Expenditure Reviews and the Federal Experience: Program Evaluation and Its Contribution to Assurance Provision

Abstract:Various forms of assurance are being demanded by different constituencies in the federal public administration. One form of assurance is that of financial accountability, and spending reviews are an essential input to processes that contribute to federal budgetary and expenditure management decisions. Program evaluation has also been an important contributor, but it may be the case that this federal function is over-extended in that contribution. It may be time to consider removing this responsibility and attaching it to other functions, thereby affording the function to better focus on what it does best: contribute to program improvement, including effectiveness. This would also mean a shift in evaluation culture to one of learning, rather than accountability. Résumé :Diverses formes d’imputabilité sont exigées des différents groupes de l'administration publique fédérale dont la responsabilité financière. Les exercices de révision budgétaire sont une composante essentielle contribuant aux décisions du gouvernement fédéral en matière de gestion budgétaire et de dépenses. L'évaluation du programme a joué un rôle important à ce niveau, mais il se peut que le fédéral ait des attentes trop élevées concernant sa contribution. Il serait peut-être temps d'envisager enlever cette responsabilité à l’évaluation et de la rattacher à d'autres fonctions, ce qui lui permettrait de se concentrer sur ce qu'elle fait le mieux: contribuer à l'amélioration de programme, ce qui inclut l’analyse de l'efficacité. Cela signifierait aussi que la culture de l'évaluation évolue vers une culture d'apprentissage plutôt que vers la reddition de comptes.

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EFFICIENCY OF MANAGEMENT DECISIONS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES

Electronic scientific publication Public Administration and National Security ◽

10.25313/2617-572x-2021-4-7420 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Tetiana Sych ◽

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Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Local Government ◽

Public Administration ◽

Professional Training ◽

Human Factor ◽

Nobel Laureate ◽

Management Decision ◽

Management Decisions ◽

State Management ◽

Public Administration Reform

The article considers the factors influencing the efficiency of management decisions made by local government bodies in the modern conditions of public administration reform and the development of local self-government in Ukraine. The author outlines the features of this problem, the main features of state-management decisions, the essence of the concepts "effect", "efficiency of management decisions", the main approaches to the study of the problem of decision-making are highlighted. The main attention is paid to the direction of research, which takes into account the human factor. The main ideas of the representative of this direction - the Nobel laureate D. Kahneman, presented in the book "Noise", are considered. This work raises the issue of system errors among those who make decisions. The views of the domestic scientist O. Maltsev on the designated problem and the provisions of D. Kahneman's book are presented. The results of the analysis by scientists of the influence of the human factor and psychological characteristics of management decision-making on the efficiency of decisions are reflected. The conclusions of scientists regarding the need to take into account the qualities of a decision- making person and his professional training are summarized. The main characteristics of the personality that influence decision-making are given from the domestic scientific literature on public administration problems. In accordance with these ideas, the requirements for the positions of civil servants, local self-government bodies, as well as the modern practice of training specialists and managers in this field are considered. It is concluded that the primary importance for making effective decisions by local government bodies is the use by specialists and managers of modern technologies for developing and making management decisions, the development of their personal qualities for making management decisions in the process of training and obtaining specialized management education in universities.

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CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE OF UKRAINE: REALITIES AND TRENDS

Electronic scientific publication Public Administration and National Security ◽

10.25313/2617-572x-2021-3-7392 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Iryna Pashko ◽

Keyword(s):

Public Administration ◽

Public Service ◽

Civil Service ◽

Complex Structure ◽

Decisive Role ◽

Management Decisions ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative ◽

Political Processes ◽

Quantitative Characteristics ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative Characteristics

