Empirical Differences between UAE and Finland of Strategic Foresight Implementation

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatma Ahmed Lari ◽  
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Darwish Ahmed Darwish Abdulla Lari ◽  
ohamed Ahmed Darwish Abdulla Lari ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Information Use ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
The Public ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Strategic Foresight ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Network Organisation

Strategic foresight is a structured and systematic way of using ideas to anticipate and better prepare for change in the future. Therefore, the main aim of the study is to ascertain whether there is difference between UAE and Finland strategic foresightsimplementation. This study employed quantitative methodology where questionnaire was used as a means for data collection. The data was analysed using SPSS software to ascertain the difference between the means across the strategic foresight dimensions between the two countries. The result findings revealed that that there is statistically significant difference between UAE and Finland’s in the areas of Information use and method sophistication of the two countries’ strategic foresights. Specifically, UAE and Finland differs on information use in their strategic foresights. Similarly, the two countries differ on method sophistication in their strategic foresight. However, there is no significant difference between UAE and Finland on people and network, organisation and culture in their strategic foresights. This specify that the respondents from Finland and UAE had agreed almost similar factors in strategic foresight for the public policy making. Hence iftaking Finland as a benchmark, the results indicate that UAE is also having the same interest in strategic foresight implementation

scholarly journals Challenges with the public policy of measuring assets to set tariffs in the electricity sector: should someone benefit and someone be sacrificed?

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (75) ◽  
pp. 344-360
Author(s):  
Maria Elisabeth Moreira Carvalho Andrade ◽  
Eliseu Martins
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Return On Investment ◽  
Consumer Price Index ◽  
Fair Value ◽  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Asset Valuation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Valuation Method ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Using Data

ABSTRACT This paper contributes by encouraging discussions about the public policy of setting tariffs for public services based on the value of the investment made by the providers of these services. The purpose of this study was, in an unprecedented way and by combining theories of equity valuation and finance, to identify the asset valuation method that can lead to a fair value and balance between an affordable price for the consumer and an adequate return on investment for the concessionaires. The value assigned to these assets affects the tariff in two ways: (i) via depreciation/amortization, which affects the cost of service; (ii) via the return on investment, which is the portion that corresponds to the investor’s profit. We analyzed the Brazilian electricity sector, in which the rates set by the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (ANEEL) currently use the new replacement value (NRV) approach. We carried out empirical tests using data available on the ANEEL website from the second cycle periodic tariff review and information obtained in financial statements from 1995 onwards. The analysis included the NVR and restated historical cost (RHC) methods, the latter being updated by the extended consumer price index (IPCA). After the descriptive and statistical analyses, we used the test of means to verify the differences between the variables in terms of NRV vs. RHC. The first conclusion was the absence of a significant difference between the NRV and RHC methods; that is, on average, the replacement price showed no significant difference to what would be the pure and simple restatement of assets. But this was found to hide something relevant, the fact that this average is derived from two main groups: that of the consumers who are paying more for energy services than they should, which constitutes a visible benefit to investors and loss for these consumers, and that of the consumers who are paying less than they should, which benefits them but harms investors.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Carl Purcell
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Children's Services ◽  
Public Policy Making ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Making Process ◽  
Children’S Services

This chapter outlines the rationale for the book and the contribution it seeks to make to research on children’s services reform and the public policy-making process. The emphasis placed on the influence of child abuse inquiries in previous research in this area is questioned. A brief overview of the chapters that follow is also provided.

THE DISABILITY POLICY MAKING PROCESS

2020 ◽  
Vol 559 (10) ◽  
pp. 22-29
Author(s):  
Paweł Kubicki ◽  
Adriana Mica ◽  
Mikołaj Pawlak
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Disability Policy ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Public Policy Process ◽  
Policy Making Process

Our goal is to analyze the disability policy making process in Poland on the example of implementing the assumptions of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The key tool we use is the model of the five streams of the public policy process: problem, solutions, politics, process and program. In particular, we look at the role played by the movement of people with disabilities in this process. We claim that the weakness of the movements and the origins of activism of people with disabilities other than in Western countries makes the implementation of the Convention in Poland difficult and often ends in failure.

scholarly journals MOTIVASI PELAYANAN PUBLIK SEBAGAI PREDIKTOR ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 01
Author(s):  
Arfah
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Public Policy Making ◽  
The Public

The study examined the relationship between the Public Service Motivation and Organizational Citizenship Behavior. Location of research at the Department of Marine and Fisheries East Java Province. The population of the study was 75 employees and the sample used is 52 people. To test the pattern of model relationships established, the researchers used regresssion statistical method analysis.The results of this study prove that the Public Service Motivation has a significant and positive influence on Organizational Citizenship Behavior, as well as partially indicate that Commitment to Public Interest, Solidarity and Patriotism have a significant and positive impact on Organizational Citizenship Behavior, but Involvement in Public Policy Making has no significant effect to Organizational Citizenship.         Keywords:Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Public Service Motivation, Public Policy Making, Commitment to the Public Interest and Civic Duty, Compassion, and Self-sacrifice.

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