Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T14:52:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Edna Luzia Almeida Sampaio.pdf: 1870136 bytes, checksum: 0ae876247eff92b2260dcd34202a5e6e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-03-18 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The present study deals with two basic questions: The State as organizer of the competition for different capitals in a certain society and the organization of the institutional field in the implementation of education politics, having for organizational structure the federalism. For an analysis of these convergent dimensions (State, federalism and institutional field in the scope of the education), it is taken as case study the Politics of Formation of Professors, from the concrete reality of the State of Mato Grosso and the cities of Cuiabá and Cáceres. What it intents is to understand how interlaced the federative arrangement of patrimonial trace and the pertaining to school system, in view of its regulating function in the cultural stock market. As conducting wire of the case study the politics of formation of professors was selected. The federalism while model of administrative political organization of the State, whose principles if base on the United States model, composes the problematization of the reality politics in question. The education politics reflect this model that legitimizes as univocal form to think the State, strengthening the dispersion of the politics and, at the same time, promoting the reinforcement of the local power. The spite of this, the principle of autonomy of the federate beings is submerged by the abyssal inequality that misrepresent the concepts of State and Cities as entities equivalents with severe effect on the capacity of government of each being and on the access the different types of capitals, in special the cultural capital / O presente estudo trata de duas questões fundamentais: O Estado enquanto organizador da concorrência por diferentes capitais em uma dada sociedade e a organização do campo institucional na implementação de políticas de educação, tendo por estrutura organizativa o federalismo. Para uma análise dessas dimensões convergentes (Estado, federalismo e campo institucional no âmbito da educação) é tomado como objeto as Políticas de Educação, com enfoque na Política de Formação de Professores. Parte-se do geral para chegar à realidade concreta do Estado de Mato Grosso e os municípios de Cuiabá e Cáceres e, neste último, a análise de uma unidade escolar. O que se pretende é compreender como se entrelaçam o arranjo federativo de traço patrimonialista e o sistema escolar, tendo em vista sua função reguladora no mercado de capital cultural. Como fio condutor do estudo de caso foi selecionado a política de formação de professores. O federalismo enquanto modelo de organização político- administrativa do Estado, cujos princípios se baseiam no modelo estadunidense, compõe a problematização da realidade política em questão. As políticas de educação refletem esse modelo que se legitima como forma unívoca de pensar o Estado, reforçando a dispersão das políticas e, ao mesmo tempo, promovendo o fortalecimento do poder local. A despeito disso, o princípio de autonomia dos entes federados é soçobrado pela desigualdade abissal que deturpa os conceitos de Estado e Municípios como entidades equivalentes com efeitos severos sobre a capacidade de governo de cada ente e sobre o acesso a diferentes tipos de capitais, em especial o capital cultural

Local governmental units in the United States are struggling to cope with dwindling public resources and surging public demands. They often turn to interlocal agreements (ILAs) as a collaborative means by which to more effectively serve their constituents. Unfortunately, many ILAs never materialize or fail prematurely. The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to explore the experiences of 13 purposefully selected mayors in the State of Indiana to discover what factors they considered important when making their ILA entry and continuation decisions. It utilized a conceptual framework based on the transaction costs theory, as informed by the utility maximization, bounded rationality, social decision scheme, and groupthink theories. Interviews were transcribed, and data were subjected to an inductive analysis using idiographic interpretation to develop themes and to describe the essence of the ILA decision-making process. Key findings included that direct cost savings, a detailed, written agreement, contractual flexibility, an ability to perform, the effect on constituents and the current municipal workforce, and having a trusted, like-minded partner were important ILA entry factors. Furthermore, contractual flexibility, meeting constituent expectations, service effectiveness, relevancy, having a communicative partner, being able to measure an ILA service, and saving money were important ILA continuation factors, but that both service quality and doing the right thing trumped saving money. These findings have implications for positive social change because they can assist local leaders in achieving ILA success, with society benefitting from a commensurate increase in public value and in the more efficient and effective meeting of societal needs.

This dissertation comprises three essays in public finance. The first essay is a research of a theory of trading of club goods and its application to jurisdiction. The essay establishes a model of trading of club goods among clubs, and illustrates its effects on the process and outcome of club formation. Cost function as well as disutility of crowdedness is emphasized and integrated into the process of club formation, after allowing for exchanging club good among clubs. In the process, the essay develops a market for club goods. Then the model is revised and applied to the formation of jurisdictions. The second essay comes out of an interest regarding household demand, poverty and public goods in developing countries. The essay explores household food consumption in Jamaica and estimates the effects of related variables. With Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions 2001 data, the essay estimates an Engel curve which reflects the relation between household food consumption and related variables. What’s more, to investigate the possible neighborhood effect on food consumption, the essay tests and estimates the spatial correlation among neighborhood food consumption. The estimated results can be applied to poverty reduction policy. The third essay extends the theme of poverty, consumption, and government programs by analyzing one other public program—education. Education is closely linked to poverty alleviation. Determining the demand for education and the return to education will help government focus programs aimed at reducing drop-out rates and in the long run, poverty in the country. The essay applies discrete time survival analysis techniques to analyze education duration in Jamaica. Based on Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions 2002, the essay estimates the effects of household, individual and other related covariates on dropout risks of students. The essay compares discrete time Cox model and discrete time logit model and concludes that the two estimations are consistent. The estimation results could be used to predict the effects of changes in the covariates, or be used to predict the dropout risks of particular students in each grade, both of which could provide useful policy implications to improve education in Jamaica.

