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Executive coercion and state audit: A processual analysis of the responses of the Australian audit office to the dilemmas of efficiency auditing1978‐84

Funnell, Warwick - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 11 (1998) 4, pp. 436-458

The introduction of efficiency auditing in Australian Commonwealth state audit created a level of stress and threat for … Efficiency Audit Division (1978‐84) which had been established within the Australian Audit Office to develop efficiency auditing … methods and to carry out efficiency audits. It documents for the first time a level of executive intrusion in state audit …

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Efficiency Auditing by the Australian Audit Office: Reform and Reaction under Three Auditors‐General

Hamburger, Peter - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 2 (1989) 3

The efficiency audit programme of the Australian Audit Office, which began officially in 1979, was the first … ambitious proposals for reform of the Australian Audit Office that bear marked similarities to those advanced when efficiency …

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Efficiency of foreign banking in Spain : data envelopment analysis and Malmquist Productivity Index

Corrás-Arias, Manuel Ángel - In: Atlantic review of economics : AROE 6 (2023) 2, pp. 1-33

The aim of this work is to study the degree of efficiency achieved by foreign banks installed in Spain between 2000 … Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI). The results of DEA model indicate an increase in efficiency in the so - called pre - crisis …

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Enhancing the effectiveness of active labour market policies

OECD - 1996

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Management Control in Hospitals : A Breakthrough Approach to Improving Performance and Efficiency

Lewandowski, Roman A. - 2024

.4 Past Efforts to Improve Hospital Efficiency -- Chapter 2 Control in Management Sciences -- 2.1 Origins and Definitions of …For years, problems related to health-care efficiency have been at the top of the priorities of many hospitals systems … pressure for improvement of hospitals' efficiency while maintaining a high quality of services. Hospitals are recognized as …

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Nachhaltige Energiewirtschaft : Einstieg in die Arbeitswelt von morgen ; Spendenprojekt 1995 ; Endbericht

Cames, Martin (contributor); Peter, Brigitte (contributor) - 1996

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Mitbestimmung als zentrale Frage der Corporate Governance

Dilger, Alexander; Frick, Bernd; Speckbacher, Gerhard - 1999

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Methoden zur Untersuchung der Effizienz im sozialen Wohnungsbau : Gutachten im Auftrag des GdW Bundesverband deutscher Wohnungsunternehmen e.V.

Behring, Karin; Kirchner, Joachim - 1999

Der vorliegende Beitrag befaßt sich mit der Problematik realitätsnaher theoretischer und insbesondere formalisierter und empirisch überprüfter Modelle des Wohnungsmarktes. Dafür werden der Verdrängungsumfang, die Auswirkungen auf bedürftige Haushalte, Wohnungsmerkmale, Fristigkeit der...

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Penny‐wise, pound‐foolish managers: the syndrome affecting productivity and efficiency

Khan, Anas - In: Human Resource Management International Digest 20 (2012) 1, pp. 3-4

Purpose – Outlines the importance of senior management focusing on strategic and value‐creating activities rather than on issues that could be handled by subordinate staff. Design/methodology/approach – Draws on information gathered from the authors' industry knowledge and experience, plus...

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Taking off the L-plates: making training more effective

McCrae, Bryan - In: Human Resource Management International Digest 22 (2014) 1, pp. 1-2

Purpose – Emphasizes the importance of ensuring the right training and the right delivery. Design/methodology/approach – Draws on information gathered from the author's industry knowledge and experience. Findings – Argues that senior managers sometimes fail to understand how training needs...

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