WIN-LOSS RATES IN PUBLIC SECTOR GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION CASES: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SELECTION OF ARBITRATORS

Outsourcing has become one of the most powerful, organisation-shaping management tools available today. However, the UN’s experience in outsourcing is limited to providing troops for peacekeeping operations. The purpose of the paper is to develop an outsourcing scorecard for the UN and similar organisations. Forty national and international organisations were surveyed through questionnaires, review of relevant literatures and records. The research established that by identifying core competencies, goals and objectives, risks, selection of provider as well as measurements and evaluation of providers performance using an outsourcing scorecard, support functions can be outsourced successfully. Other criteria indicated as important is peace-building, suitable for humanitarian organisations. The scorecard developed by the research could provide the UN with a number of benefits, such as maximization of efficiency and savings in costs. The paper develops the first outsourcing scorecard to guide the UN and similar organisations in identifying services that can be outsourced successfully.

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Efek Ratchet pada Anggaran Pemerintah Daerah: Studi pada Satuan Kerja Perangkat Daerah Pemerintah Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta

Jurnal Akuntansi dan Akuntabilitas Publik ◽

10.22146/jaap.35337 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 88 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Anindyo Aji Susanto ◽

Abdul Halim

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Local Government ◽

Planning Process ◽

Task Force ◽

Ratchet Effect ◽

Budget Planning ◽

Period Performance ◽

Research Period ◽

Direct Expenditure ◽

Selection Of

Ratchet effect defined as form of budget setter’s behavioral bias in budget setting or budget planning process. Ratchet effect occurs when budget setter use prior period performance as basis to determine the upcoming budget as a consequences of the dynamic incentives problems in agency relation context. Lee and Plummer (2007) documented ratchet effect in public sector budgeting on performance based budgeting implementation. This study aims to find whether ratchet effecct occur in public sector budgeting, especially in Indonesian local government budgeting.This study use Local Government Task Force (SKPD) of Yogyakarta Special Region Province Government as research object for research period between 2012 to 2015. Selection of sample derived using purposive sampling to 31 SKPD and generates 17 sample which has Region Original Revenue (PAD) component and so 28 sample which has Direct Expenditure component in each of it’s budget structure. Total observed object used to examine ratchet effect in PAD budgeting is 68 observation and so forth 112 observation used to examine ratchet effect in Direct Expenditure budgeting. Multiple Linear Regresion used to test the hypotheses. The result shows that ratchet effect occurs in both PAD and Direct Expenditure budgeting, so all research hypotheses statistically accepted. This research generate evidence the occurence of ratchet effect in local government budgeting.

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The Lexicon of Public Sector Reform in New Zealand 1984 - 1994

10.26686/wgtn.16993048 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Katherine Jane Quigley

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Public Sector ◽

Figurative Language ◽

Annual Reports ◽

Future Research ◽

Economic Changes ◽

Revolutionary Era ◽

The Public ◽

Google Search ◽

Selection Of

<p>This is a study of the lexical effects on New Zealand English of the legal, social and economic changes brought about by the fourth Labour government and its successor during the decade from 1984 - 1994, during which period the New Zealand public sector was radically reformed. In order to carry out this study a corpus of approximately five million written words was compiled, consisting of three parallel sets of documents from four domains of use in the public sector. Chapter One provides the rationale for scoping the study both to this particular ten-year period and to the lexis of four particular government departments, namely The Treasury and the Ministries of Social Welfare, Health and Education. A review of previous related work in the field of lexicography, and the aims and specific research questions which motivated the study, are located at the end of this first chapter. Chapter Two explains the reasons behind the selection of three particular documents for use as data sources: the Annual Reports, the annual Corporate Plans, and the triennial Briefings to the Incoming Government. This chapter also describes the methodology used to determine words for inclusion in the glossary which is located in Appendix I. The advantages and pitfalls of the Google search method are discussed, as are the approaches taken to dealing with multiword units, proper nouns, abbreviations and words of Maori origin. The construction and arrangement of the glossary are explained here, including the basis for selection of citations. In Chapter Three an overview of each ministry's dataset is given in terms of its linguistic characteristics, and the results of the study are described. The penultimate chapter catalogues the discovery of a rich vein of figurative language throughout the documents of the New Zealand Treasury, as evidenced by varied and extended metaphors used to express economic concepts. This chapter gives a brief account of metaphor theory and discusses the methodology used for identification of metaphors in the dataset. The fifth and final chapter of this study sums up the overall findings and points the way towards useful future research in this field. A major part of this study consists of the aforementioned lexicon in Appendix I of New Zealand-specific words from these domains and their illustrative citations. This lexicon is a record of the NZE words used in a particular dataset in the public sector of New Zealand. It amounts to approximately 260 entries supported by 660 citations, which were collected via an exhaustive data search of three types of government document over one decade. These terms are not new in the sense that they first appeared in NZE during the decade of this study, but approximately two-thirds of them are new in the sense that they do not appear in any dictionary of English. This collection of terms constitutes a cultural and historical archive, which records the distinctive identity of New Zealand's public sector as it underwent a revolutionary era of profound political and economic change.</p>

