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Edmonds, Dwight; McCready, Douglas - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 7 (1994) 5, pp. 4-14

, efficiency in terms of appropriate allocation of resources is enhanced. Also, the police board is then in a better position to …

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Market Mechanisms and the Management of Health Care

Lapsley, Irvine - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 7 (1994) 6, pp. 15-25

Examines recent reforms of the UK′s National Health Service (NHS), and explores the pressures for change in the pursuit of an efficient NHS and the conflicts which this causes in an organization which was based on the aim of equity. In particular, addresses the “false revolutions” of...

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A New Era in Costing and Budgeting

Alam, Manzurul; Lawrence, Stewart - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 7 (1994) 6, pp. 41-51

The effectiveness of the reforms of the health sector in New Zealand will depend on the development of new accounting and information systems. The reforms have been rapid and significant. Increasing attention is being given to the development of costing and budgeting as a part of the reform...

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Competitive intensity and technical efficiency in public sector firms: evidence from India

Ramaswamy, Kannan; Renforth, William - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 9 (1996) 3, pp. 4-17

restricted industries without changing ownership to private investors ‐ is likely to provide similar efficiency gains. Examines … competition from private sector firms. Shows, from analysis of variance of efficiency indicators of a longitudinal sample of 108 … of technical efficiency of state‐owned enterprises that face competitive conditions. Provides a persuasive case for …

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The need to mobilize government learning in the Republic of Slovenia

Saner, Raymond; Yiu, Lichia - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 9 (1996) 5/6, pp. 51-61

Highlights the unique difficulties of Slovenia’s current public administrative system which has to find ways to change from the previous Yugoslav system to a more modern administrative system. First describes Slovenia’s economic and political make‐up and proceeds with a description and...

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Civil service reform in Tanzania

McGill, Ronald - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 12 (1999) 5, pp. 410-419

capacity. In that context, the paper outlines the modalities for generating organisation and efficiency reforms in the … building of capacity. It looks at the resulting impact of the organisation and efficiency reforms. Finally, it reviews the …

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Total Resource Management in the Third World

Kinder, Clive R. - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 1 (1988) 1, pp. 27-41

and efficiency. The causes of poor performance are described and an implementation plan, using action learning techniques …

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The Concept of Value for Money

Glendinning, R. - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 1 (1988) 1, pp. 42-50

), efficiency (output maximisation) and effectiveness (full attainment of the intended results). But what values are realised by the …

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Capability versus efficiency: contracting out park and road services in Norway

Leiren, Merethe Dotterud; Lindholst, Andrej Christian; … - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 29 (2016) 5, pp. 474-487

efficiency perspective. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on four expert interviews and survey data gathered from … contracting out to private contractors is undertaken to enhance economic efficiency compared to keeping service production in …

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How Often Should a Machine be Inspected?

Baker, M.J.C. - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 7 (1990) 4

This article provides the answer to the question asked in the title when certain simple conditions apply, and so improves the approximate solutions given by previous writers. The assumptions are: the machine either works perfectly or not at all; there is a constant probability of random failure;...

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