and collaboration between government departments, and a loss of mission focus. In an effort to increase security, streamline the immigration process, and address the above issues, this thesis recommends that the visa issuing function should be exclusively the responsibility …
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Impact of internal audit management on public sector administration in the North West Province
… public sector, policies and guidelines. Due to government development, a Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) was formulated and promulgated during 1999, although influenced by the publication of King Report (I). Issues pertaining to how the public sector should be governed were legislated in …
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The role of knowledge and institutional challenges to the adoption of sustainable urban drainage in Saudi Arabia: implications for sustainable environmental development
… officials and professionals from key government departments and organisations in Riyadh. Twenty-six semi-structured interviews were conducted during fieldwork in 2013 and 2014, which explored the challenges in adopting sustainable drainage approaches, and through a Grounded Theory …
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How end-user participation in Financial Management Information Systems development engenders a sense of system ownership in municipalities: A case in South Africa
… who has a constitutional mandate to audit government departments highlighted challenges in financial management facing the municipalities. The challenges include lack of compliance with the legislation of municipal financial management, weak audit outcomes, financially unqualified financial …
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Leadership perspectives on service delivery in the South African Public Service : a critical overview of the public financial management systems from 1994 to 2004
… leaders in guiding the implementation of government processes to attain the required objectives and goals. The Constitution vests the National Assembly and provincial legislatures with the power to exercise oversight of their respective executives in addition to their legislative and other …
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