Similar Search Results

Reaffirming public‐private partnerships in retirement pension provision

McKinnon, Roddy; Charlton, Roger - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 13 (2000) 2, pp. 153-168

contribute positively to the management and delivery of old‐age pensions. Argues further that the social welfare …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014798645

Disability support services in a liberalised economy – A NZ case study

Lawrence, Stewart; Alam, Manzurul - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 13 (2000) 3, pp. 186-205

Looks at New Zealand’s provision for the disabled. Reports on evidence from observation of the actual assessment process. Empirical data are used about the perceptions of both the assessors and the clients. Determines whether the stated aims of government policy are achieved. Appears that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014798647

Evaluation, learning and the effectiveness of public services

Sanderson, Ian - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 9 (1996) 5/6, pp. 90-108

the role of government in the promotion of social welfare and how public service organizations can deliver quality …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014799344

Evaluating the change in social work organization

Greca, Rainer - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 11 (1998) 4, pp. 314-334

Describes the reorganization of social services in Munich, Germany, from 1992 to 1996. A model of co‐operation between different providers of public services was introduced. Its use was confirmed in 1997.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014799407

Welfare benefits and the customer: a longitudinal perspective

Stafford, Bruce - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 11 (1998) 5, pp. 354-366

the case for adopting a longitudinal perspective to elucidate and analyse customers’ contacts with a welfare provider. No …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014799409

Using a group support system to support client assessment

Read, Martin; Gear, Tony; Devold, Rune - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 11 (1998) 5, pp. 367-378

The paper describes the application of a group decision support system (GDSS) to the work of a panel of public sector workers assessing the needs of clients for various forms of social support and benefit. In particular, the paper focuses on the development of consistency of approach to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014799410

Community identity in the twenty‐first century A postmodernist evaluation of local government structure

Barnett, Neil J. - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 11 (1998) 6, pp. 425-439

functional requirements of large‐scale welfare provision. Britain provides perhaps the best example of this issue being settled … requirement, with the economic welfare of communities being equated to total welfare. The adoption of a postmodernist stance … economic welfare is not necessarily the same as the maximisation of total welfare. Postmodernist arguments are used in this …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014799414

Housing reform and the new governance of housing in urban China

Quan Zhang, Xing - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 13 (2000) 6, pp. 519-525

Discusses housing reform and its impact on the governance of housing in China. The roles of the state and work units have been shifted from providers to enablers in the market of housing supply after the introduction of privatisation and the market mechanism. However, the role of work units in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014798666

Managing organisational change in the public sector ‐ Lessons from the privatisation of the Property Service Agency

Coram, Ron; Burnes, Bernard - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 14 (2001) 2, pp. 94-110

Whilst organisational change appears to be happening with increasing frequency and magnitude in both the public and private sectors, most of the major studies of change focus on the private sector and tend to derive their approaches to change from that sector. From a review of the literature, it...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014798680

Privatization ‐ The myth of free market orthodoxy in sub‐Saharan Africa

Nwankwo, Sonny; Richards, Darlington C. - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 14 (2001) 2, pp. 165-180

The phenomenal spread of privatization initiatives in sub‐Saharan Africa since the 1980s created the impression that …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014798681