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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Public Sector Organisation"”.
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A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY IN THE ABU DHABI PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANISATION
… to embrace sustainability as a desirable public policy goal. Therefore, the Abu Dhabi government has made public commitments to transform along a more sustainable trajectory and assigned the public sector the collective responsibility of leading this transformation. Henceforth, public …
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Performance measurement in public sector organisation : application of balanced scorecard (BSC) in a UK local government authority
… USA' as a performance measurement framework for public sector organisations like UK Local Government Authorities. The research study was carried out using 'Case Study' method and the performance measurement model used for this study was a modified BSC model for'Non profit and public sector …
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Probation, Politics, Policy and Practice: From New Labour to the Coalition government
… outputs presented in part submission of a PhD by publication represent the body of my published work over the past ten years. They cover policy, practice and legislative developments during both the New Labour and Coalition Governments that have ultimately led to the demise of the Probation …
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Translating innovation
… studies the process of innovation adoption in public administrations, addressing the research question of how an innovation is translated to a local context. The study empirically explores Design Thinking as a new problem-solving approach introduced by a federal government organisation in …
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A Critical and Analytical Study of Dynamic Capabilities in Strategic Procurement: The Case of Six Welsh Local Authorities
… of dynamic capabilities (DCs) in the context of public procurement (PP) in six Welsh Local Authorities (WLAs). This is the first attempt to link the concept of DCs with strategic public-sector procurement. Drawing from both perspectives, this study endeavours to examine DCs in the light of …
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Re-thinking workplace learning : worker subjectivity/ies as sites of alignment and resistance
… workplace learning academics, senior managers, organisational consultants and organisational learning theorists, and the purposes to which discourses of workplace learning might be put. The research site for the study was a recent industry-university collaboration that explored workplace …
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Time to Start Warming to District Heating: Local Authority Champions of Change
… of innovation, very little is known about the public sector champion of change. This thesis contributes to knowledge in this area by paying specific attention to the Local Authority champion of district heating.<br/><br/>It is proposed that existing approaches to the study of champions tend to …
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Road traffic accidents and their implications for management
… responsible for education, training and publicity measures rather than the pure highway engineering function which exists at the present time. Saunders, in 'Road Safety Management in a shire county' showed how tactical objectives were set by safety practitioners but concluded that …
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Corporate governance in the Victorian public health sector
… and application of corporate governance in a public sector health service provider in Victoria, Australia. The methodological and analytical approach is based on an adaptation of the Glaser and Strauss’ grounded theory, using ethnographic and survey techniques to collect and describe data so …
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Managing business change projects: a social practice perspective
… several fields (including project management and organisational change) questioning the engineering paradigm of objective rationality, systems control and universally-applicable structured methods underpinning conventional ‘best practice’ approaches to managing business change projects. The call …
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The best laid plans : process evaluation of a preventative stress-management strategy in the public sector
… of poor psychological health to employees and organisations continue to mount, with the psychosocial work environment implicated as a causal factor. Despite this, organisational-level interventions aiming to address these working conditions have been under-represented in the literature and, …
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Health and safety management in the public sector
… is a key corporate responsibility in any organisation. However, my practice focuses on health and safety management within a public sector organisation (PSO) setting. I consider health and safety challenges faced by line management that are common in any large public or private sector …
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Ethnicity and Differential Career Success
… is improving, many are concentrated at lower organisational levels and experience more difficulties reaching senior positions than their majority-ethnic (i.e. white) colleagues (ONS, 2011). The percentage of minority-ethnic individuals entering the workplace is continually rising (ONS, 2011) …
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An empirical investigation of the efficiency, effectiveness and economy of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation's management of Nigeria's upstream petroleum sector.
… for the new approach is that the NNPC is a quasi-public sector organisation and thus its performance should be measured in the same way as that of public sector bodies and state owned enterprises (SOEs). Informed opinions on NNPCs management roles in Nigerias oil and gas upstream sector were …
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A study of the Relationship between Managers’ Leadership Style and Employees’ Job Satisfaction: The Case of Prime Minister’s Office in Tanzania
… and employees job satisfaction in a typical public sector organisation particularly the Prime Minister’s Office. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of 150 employees selected by a combination of stratified sampling and systematic random sampling techniques. A total of 125 …
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Privatisation in Malaysia with special reference to changes in accounting system
… to analyse the impact of privatisation upon an organisation. The literature on privatisation suggests that one aspect of the process is the creation of new organisational form. In particular, it is believed that the influence of accounting may increase with the introduction of a new commercial …
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A reflexive approach to the critical interpretation of employment tribunal judgements.
… better understanding of discrimination law as an organisational discourse and as a potential force for emancipatory change in the workplace. The research examines the conceptual links between management, employment relations, discrimination law and everyday social processes in an attempt to …
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Information and communication technology privacy and policies within organisations : an analysis from the perspective of the individual
… This research investigated individuals within a public sector organisation and a private sector organisation. By using a hermeneutic approach combined with the interpretive interactionism tools of Denzin (1989) the research was able to undertake a qualitative investigation of the privacy …
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Determinants of job satisfaction among Dubai police employees
… methods used to establish and maintain a healthy organisational structure. It has been frequently investigated in studies that deal with organisational strategies because of its potential impact on work attitudes such as job performance, productivity and organisational commitment. Although …
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Development of a structured framework for core competence evaluation in the manufacturing and service industries.
… such as resource re-deployment and routine re-organisation. The generic nature of this framework is tested through conducting two case studies and a questionnaire survey This thesis makes three main contributions to the existing body of knowledge. Firstly the thesis provides a systematic and …
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