The complex structure of the institution of public service is defined as a set of individual institutions, which organizationally and conceptually determine its qualitative and quantitative characteristics. It is shown that the nature of the processes taking place in the institute of civil service of Ukraine is determined by external volitional management decisions, the purpose of which is the implementation of urgent socially significant goals, which do not have a direct impact on the institute of civil service. The indirect influence of public administration on the institution of public service is indicated. In particular, the author emphasizes the decisive role of political processes that form the conceptual directions of the state's development and determine the priorities of management activities. The influence of actions on the Ukraine-EU association on the processes of institutionalization of the civil service is shown. A striking example of the synergistic effect of complex management decisions is actions aimed at eliminating the informal destructive institution of corruption. This prompts the search for and application of a new scientific and theoretical toolkit and methodological apparatus for studying the processes of institutionalization in the postmodern synergetic paradigm. In turn, this contributes to the qualitative analysis and forecasting of the prospects for the development of the civil service; will provide a scientifically grounded choice from among possible alternatives to modernize the research institute and will guide the practical development of targeted comprehensive programs and strategies for managing changes in its structure. Thus, taking into account the influence of complex bifurcation processes in public administration at the present stage will make it possible to identify trends in the institutionalization of public service in new qualitative and quantitative characteristics.

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Curricular Factors that Unintentionally Affect Learning in a Community-Based Interprofessional Education Program: The Student Perspective

Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice and Education ◽

10.22230/jripe.2014v4n2a174 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Shelley Anne Doucet ◽

Diane MacKenzie ◽

Elaine Loney ◽

Anne Godden-Webster ◽

Heidi Lauckner ◽

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Keyword(s):

Program Evaluation ◽

Mixed Methods ◽

Interprofessional Education ◽

Program Improvement ◽

Student Perspective ◽

Barriers To Learning ◽

Community Based ◽

Professional Students ◽

Program Content ◽

Parametric Statistics

Background: The Dalhousie Health Mentors Program (DHMP) is a community-based, pre-licensure interprofessional education initiative that aims to prepare health professional students for collaborative practice in the care of patients with chronic conditions. This program evaluation explores the students’ 1) learning and plans to incorporate skills into future practice; 2) ratings of program content, delivery, and assignments; 3) perspectives of curricular factors that inadvertently acted as barriers to learning; and 4) program improvement suggestions.Methods: All students (N = 745) from the 16 participating health programs were invited to complete an online mixed methods program evaluation survey at the conclusion of the 2012–2013 DHMP. A total of 295 students (40% response rate) responded to the Likert-type questions analyzed using descriptive and non-parametric statistics. Of these students, 204 (69%) provided responses to 10 open-ended questions, which were analyzed thematically.Findings: While the majority of respondents agreed that they achieved the DHMP learning objectives, the mixed-methods approach identified curriculum integration, team composition, and effectiveness of learning assignments as factors that unintentionally acted as barriers to learning, with three key student recommendations for program improvement.Conclusions: Educators and program planners need to be aware that even well-intended learning activities may result in unintended experiences that hamper interprofessional learning.

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From Data to Action: Integrating Program Evaluation and Program Improvement

Behavioral Interventions for Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽

10.1007/978-0-387-48740-3_20 ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 466-481

Author(s):

Thomas J. Chapel ◽

Kim Seechuk

Keyword(s):

Program Evaluation ◽

Program Improvement

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O princípio da proteção da confiança como obstáculo à anulação de atos administrativos - The principle of the protection of confidence as an obstacle to the annulment of administrative acts

Revista de Direito da Administração Pública ◽

10.47096/redap.v1i2.159 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Marina Rúbia Mendonça Lôbo De Carvalho ◽

Andressa Guimarães Freire

Keyword(s):

