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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Public sector reform."”.
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The implications of comprehensive and incremental approaches to public sector reform for the creation of a developmental state in South Africa: Case study of the Oceans Economy Operation Phakisa
… Evidence shows that the South African public sector is generally not yet able to be a key driver of development, at least not to the extent required to reduce poverty and inequality to the levels envisioned in the National Development Plan. The study argues that comprehensive public …
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Implementation of quality management in the public sector versus the private sector: a cultural analysis
… As the research programme is situated in the public sector the thesis considers the very different and indeed opposing views regarding the development of the public sector and concludes, that irrespective of the strategy used, that the human factor is a key area in public sector reform. This …
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Public sector reforms, fiscal and governance reforms: a case study of Orissa state, India
… research was to ascertain measures to make the reform process a success in Orissa where the state government has undertaken an ambitious reform program since 1993 without significant visible impact. This study primarily focussed on the fiscal and governance reforms aspects of public sector …
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Evaluating public sector reforms in Botswana : performance management, privatization and anti-corruption reforms
… to examine Botswana’s most recent attempts at public sector reform, which, to a greater extent than its previous endeavours have reflected global trends. Specifically, it sought to evaluate the impact of performance management, privatization and anti-corruption reforms on the country’s public …
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The new public management and the transformation of the South African public service : an overview
… review of the theory and practice of the New Public Management (NPM) in the public service context of a democratic South Africa. It undertakes an extensive review of the literature on NPM and explores in some detail the NPM’s origins, definitions, key characteristics, critiques and lessons …
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Effective Collaboration in Public Services – The Views of Practitioners
… heavily on collaboration as its main driver for public sector reform since 2004. Of significant interest is the viewpoint of public sector practitioners and the competencies required to ensure successful collaborative activities. The research is set in the context of RSPs in Wales. The specific …
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Governance in sport and recreation organisations : an analysis
… non-profit organisation governance and public sector reform and establishes a broader framework for considering issues relating to non-profit organisation governance. This framework is titled 'An enabling governance for social capital formation.' The thesis provides analysis of a …
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Security sector reform in post-conflict environments: An analysis of coherence and sequencing in Mozambique. Examining Peacebuilding Challenges of Defence, Police and Justice Reforms in a Neo-Liberal Era
… of post-conflict justice and security reforms and their negative impact on institutional capacity to provide justice and security for citizens. It strenghtens the existing critique of SSR by employing liberal peacebuilding critique to examine the development of the SSR agenda within the …
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An investigation into the effectiveness of the performance appraisal system in the public sector in Namibia: A case of Ministry of Works and Transport Human Resource department at Head Office in Windhoek
… appraisal system(s) is crucial in assessing public sector employees. The drive for public sector reform for employee’s performance is significant to the measures set out on targets to organisations main objectives. This quantitative and qualitative study, therefore sought to investigate the …
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Achieving High Performance in Local Government: Linking Government Outcomes with Human Resource Management Practices
Historically public sector personnel policies and practices have been targets of reform. These reforms consisted of transferring private sector techniques to a public sector perceived to be more bureaucratic and less efficient. Private sector research is replete with evidence of a connection …
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Accountability in the Thai public sector
… the literature on the issue of accountability in public sector organisations in a developing country; and (2) to explore the relationship between accountability theory and accountability aspects implemented and reflected in a developing country. There are three general research questions: How is …
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Thinking differently about local economic development and governance in secondary cities in South Africa - A conceptual analysis of the possibilities of problem driven iterative adaption (PDIA)
… on, and moulded according to, the wave of new public management paradigms and public sector reform 'good governance best practises' implemented in South Africa post the 1994 democratic elections. The study makes two claims about municipal designs and practises, one that the governance design …
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Local government : tales of creativity and innovation
… the two terms mean. In the context of the 'New Public Management' (NPM) reforms of local government in recent years, local Councils have often turned to the private sector models of 'entrepreneurialism' and 'innovation' for guidance, but in a number of cases this has not been satisfactory nor …
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Understanding accountability in an ever-changing New Zealand health system
… was to understand how the constant adoption of reforms affected accountability understanding and its practices in the New Zealand public health system. This study adopted a qualitative methodology and took a critical hermeneutics approach in order to explore the reasons for, and formats of, …
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Organisational excellence in the public sector : with special reference to the Portuguese local government
… key drivers of Organisational Excellence in the Public Sector and integrate them in a comprehensive, reliable and valid performance measurement system.</p> <p>Within the movements for Public Sector reform and modernisation, Total Quality Management (TQM) has increasingly been regarded as a way to …
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The effects of agencification on the capacity of the federal inland revenue service in Nigeria
… in the early 90s. It has been adopted as a public sector reform instrument to improve the revenue collection capacity of its various host nations. Many countries believe that the adoption of autonomy which is reducing the political control of specialized public institutions will solve …
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The dynamics of accountability in public sector reforms
… articles on dynamics of accountability in the reformed employment and welfare administration in different countries. The first article examines how recent changes in the governance of employment services in three European countries (Denmark, Germany and Norway) have influenced accountability …
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Civic Dignity and Meaningful Political Participation
… can increase individual liberty and improve public-sector reform efforts. It blends political theory with contemporary concerns for individual well-being and government accountability. To do this, several research methodologies are used, including normative, qualitative process-tracing, and …
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The ways in which new public management ideas impact upon the administrative culture of 'street-level' bureaucrats and professionals working within Irish social policy
… particular, that is, those associated with New Public Management, have impacted upon the administrative culture of 'street-level' bureaucrats and professionals within Irish social policy. Lipsky (1980: 3) defined 'street-level' bureaucrats as ‘public service workers who interact directly with …
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Institutional change in the Irish university 2008-2014: an examination through the lens of institutional logics
… context of the evolution of the Irish university sector. 2008-2014 was an eventful period in bringing about changes within the sector. Drivers of transformation led by the state during this time arose from two distinct sources; developments in government policy within the university sector and the …
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