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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...
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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 …
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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...
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Ethics: dealing with cancer patients/employees: a case study
Geddes, L.M. - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 10 (1995) 1, pp. 22-27
he role of employees in decision making within an organization has drawn increasing attention in the last decade as concern has focused on quality, e.g. quality circles, total quality management. Explores some of the problems encountered by an employee when she made an overt effort to effect a...
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The impact of compensation upon urban village residents satisfaction with the land expropriation process
Chai, Ning; Stevens, Rob; Fang, Xiaozhen; Mao, Chun; … - In: Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law 11 (2019) 3, pp. 186-216
Purpose The purpose of the paper is to investigate compensation and related welfare issues in the case of the … should pay closer governance/ political attention to changes in the welfare of the farmers/ villagers whose property has been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014900232
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The negative effect of an accounting standard on employee welfare
Baker, C. Richard; Stephan Hayes, Rick - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 8 (1995) 3, pp. 12-33
Investigates the negative effect on employee welfare caused by economic decisions taken by corporate managements which … have negatively affected employee welfare, and these actions have been attributed to FASB 106. Some of the hardest hit are …
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Cadbury's runs smoothly under pressure
In: Human Resource Management International Digest 15 (2007) 1, pp. 14-16
Purpose – Describes a wellness programme among 260 employees at Cadbury Trebor Bassett who were charged with implementing a global information‐technology project to a strict deadline. Design/methodology/approach – Provides the viewpoints of the company, the expert charged with introducing...
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Managing a Police Welfare Function
Emmott, Jacqueline - In: Executive Development 7 (1994) 3, pp. 13-15
Describes and explains the welfare function of a large police authority. Discusses the historical development of police … welfare before explaining the present function. The manager describes her own growth and development over a seven year period …. Explains the actual work undertaken by police welfare. The impact of the various major disasters on society generally and on …
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Crisis in capitalist welfare programmes
Gustavson, Robert L. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 23 (1996) 10/11, pp. 107-119
accountability to evaluate compliance with programme directives. Concludes that welfare recipient participation rates in KanWork … education and training hold the key to understanding why Kansas welfare programmes contribute little to clients gaining …
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A roller coaster of reliance
Marabella, Santo D.; West, James P. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 23 (1996) 10/11, pp. 247-259
Examines the “roller coaster of reliance” of the US government sector on the voluntary sector from colonial times to the present. Emphasizes the question of how this roller coaster has been affected by the emergence of the globalizing economy, the neoliberal state and more specifically by...
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