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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Target setting"”.
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The Validity And Reliability Of Value-Added And Target-Setting Procedures With Special Reference To Key Stage 3
… to be particularly problematic at Key Stage 3. Target-setting procedures usually employ value-added data as the basis for predicting future performance, and the validity and reliability of target-setting procedures is therefore also problematic. In a five-year longitudinal case study of one …
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A Framework for Analyzing Forecast Accuracy Metrics
… 1) how accurate can or should forecasts become (target setting) and 2) what are the causes and impacts of inaccuracy. However, the first step to addressing these questions is to understand and measure forecast accuracy metrics in a consistent way across Nike's various Demand Planning groups. This …
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Evaluation of effectiveness of the annual performance appraisal system(APAS) in selected Ministries of the Zambia civil service
… of introducing a culture of work planning and target setting in Government Ministries and Other Spending Agencies. The objectives were to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the Public Service in the performance of its functions and put in place an effective personnel appraisal instrument …
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EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM (APAS) IN SELECTED MINISTRIES OF THE ZAMBIA CIVIL SERVICE
… of introducing a culture of work planning and target setting in Government Ministries and Other Spending Agencies. The objectives were to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the Public Service in the performance of its functions and put in place an effective personnel appraisal instrument …
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Annual Performance Appraisal System(APAS)in selected Ministries of the Zambia Civil Service
… of introducing a culture of work planning and target setting in Government Ministries and Other Spending Agencies. The objectives were to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the Public Service in the performance of its functions and put in place an effective personnel appraisal instrument …
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Evaluation of effectiveness of the annual performance appraisal system(APAS) in selected Ministries of the Zambia civil service
… of introducing a culture of work planning and target setting in Government Ministries and Other Spending Agencies. The objectives were to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the Public Service in the performance of its functions and put in place an effective personnel appraisal instrument …
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EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM (APAS) IN SELECTED MINISTRIES OF THE ZAMBIA CIVIL SERVICE
… of introducing a culture of work planning and target setting in Government Ministries and Other Spending Agencies. The objectives were to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the Public Service in the performance of its functions and put in place an effective personnel appraisal instrument …
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Antecedents of employee engagement : an examination of the banking sector of Nigeria
… few other employee engagement antecedentssuch as target setting, employee union,economic situations ,job securitywithin the Nigeria banking sector, however, further investigation isrecommended to clarify these results and explore the possibility of other variableinfluences. Finally,theknowledge …
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Essays on the economics of education
… are discussed, particularly the role of target setting. Standardised tests often facilitate school accountability, and pupils usually receive grades (or other feedback) based on their performance. However, providing feedback is not necessary for school accountability. The third research …
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Benchmarking the implementation of E-Commerce A Case Study Approach
… E-Share. Secondly, exchange of best practices, target setting, customer satisfaction and competitive advantage emerged as benefits from E-Commerce benchmarking. Thirdly, there are two distinct differences between E-Commerce benchmarking and traditional bench marking: (1) higher frequency and (2) …
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The development of a regional energy assessment model
… information. This information would enable target setting and the implementation of policies designed to encourage energy efficiency improvements and exploitation of renewable energy resources. This could aid regeneration strategies by providing new employment opportunities. Associated …
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Design of environmental performance measurement systems for agriculture
… (EPMS) be designed and used in an agricultural setting to support managers in water and economic sustainability-related decision making and control. Sustainability and the increasing scarcity of natural resources such as freshwater are of growing social interest. Agriculture has a significant …
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Measuring Sustainability in Less Developed Countries: Case of Tourism in the Gorilla Parks of the Democratic Republic of Congo
… areas for achieving set sustainability targets. The Literature Review emphasises the importance of target setting in measuring sustainability, and frameworks have been developed but there are hardly any that measure sustainability of tourism in a holistic manner, leading to action. Two …
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Learning to Adapt Neural Networks Across Visual Domains
… the training (a.k.a. source) and test (a.k.a.target) distributions are caused by several latent factors such as change in appearance, illumination, viewpoints and so on, which is also popularly known as domain-shift. In order to make a classifier cope with such domain-shifts, a sub-field in …
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Investigation of the impact of change on social work manager-professionals after more than a decade of ideological shifts and legislative reform. 1979 - 2007
… accountability at all costs. Regulation and target setting define even the smallest social work task (Carey 2003), and take precedence over flexible 'service user centred' approaches to meeting need. This challenges the professional identity of some social workers, despite registration and …
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Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Community Based Rural Tourism (CBRT) Development: the case of East Coast Economic Region (ECER), Malaysia
… they want to go", i.e. the local hosts' go~l or target setting for development of CBRT program. More importantly, indicators could also reveal to local hosts and other stakeholders "how far they are from achieving their goal/target".
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Development and feasibility of a multi-component intervention to promote children’s physical activity in schools (SOKKA Schools)
… risk factors. Primary schools are a key setting for child PA promotion, yet even with the provision of PA opportunities and the supporting role of physical education (PE) co-ordinators, few school-based United Kingdom (UK) PA interventions have been effective. While various reasons for …
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Refining monitoring practices and applying novel enhancement strategies to populations of threatened diadromous species.
… estimates are critical for conservation target-setting. However, the accuracy of some current population monitoring practices remains untested, with many studies also showing current management techniques to be unproductive, especially enhancing salmonid populations with hatchery reared …
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Performance management : a case study of the emergency medical and response services in Limpopo province
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Management Sciences Specialising in Public Administration in the Faculty of Management Sciences at the Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2023.
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Data envelopment analysis models for performance measurement and management of public policy implementation : evidence from delivery of a social economic development program
… programs is focused mainly on their effects on target groups and areas. To the best of our knowledge, there is no a study quantifying the delivery efficiency of a public spending program. This research contributes to improve the current methods of public program delivery assessment by exploring …