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Private Sector Criteria and the Radical Change in Provision of Social Housing in England

Environment and Planning C Government and Policy ◽

10.1068/c130217 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 217-252 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

M Pryke ◽

C Whitehead

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Private Sector ◽

Social Housing ◽

Radical Change ◽

Housing Provision ◽

Housing Associations ◽

Private Finance ◽

Sector Funds ◽

Selection Of

The 1988 Housing Act signalled substantial changes in the provision of social housing in England. The act places housing associations at the centre of social housing provision. Moreover, their role as the main providers of social housing depends, in line with government intentions, on the greater use of private finance, as the proportion of public sector funds declines. The introduction of what amounts to a new regime for social housing provision in England has effectively changed the agenda of provision from one informed by public sector thinking to one established around private sector criteria. Housing associations have thus had to readjust quickly to an environment in which they are now exposed to a variety of interrelated risks. In order to manage such risks, associations have had to reorganise internally and to reevaluate their priorities. Against this background, this paper is aimed, first, at reporting on how a selection of case-study associations active across the main regions of England have faced up to the challenges that the new environment presents, and, second, at presenting the views of a selection of private sector financial institutions about their perceptions of social housing as an investment medium, the types of risk they view as characteristic of this sector, and their response to the efforts made by associations to manage the risks of social housing provision. The paper is concluded by setting out the likely shape that social housing provision will take in the immediate future.

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PRÁTICAS VICIOSAS EM LICITAÇÕES: ANÁLISE DE CASOS INVESTIGADOS PELA CONTROLADORIA-GERAL DA UNIÃO (CGU)

Revista Expressão Católica ◽

10.25190/rec.v7i2.2193 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 91 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Antônio Eronilton Pereira Buriti ◽

Maria Lírida Calou de Araújo e Mendonça ◽

Marco Antônio Praxedes de Moraes Filho

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Point Of View ◽

Public Works ◽

Public Agency ◽

The Public ◽

Public Money ◽

General Aspects ◽

And Control ◽

Official Records ◽

Selection Of

O principal escopo desta pesquisa se concentra em investigar algumas das práticas viciosas mais comuns durante a realização de processos licitatórios no setor público brasileiro. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida na metodologia exploratória, sendo aplicada a partir de casos práticos examinados por um dos órgãos de fiscalização e controle da verba pública brasileira. Foram estudados 70 (setenta) relatórios da Controladoria-Geral da União, os quais estão disponíveis na página eletrônica do referido órgão. A seleção dos casos práticos se deu aleatoriamente, sem comparar localização, perfil político e grau de repetitividade. O que se buscou foi apresentar o que é considerado bastante “grosseiro” do ponto de vista de erros administrativos. Preliminarmente, o estudo trata de aspectos gerais da licitação pública, abordando os princípios setoriais deste microssistema jurídico e as diferentes modalidades estabelecidas pelo ordenamento. Na sequência, adentrando na proposta central deste trabalho, foram examinados alguns casos práticos constatados a partir de fiscalizações em atividades de execução de obras públicas em diversos períodos e locais do Brasil. O instrumento utilizado na sondagem foram os registros oficiais dos órgãos públicos de controle, bem como, seus documentos disponíveis em suas páginas eletrônicas. A título de conclusão foi possível verificar inúmeras lacunas no tocante a organização destes procedimentos, causa principal do não cumprimento da legislação especializada. VICIOUS BIDDING PRACTICES: ANALYSIS OF CASES INVESTIGATED BY THE BRAZILIAN OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL (CGU) ABSTRACT The main scope of this research focuses on investigating some of the most common vicious practices during bidding processes in the Brazilian public sector. The research was developed in the exploratory methodology, being applied from practical cases examined by one of the organs of fiscalization and control of the Brazilian public money. We studied seventy (70) of the Comptroller General's reports, which are available on the website of this public agency. The selection of practical cases occurred randomly, without comparing location, political profile and degree of repetitiveness. What was sought was to present what is considered quite "huge" from the point of view of administrative errors. Preliminarily, the study deals with general aspects of public bidding, addressing the sectoral principles of this legal micro-system and the different modalities established by the ordinance. Following, in the central proposal of this work, we examined some practical cases verified from inspections in activities of execution of public works in diverse periods and places of Brazil. The instrument used in the survey were the official records of the public control bodies, as well as their documents available on their electronic pages. As a conclusion, it was possible to identify a number of shortcomings in the organization of these procedures, the main cause of non-compliance with the specialized legislation.

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