Evaluation of the use of prepaid water meter on some irrigation management performance indicators: A case study

Numerous decision support systems have been developed to address the decision-making process in organizations. However, there are no developed mechanisms to track commitment down the line to the decisions made by corporate leaders. This paper is a portion of a study that establishes a framework for a comprehensive metric system to assess commitment to Sustainable Development (SD) decisions down the line in capital projects, and sets the groundwork for further development of performance indicators for SD outcomes. This ultimately leads to investigating the relationship between commitment to corporate decisions and better project performance in SD parameters. Hence, this study explores the literature to extract relevant parameters that reflect the degree of the project participants’ commitment to SD decisions and to develop commitment indicators. The study created then validated an index to track this commitment along the project stages: the Sustainable Development Commitment Tracking Tool (SDCTT). The SDCTT was tested on an infrastructure project case study. In this paper, techniques relevant to the first stage of projects (planning and definition) are presented. The SDCTT is the groundwork for the future development of performance indicators for SD outcomes, and within the postulated model should ultimately contribute towards reducing project waste, energy use, and carbon emissions.

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The Value of Assurance on Voluntary Nonfinancial Disclosure: An Experimental Evaluation

Auditing A Journal of Practice & Theory ◽

10.2308/aud.2009.28.1.137 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 137-151 ◽

Cited By ~ 90

Author(s):

Paul J. Coram ◽

Gary S. Monroe ◽

David R. Woodliff

Keyword(s):

Attribution Theory ◽

Performance Indicators ◽

Stock Price ◽

Annual Report ◽

Corporate Disclosure ◽

Financial Report ◽

Nonfinancial Performance ◽

Assurance Services ◽

Context Specific

SUMMARY: This study examines whether assurance on the voluntary provision of nonfinancial performance indicators affects the stock price estimates of a group of sophisticated financial report users. We conducted an experiment where participants were provided with a case study containing excerpts from a hypothetical company's annual report. Nonfinancial performance and assurance were manipulated in a 2 (positive and negative nonfinancial performance indicators) ×2 (assurance and no assurance) +1 (control condition) between-subjects design. After reading the case materials, the participants indicated whether they believed the company's stock price would increase or decrease based on the information provided. As expected, we found that the nonfinancial performance indicators had a significant effect on stock price estimates. In addition, consistent with attribution theory, an assurance report on the voluntarily disclosed nonfinancial performance indicators only had a significant effect on stock price estimates when the nonfinancial performance indicators were positive, suggesting that the value of assurance is context-specific. Our research contributes to the discussion on the value of expanded assurance services and also on the value of enhanced corporate disclosure.

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Impact of Institutional Change on Irrigation Management: A Case Study from Southern Uzbekistan

Water ◽

10.3390/w9060419 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. 419 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Kakhramon Djumaboev ◽

Ahmad Hamidov ◽

Oyture Anarbekov ◽

Zafar Gafurov ◽

Kamshat Tussupova

Keyword(s):

Institutional Change ◽

Irrigation Management

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A Study on the Determinants of the Festival Management Performance Indicators (BSC) of the Festival-only Organization (Foundation) in Rural Area: Group Difference Analysis by Occupational Group

Journal of Business ◽

10.31152/jb.2020.10.5.3.31 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 31-41

Author(s):

Sung-Woo Baek ◽

Gang-Hoan Jeong

Keyword(s):

Rural Area ◽

Performance Indicators ◽

Occupational Group ◽

Management Performance ◽

Difference Analysis

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Water Control and Irrigation Performance: A Case Study of Tubewell Irrigation Management in Bangladesh

Applied Engineering in Agriculture ◽

10.13031/2013.26477 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 57-61

Author(s):

Ramchand Oad ◽

Robby Laitos

Keyword(s):

Irrigation Management ◽

Irrigation Performance ◽

Water Control

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The use of environmental performance indicators in “the greenest city in Europe”

Baltic Journal of Management ◽

10.1108/bjm-01-2018-0028 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 122-140 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jan Alpenberg ◽

Tomasz Wnuk-Pel ◽

Philip Adamsson ◽

Johannes Petersson

Keyword(s):

Performance Indicators ◽

Environmental Performance ◽

Environmental Indicators ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Content Type ◽

Study Approach ◽

External Stakeholders ◽

Municipal Managers ◽

Environmental Performance Indicators

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine why and how municipal managers and CEOs for municipally owned companies use the environmental performance indicators. Design/methodology/approach A case study approach as a research design was used. In total, 18 semi-structured interviews were conducted among managers for administrative departments and municipal company CEOs. Findings This study found that the environmental performance indicators are used by department managers mainly for resource allocation, control and for teaching the employees. The CEOs of the municipal companies use the environmental indicators for communicating with external stakeholders and see the indicators primarily as marketing tools. The main reason why the environmental performance indicators are used in the municipality can be the strong demand from the local politicians to push the “green agenda,” and therefore the managers have to comply. Research limitations/implications As in any case study, generalizations from the research should be made with care, but since this is only one municipality, further research is needed to find additional evidence. Practical implications The findings of this study have a number of implications for future practice, and it is worth mentioning that clear guidelines for how the information could be made more useful for managers at the managerial level in Växjö municipality (VM) are requested for both the municipal managers and the CEOs. Social implications Overall, this study strengthens the idea that environmental performance indicators could be used to a larger extent for communicating with external stakeholders both for municipal departments and companies. Originality/value The research adds to the literature by examining different patterns of using environmental performance indicators in a unique setting – in VM, which is called “the greenest city in Europe” and is one of the “pioneers” in environmental work and extensively uses performance indicators.

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Impacts of Legal and Institutional Changes on Irrigation Management Performance: A Case of the Gezira Irrigation Scheme, Sudan

Water ◽

10.3390/w10111579 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (11) ◽

pp. 1579 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ahmed Elshaikh ◽

Shi-hong Yang ◽

Xiyun Jiao ◽

Mohammed Elbashier

Keyword(s):

Water Management ◽

Water Supply ◽

Irrigation System ◽

Irrigation Management ◽

Institutional Arrangements ◽

Institutional Changes ◽

Management Performance ◽

Water Users ◽

Water Surplus ◽

The Right

This study aims to offer a comprehensive assessment of the impacts of policies and institutional arrangements on irrigation management performance. The case study, the Gezira Scheme, has witnessed a significant decrease in water management performance during recent decades. This situation led to several institutional changes in order to put the system on the right path. The main organizations involved in water management at the scheme are the Ministry of Irrigation & Water Resources (MOIWR), the Sudan Gezira Board (SGB), and the Water Users Associations (WUAs). Different combinations from these organizations were founded to manage the irrigation system. The evaluation of these organizations is based on the data of water supply and cultivated areas from 1970 to 2015. The measured data were compared with two methods: the empirical water order method (Indent) that considers the design criteria of the scheme, and the Crop Water Requirement (CWR) method. Results show that the MOIWR period was the most efficient era, with an average water surplus of 12% compared with the Indent value, while the most critical period (SGB & WUAs) occurred when the water supply increased by 80%. The other periods of the Irrigation Water Corporation (IWC), (SGB & MOIWR), and (WUAs & MOIWR) had witnessed an increase in water supply by 29%, 63%, and 67% respectively. Through these institutional changes, the percentage of excessive water supply jumped from 12% to 80%. Finally, the study provides general recommendations associated with institutional arrangements and policy adoption to improve irrigation system performance.

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