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- Examining Opportunities for Improving Public Sector Governance Through Better Strategic Management
- Following years of management reform, strategic management has recently become an imperative in public sector. This paper presents research on the application of the balanced scorecard and associated management processes for strategic control purposes in a public sector environment. It shows how an improved balanced scorecard design has the potential...
- White papers 2002-05-01
- Lost Ethics in Public Sector Leadership
- Personal integrity and ethical behavior from people who occupy leadership positions throughout government agencies and other civil service entities has been in question for many years. The stereotype of the typical civil service worker is that of a lazy and un-motivated type who shows up to work only to obtain...
- White papers 2004-09-29
- Critical Crossroads: Developing Leaders in the Public Sector
- Today, constant and fast-paced change has become necessary for survival. In the wake of numerous changes within the public sector and the military, it is clear many opportunities exist for leadership development. Leadership development around cultural change, identifying and recognizing good employees, identifying and developing leaders, and recruiting future leaders...
- White papers 2003-09-04
- The Balanced Scorecard in the Public Sector
- The government has made it clear that it intends to put performance measures at the heart of managing its strategy for the provision of services to the country. The Balanced Scorecard is a strategic management concept devised by Robert Kaplan and David Norton, and uses performance measures to articulate and...
- White papers 2002-06-01
- Innovation in a Re-emerging Economy: Lessons From the Hungarian Experience
- A substantial body of literature exists on the role of innovation in stimulating growth. This paper examines the link between innovation, marketing strategy, the external economic environment and culture. It considers the experience of Hungary, a post-socialist country, which acceded into the EU on May 1, 2004, as an interesting...
- White papers 2005-09-27
- The Consequences of Innovation
- Although innovation is frequently heralded as the driver of the 'New economy', its myriad claims have yet to be substantiated. The paper surveys the literature and addresses some of the claims skeptically. It differentiates between the public and private sector prerogatives in order to understand why the public sector organization...
- White papers 2004-10-10
- A Topographical Map of the Innovation Landscape
- This paper describes the construction and use of a topographical map of the innovation landscape. The purpose of the map is to provide a holistic view of the key factors that enable innovation (the so-called 'landmarks'), how well they are aligned to support the particular type of innovation the organization...
- White papers 2002-01-11
- Decision Making, Transactional Costs and Dispute Resolution: Is There a Better Way?
- This paper introduces a framework for improving project decision making through dispute identification, assessment, and control. Focusing on an area of limited previous research, this paper develops a methodology for assessing dispute impacts through their frequency and severity. First, an evaluation of dispute root causes from almost 2000 litigated public...
- White papers 2005-12-09
- Leadership and Management Competencies: Lessons From the National Occupational Standards
- The pros and cons of a competency/standards approach to leadership and management development have been under debate for some time. Whilst many people now question the validity of this approach, organisations in all sectors continue developing their own frameworks and the government encourages and promotes occupational standards. In the current...
- White papers 2004-07-07
- Tying Down the Corporate Dollar
- The swathe of regulations that has swept through the corporate landscape in the last five years has proven particularly claustrophobic for IT departments. Because most businesses rely on IT systems to aid businesses processes associated with financial accounts, IT departments are placed at the very core of compliance - and...
- White papers
- Knowledge Management as a Useful Tool for Implementing Projects
- This paper discusses the key factors for applying knowledge management as a tool for implementing projects. The increasing economic pressure within the public sector resulted in reform based on applied new technology for an improved service. Finally however the key factors for success are based on shifting the mindset. This...
- White papers 2006-04-20
- Rethinking Risk: A Strategy For Improving Public Sector Sourcing Performance
- Governments are increasingly engaged in large-scale external sourcing of services, which vary from IT services to the provision of public infrastructure. Such arrangements are often almost impossible to reverse, and performance levels are difficult to assess. One crucial performance promise for externally sourced contract arrangements is that they will result...
- White papers 2006-12-14
- Public Decision Support - Using A DSS To Increase Democratic Transparency
- A case study is presented in which a decision support method ADL was employed by a local government in order to guide and aid decisions on three complicated and politically infected issues which had remained unresolved for many years. The research inquiry was whether a well-defined and openly accessible method...
- White papers 2005-11-10
- Productivity - The New Corporate Imperative
- Both private and public sector organisations are facing a productivity challenge. The escalating pace of modern industry and the increasing political pressures to deliver better value public services has increased the requirement on managers to become better decision makers. Teaching the craft of decision-making is not a dedicated subject in...
- White papers 2003-05-29
- e-Government And Business Competitiveness: A Policy Review
- Nowadays fast changing world, the Information and Communication Technology ICT revolution and globalization have become powerful forces in boosting economic growth and competitiveness across nations. Technology offers the hope of helping countries use the economies of scale generated by information advances to cut costs while also improving productivity and service...
- White papers 2005-10-01
- Perspectives on Change: A Former Chief of Staff Reflects
- Leon Panetta discusses how to make change happen, public–private partnerships and their effect on policy, and the major management challenges confronting the new administration. A long-serving politician with a reputation for getting things done and telling it like it is, Leon Panetta has had...
- Articles 2009-02-27
- Debate: Can Obama Lead Us Out of Recession?
- Can one man bring the US back from the brink? Yes, he can, says Investors Chronicle online editor Jonathan Eley. Why? He has power on Capitol Hill, with Democratic control in both houses. His stimulus plan has won approval from the likes of Paul...
- Blog posts 2009-01-20
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- Guatemala: World Bank Approves $20 Million to Modernize The Management of Public Sector Finances.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-28 March 2008-The World Bank Group: Guatemala: World Bank Approves $20 Million to Modernize The Management of Public Sector FinancesC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:27032008 WASHINGTON -- The World Bank's Board of Directors today approved a $20 million loan...
- Research articles 2008-03-28
- Human Resource Consulting Firm Alexander and Zaia Announce Program Designed to Benefit Non-Profit and Public Sector Organizations
- Alexander and Zaia, a human resource consulting firm with expertise in employee information management EIM, today announced the availability of a special service discount designed for non-profit and public sector organizations. Alexander and Zaia's practice serves a wide variety of companies. In the case of non-profit and public sector...
- Research articles 1970-01-01
- Saba Global Customer Advisory Board Elects New Members; Scotiabank, Abbey, and U.S. Army Executives Bring Extensive Financial Services and Public Sector Expertise to the Saba GCAB
- REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- Saba (Nasdaq:SABA), the leading provider of human capital development and management HCDM solutions, today announced that its Global Customer Advisory Board GCAB has added representatives of three organizations; Scotiabank, Abbey and the U.S. Army. The Saba GCAB is comprised of more than 20 representatives from Saba's...
- Research articles 2004-07-29
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