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Showing 1 to 20 of 106 for “"Value for money"”.
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Value for Money in Public Procurement in Nigeria
… study interrogates the factors that influence Value for Money (VfM) in the public procurement system (PPS) of developing nations, using Nigeria’s federal government procurement system as a case study. Nigeria’s federal government procurement system is guided by the Public Procurement Act, 2007 …
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Value for Money Evaluation of Three Operational NHS Private Finance Initiative Contracts
… records to examine the conditions of possibility for PFI procurements by three English National Health Service (NHS) Trusts and the extent to which these projects are affordable and delivering Value for Money (VfM). Drawing from Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice and his social praxeology, the thesis …
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Public financial management reforms for value-for-money in selected South African provincial governments
Far-reaching public financial management (PFM) reforms have been implemented in South Africa in accordance with the Public Financial Management Act, 1999 (Act 1 of 1999) (PFMA). This study assesses the extent to which the PFMA and related reforms have achieved their initial objectives of enhancing …
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The value of art: an investigation of the ‘value for money’ audit for the performing arts
Measuring the value of art and assessing the success of performing arts organizations have been a global concern in the creative industry for the past few decades (Pidd, 2012; Ellis, 2003; Reeves 2002). The complexity of art, by its nature, makes it difficult to come up with the ideal measuring …
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Improving the achievement of value for money in construction procurement under the Nigerian Public Procurement Act (2007)
… (2007) amongst other objectives, aims to achieve value for money on government procurements. However, opinions from the existing body of knowledge suggest that the implementation of PPA (2007) on public construction procurements over the years has achieved little in terms of value for money as …
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External auditors and clients: an investigation ofperceptions of value for money (VfM) audit practices inthe UK public sector
… Thesis is to to provide empirical explanations for the perceptions of external auditors and clients (professionals and Operational Managers in the UK Public Sector organisations), in regard to the Value for Money (VfM) audit’s ability to improve performance in the UK Public Sector organisations. …
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Governing Youth Work Through Problems: A WPR Analysis of the ‘Value for Money and Policy Review of Youth Programmes’
… Irish youth work is increasingly governed and re-formed through problems constituted in Government policy discourse. The purpose of the study is to critically analyse contemporary youth work policy in a context of neoliberal reform. The research specifically focused on analysing data from one …
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Review of the competitive bid for PV in South Africa: is SA maximising job creation and value for money from its photovoltaic industy?
… Germany make South Africa highly attractive to foreign developers, financiers and suppliers. The path to reaching financial close for the first round of renewable energy project in South Africa was an uncertain one. South Africa switched from the more popular feed-in tariff (FiT) to a …
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The political economy of innovative development financing : a case study of donor funded risk capital financing in South Africa
… aid modalities have the ability provide more value for money than traditional aid modalities, and if so where? The aim of the research is to contribute to the literature on aid effectiveness and collective action which to date has largely ignored the emergence of innovative aid modalities. …
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The development of Case Assessment and Interpretation (CAI) in forensic science
… Technological advances and greater investment in forensic science resources in the latter half of the 20 century meant that forensic science could be applied to many more cases than ever before. It also meant that forensic scientists had to meet new challenges in the way they formed and expressed …
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Improving competition within Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement process for infrastructure delivery in Malaysia
… (PPP) have come to be preferred by governments for infrastructure development over traditional procurement. PPP is seen as the answer to many shortcomings of traditional procurement. Despite the complex nature of a PPP procurement process, governments around the world are emphasising and …
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The development of a strategic framework for local government transformation with specific reference to water services in the Cape metropolitan area
… two-dimensional strategic framework is proposed for local government transformation which will ensure sustainable water services within a sustainable city model, and with particular reference to the provision of water services to the metropolitan area of Cape Town. The strategic framework …
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The assessment-related logics of practice at a South West Multi-Academy Trust
… and sold with an ever-increasing emphasis on performativity and its related measures. Within this educational market, alternative provision settings provide commissioning schools with opportunities to purchase placements and packages for pupils, who for a variety of reasons, are unable to engage …
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Emotional intelligence amongst undergraduate students at a higher education institution
… to employers. In these firms service and value for money are mostly delivered through decentralised organisational models. Midlevel managers and frontline staff have become more empowered. Therefore, employers increasingly judge graduate quality by conceptual, operational and especially …
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Total quality environmental management (TQEM) framework towards sustainability (UK novated D&B principal contractors)
… cycle with management-based solutions for performance development, especially in newer areas of interest such as the environment and sustainability. Research has shown that out of the variety of the procurement routes the UK construction industry offers, there has been a continuous …
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Economics of Osteoporotic Fracture Prevention and Care
… to identify interventions that offer the best value for money, particularly in the Chinese setting. The thesis includes seven chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of epidemiology, interventions and the current economic evidence related to osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures. Given the …
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Financing the DOD acquisition budget: innovative uses of public-private partnerships
This project identifies a need for alternative financing options in the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide increased capability to the warfighter in todayb2ss exigent military environment. Further, this project compares the history of Public-Private Partnerships in the U.S. Government with the …
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Measuring success in dental practice using patient feedback - a feasibility study
… communication and patient perceptions of value for money. Only three grades of response were permitted: ‘ideal’, ‘acceptable’ and ‘unacceptable’. Patients were invited to participate by letter. These letters were distributed by the participating practices. Survey results were presented to …
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Routes in and out of problem internet gambling by gender and by gambling activity: a mixed-method study based on personal accounts of internet gamblers
… findings indicated multiple influences for initiating IG, and factor analysis of the quantitative data indicated six initiating factors; utility of IG, value for money, social introduction, alternative social environment, competitiveness and needing something to do. Men were more …
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