Thesis (M. P. A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

published_or_final_version / Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration

published_or_final_version / Politics and Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration

Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2004. / Field problem. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Southern Utah University, 2009. / Title from PDF title page. "April 16, 2009." "In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree [of] Master of Arts in Professional Communication." "A capstone internship portfolio presented to the faculty of the Communication Department at Southern Utah University." Dr. Matthew H. Barton, Capstone Internship Supervisor Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-45).

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-122).

Implementation of the performance management policy for the Malawi has been held back by a number of factors. There have been indications that suggest that there were some problems resulting in differential implementation of the policy by government’s ministries and departments. In this study the purpose was to find out the factors contributing to this non-implementation of the policy. The research question was; what factors are contributing to the implementation or non-implementation of the performance management policy for the Malawi Civil Service? The study used a qualitative research methodology and questionnaire administered interviews to collect data. The main findings from the study was that implementation of the policy was being hampered because of the complex nature of the public service, absence of follow ups and management support, lack of consultations and motivation factors. The conclusion drawn from the study is that the factors identified are manageable. Therefore, the Department of Public Service and Management and other concerned stakeholders can reflect on the issues revealed by this study, consult widely and put in place necessary mechanism that could ensure successful implementation not only of the performance management but other future polices as well.

Civil service in Karnataka

ABSTRACT The politicization of the civil service in Mali in the context of democratization had a catastrophic effect on the democratization and development process in Mali. In the first decade of democratization, the dominant party permeated and used the civil service to control and take advantage of state resources. In addition, the civil service has been also transformed into a funding agency for the dominant party as well as coercion and exclusion machinery. In the second decade the rules of the games were changed while the goal and outcome remained the same. Dominant party rule has been replaced with a diffused party system under the name of consensus politics. This dissertation examines the phenomenon of the politicization of the Malian civil service in the context of democratization as a hindrance for its development into the institution needed to support and deliver democracy to citizens. Such an examination is important to uncover a new type of politicization whose objective is not to control the civil service for policy purposes, but rather the élites organized abuse of the state. By using the ethnographic method of studying the concept of politicization of the civil service in the context of democratization, this dissertation argues that the phenomenon of politicization of the civil service in the context of democratization has been a hindrance for the civil service development into the institution needed to support and deliver democracy to citizens. This phenomenon of politicization has also destroyed all state institutions and has endangered the democratization and development processes. The findings of the dissertation show how state leadership has engaged in grand corruption and clientelist practices to reinforce its power. The rupture of the state and its civil service from society, the Malian élites abuse of the state and its citizens, the joint conspiracy of the administrative and political leaders against the people, and the insidious and organized grand corruption under implementation have caused a crisis in both state authority and state legitimacy as well as the failure of democratization and the development process.

published_or_final_version / Politics and Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration