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- the organizations in the section of the economy that is financed and controlled by central government, local authorities, and publicly funded corporations.
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- JetForm(R) Joins Siebel Alliance Program to Automate Business Processes for Customer-Centric eBusinesses, Premier Software Alliance Will Extend End-User eBusiness Applications Capabilities for Financial Services and Public Sector Customers.
- OTTAWA, ON, Nov 28, 2000 OTTAWA, ON, Nov 28, 2000
- Research articles 2000-11-28
- Improving Organizational Efficiency and Transparency Through Enterprise Performance Management
- Public sector stakeholders - government executives, officials, and most importantly, citizens - are demanding increased accountability for the public sector value PSV of government programs and systems. Government organizations need to deliver quantifiable measurements and clear performance results in order to better understand the impact of the programs and systems...
- White papers 2005-05-01
- Private Health Purchasing Practices in the Public Sector: A Comparison of State Employers and the Fortune 500
- State governments are influential purchasers of health benefits but have not been studied extensively. This paper examines the extent to which states have followed the private-sector approach to purchasing health care. It found that states have adopted "Industrial Purchasing" practices similar to those of large private employers but offer greater...
- White papers 2004-04-01
- Notes on Public Sector Reform and Performance Management: The United Kingdom
- This paper describes the United Kingdom Civil Service which has a long history. For many years the Civil Service of the United Kingdom was regarded as the best in the world. Most of the civil servants came from middle-class families, who were well- educated, had good reputations and social status....
- White papers 2003-10-27
- The Road to High Performance in the Public Sector: Insights Into Statewide Performance Management
- Many states are initiating statewide performance management initiatives to ferret out underperforming activities and find ways to stretch their resources and with good reason. While robust statistics remain elusive, there is a growing body of evidence that performance management makes a difference. However, many states are struggling with their initiatives....
- White papers 2005-03-01
- Public Sector Reform and Demand for Human Resources for Health
- This article considers some of the effects of health sector reform on human resources for health HRH in developing countries and countries in transition by examining the effect of fiscal reform and the introduction of decentralizations and market mechanisms to the health sector. Human resource development is gradually being recognized...
- White papers 2004-11-23
- Health Care and the Public Sector
- This paper summarizes the many aspects of public policy for health care. Optimal insurance balances the marginal costs of risk bearing and moral hazard. In the US, government policy has historically tilted towards more generous insurance, by excluding employer payments for health insurance from income taxation. The welfare loss from...
- White papers 2002-02-01
- Implementing ERP Systems in the Public Sector: Nine Sure Ways to Failùor Succeed
- Public leaders have become more sophisticated and more cautious about implementing enterprise resource planning ERP systems in recent years - for good reason. While the industry has made tremendous strides in the last decade, there are still too many failures. What one should do to avoid the mistakes of the...
- White papers 2004-04-05
- mySAP ERP Human Capital Management for the Public Sector Solution Overview
- The paper signifies that mySAP ERP HCM offers fully integrated funds management and controlling, allowing public administrations to optimize their HCM processes and interactions that support employees. By enhancing workforce management performance, mySAP ERP HCM helps public sector organizations discover new opportunities for cost savings, generate process efficiencies, and provide...
- White papers 2004-06-17
- 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
- ERP And Change Management - Driving ROI
- Enterprise Resource Planning ERP systems can support significant improvements in business performance and be an enabler of competitive advantage if properly implemented. Today there are many package solutions to choose from with ERP vendors marketing applications tailored to specific industries and incorporating a rich set of business functions to support...
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Market-based government through innovation: How public sector leaders are improving collaboration and focusing on citizens
- Like the private sector, governments want to solicit input from citizens to improve services and become more responsive and innovative. This paper explores how enhancing collaboration among government groups, citizens, and others can enable a more "market-based" approach to processes and can help improve service delivery.
- White papers 2006-09-01
- Balancing Measures: Best Practices in Performance Management, Part 2 of 4
- There is no generic set of balanced measures that can be applied as best practice to all functions of the public sector. Certain conditions, however, need to exist within an organization for a balanced approach to performance management to be successful. A successful organization in the public sector will apply...
- 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
- 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
- How A Public-Sector Agency Re-Invigorated Its Balanced Scorecard
- The case study discussed in this paper concerns a project to design and implement a strategic performance management system within a medium sized public sector enterprise. It looks at how this UK Government Agency found it necessary to re-design its failing strategic performance management system only a year after its...
- White papers 2004-11-01
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- IBM and J.D. Edwards form global strategic alliance to deliver e-business solutions to public sector and wholesale distribution; J.D. Edwards provides back-end logistics and payment infrastructure for purchase fulfillment using IBM's software, hardware an
- M2 PRESSWIRE-20 March 2001-IBM: IBM and J.D. Edwards form global strategic alliance to deliver e-business solutions to public sector and wholesale distribution; J.D. Edwards provides back-end logistics and payment infrastructure for purchase fulfillment using IBM's software, hardware and services C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...
- Research articles 2001-03-20
- Itanium® Solutions Alliance Announces New Membership With SAP; World's Leading Business Solutions Provider to Collaborate With Alliance on Public Sector and Enterprise Resource Planning Solution Delivery
- PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Itanium Solutions Alliance announced today that SAP AG, the world's leading provider of business software solutions, has joined its membership ranks and agreed to work with the Alliance on collaborative delivery of solutions within the public sector market segment, as well as delivery of ItaniumR-based Enterprise...
- Research articles 2006-01-23
- The Public Sector Entering the New World of Open Software Based Architecture
- Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on the Use of Softswitches in Public Sector Organisations to Achieve Their Objectives on Thursday, 17 April 2008, at 15.00 GMT LONDON -- Frost & & Sullivan in conjunction with Siemens will host a free telephone and web briefing on Thursday 17...
- Research articles 2008-04-09
- COMPUTER HARDWARE, SOFTWARE.(Jamaica's Public Sector Modernization Project)(Government Activity)(International Pages)(Brief Article)
- The Government of Jamaica has received a loan from the World Bank (No. 4083-JM) toward the cost of the Public Sector Modernization Project PSMP. It will apply part of the proceeds to purchase computer hardware and software for the National Works Agency (Bid No. 013). Bid deadline:...
- Research articles 2001-12-01
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