Public Administration ◽

The State ◽

Temporal Modulation ◽

Self Assessment ◽

Public Power ◽

The Public ◽

Legitimate Expectation ◽

De Se ◽

And Behaviors ◽

The Individual

Os atos, condutas e comportamentos do Poder Público gozam de presunção de legitimidade, gerando, em diversas situações, expectativas nos indivíduos. Pode o Estado, no uso de suas prorrogativas, violar aquelas expectativas, causando efeitos negativos à ordem econômica, por despertarem desconfiança e instabilidade nas relações com o Poder Público. Delimitada a ênfase do presente trabalho à função administrativa do Estado, visou-se compreender o princípio da proteção da confiança como instrumento de tutela da expectativa legítima do indivíduo, por impor limites à Administração Pública na anulação de atos administrativos. Nessa situação, viu-se que referido princípio pode conflitar com a legalidade e a autotutela, sendo o caso de se buscar um juízo de ponderação, que resultará na manutenção do ato ou na sua anulação, esta podendo ser com efeitos ex tunc, com efeitos ex nunc ou com a modulação temporal dos efeitos para um determinado momento futuro. The acts, practices and behaviors of the Public Power in the exercise of legitimation, can generate, in several situations, expectations in individuals. The Estate, in use of its prerogatives, can breach expectations, generating a negative economic response, lack of confidence and instability in its relations. Thus, the principle of protection defends the preservations of these state acts, which effects extend in time, giving the individual an expectation of continuity, even if they are illegal or unconstitutional. Delimiting the emphasis of the present work on the administrative function of the State, it was intended to understand the principle of the protection of trust as an instrument to protect the legitimate expectation of the individual, for imposing limits to the Public Administration in the annulment of administrative acts. In this situation, it was seen that this principle may conflict with legality and self-assessment, being the case of seeking a weighing judgment, which will result in the maintenance of the act or its annulment, this being possible with the temporal modulation of the effects for a certain future moment.

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Apontamentos sobre a Efetividade da Tutela Jurisdicional em Matéria Previdenciária

Cadernos do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito – PPGDir /UFRGS ◽

10.22456/2317-8558.50109 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Aline Machado Weber

Keyword(s):

Social Security ◽

Public Administration ◽

Legal Proceedings ◽

Procedural Law ◽

The Social ◽

De Se ◽

Critical Issues ◽

Judicial Proceedings ◽

The Common ◽

Social Security Benefits

APONTAMENTOS SOBRE A EFETIVIDADE DA TUTELA JURISDICIONAL EM MATÉRIA PREVIDENCIÁRIA NOTES ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF JURISDICTIONAL PROTECTION IN SOCIAL SECURITY MATTERS RESUMO: Ações em que se postula a concessão de benefícios previdenciários consistem em substancial parcela das demandas judiciais em curso no país. A despeito da sua importância em termos quantitativos, porém, ainda é tímido o interesse da doutrina no direito previdenciário pelo seu viés processual. O presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar a tutela jurisdicional em matéria previdenciária enquanto instrumento hábil a equacionar os relevantes valores constitucionais em discussão. Vale-se, para tanto, da noção de lide previdenciária, na qual residiria o traço distintivo do processo judicial previdenciário. Em um primeiro momento, objetiva-se delinear a demanda judicial previdenciária, discorrendo sobre seu caráter individual e multifatorial, com destaque para a influência da Administração Pública e do Poder Judiciário no incremento da litigiosidade nessa seara. Em um segundo momento, analisa-se o processo judicial previdenciário, destacando os pontos críticos que impedem seja ele um processo de resultados, a saber, o distanciamento entre as esferas administrativa e judicial, a inadequação do procedimento comum, o excesso de instrução probatória e a postura pouco colaborativa das partes. Pretende-se, enfim, perquirir sobre a conveniência de se falar em um direito processual previdenciário e sobre as possibilidades que se abrem, a partir daí, para que esse processo judicial atinja seus escopos. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Direito Previdenciário; Benefícios Previdenciários; Processo Judicial Previdenciário; Instrumentalidade; Eficiência. ABSTRACT: Lawsuits in which the concession of social security benefits is pursued comprise a substantial portion of lawsuits ongoing in the country. Despite its importance in quantitative terms, however, doctrine has still little interest in social security law in its procedural aspect. The present work has the purpose to analyze the jurisdictional protection in social security benefits matters as an apt instrument to equate the relevant constitutional values in discussion. It assumes, therefore, the concept of social security case, in which resides the distinctive feature of the welfare judicial proceedings. At first, the objective is to delineate the social security litigation, discussing its individual and multifactorial character, emphasizing the influence of public administration and the judiciary in the increase of litigation in this area. In a second moment, we analyze the social security judicial proceedings, highlighting the critical issues that prevent it to be a process of results, namely the distance between administrative and judicial realms, the inadequacy of the common procedures, excess of discovery phases, and little collaborative parties. We intend, ultimately, to assert the convenience of talking about a specific social security procedural law and the possibilities that are open, thenceforth, in order that these judicial proceedings reach its purposes. KEYWORDS: Social Security Law; Social Security Benefits; Social Security Legal Proceedings; Instrumentality; Efficiency.

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