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Thesis (doctoral) - Universitat, Marburg, 2007. / Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le Nov. 10, 2008). In Springer Link (Monographies électroniques). Versement en lot.

The primary aim of this study was to examine the role of inter-governmental relations in the local economic development processes of the Cacadu district municipality. The sample for the study was selected from Cacadu District Municipality, with five respondents participating in the survey. A qualitative methodology was used in the data collection and item analysis. This showed that the research instrument had good reliability. The literature review reveals that municipal local economic development in South Africa does not rely exclusively on competition. The Cacadu district municipality developed an inter-governmental relations policy that outlines the inter-governmental system and structures that need to be established in the district. In terms of this policy, a number of inter-governmental structures were established, ranging from the Cacadu District Mayor’s forum through Communications and AIDS structures to the Integrated Development Planning and LED Forums. Apart from the Local Economic Development (LED) forum, the findings of this study reveal that there are two further LED-related structures in the Cacadu District Municipality (CDM), namely: an operational District Support Team and a Rural Economic Development Initiative. The co-ordination takes place at the IDP forum, during the IDP processes, and at the Mayor’s and Municipal Managers’ forum. During the time of the research, the CDM was reviewing its economic growth and development strategy. The findings of the study suggest that the district is moving away from planning for isolated local economic development projects. The case study of Camdeboo Satellite Aquaculture Project (CSAP) illustrates the impact of inter-governmental relations and co-ordination in the Cacadu District Municipality. The design of the Project took place between November 2007 and June 2008.A detailed Business Plan for both farming and factory operations over a ten-year period has been compiled and subjected to a thorough evaluation by the CSAP Project Steering Committee, which includes the Industrial Development Corporation, the Development Bank of South Africa, the Eastern Cape Development Corporation and Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries – with financial support from Thina Sinako (a joint venture between the European Union and the Eastern Cape provincial Treasury).

The Constitution Act, 108 of 1996 declares that: 'in the Republic, government is constituted as national, provincial and local spheres of government that are distinctive, interdependent and interrelated". Section 41(1)of the above Constitution further states that there shall be cooperation, mutual trust and good faith between these three spheres. They should inform and consult one another on matters of common interest, co-ordinate their legislation, and adhere to agreed procedures. In addition, it is expected that acts of Parliament should establish structures and institutions to promote and facilitate intergovernmental relations, and provide mechanism and procedures to facilitate settlement of intergovernmental disputes. In view of the above, it is evident that co-operative government can be regarded as one of the cornerstones of the new constitutional dispensation in South Africa and intergovernmental relations can be regarded as practical instrument for ensuring co-operative government in the delivery of services by the three spheres of government. The study therefore seeks to assess the impact of intergovernmental relations on service delivery in the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in Eastern Cape Province from the year 1994-2009. It also attempts to show the importance of intergovernmental relations to service delivery especially in integrated development planning, co-operation and co-operation and co-ordination of policies and plans. "The assessment of the impact of intergovernmental relations on service delivey in the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the Eastern Cape Province (1994-2009)".

Thesis (MPA)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The practice of public-sector strategic planning has gained dominance in public sector management in imitation of the concept of strategy in military science and later of the practice of strategic planning in the private sector. Its institutionalisation in the public sector should be welcomed as a positive development. The policy and regulatory framework instils a culture of cooperative governance through the promotion of effective intra- and inter-governmental relations that assume a developmental approach to planning. It is this culture that sets parameters within which the practice of strategic planning should be managed in the public sector. Strategy alignment is critical in achieving cooperative governance in strategic planning, as is shown in this study. The study sought to establish the extent to which the existing strategic planning guidelines could be manipulated to achieve alignment between the provincial and local spheres of government. A qualitative study was performed. It relied on both a non-empirical literature review and an empirical investigation to generate its data. Interviews were conducted with representatives of a sample of four Provincial Departments and seven different Municipalities drawn from the three categories of Local Government, namely metropolitan, local and district Municipalities. The Eastern Cape Provincial Government structure with its composite Municipalities constituted the case selected for this study. The study revealed that strategic planning in the province assumes different formats ranging from basic and medium-term to comprehensive and long-term, as well as sector- and project-specific strategic planning processes. The public sector strategic processes are politically influenced, taking their tone from political directives, but driven mainly by administrators. Whereas the active participation of politicians in shaping integrated development plans (IDPs) as the principal strategic plans for Municipalities is acknowledged, the concern that politicians at a provincial level are playing a limited role in shaping Provincial Departments’ strategic plans remains relevant. It is vital that the political governance centre in the province; namely the premier’s office, should take charge of coordinating strategic planning and should be responsible for the alignment efforts of the government structures in the province. Strategic planning plays a significant role in defining the organisational growth path of every public-sector organisation, as well as the management of public resources, financial and non-financial. This study advocates for learning as a central organisational value and recommends that the existing strategic-planning guidelines be improved to embody a cooperative governance approach. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die toonaangewende posisie wat strategiese beplanningspraktyk in die openbare sektor, binne die kader van bestuur in die openbare sektor, verwerf het, het beslag gekry weens die nabootsing van strategiese beplanningskonsepte eie aan die militêre wetenskapsmilieu. Dit is later versterk deur navolging van strategiese beplanningsmodelle uit die privaatsektor. Die institusionalisering van strategiese beplanning in die openbare sektor moet as ’n positiewe ontwikkeling verwelkom word. Beleidstelling en ’n reguleringsraamwerk vestig ’n sterk korporatiewe verantwoordelikheidsin. Dit word bewerkstellig deur die bevordering van effektiewe intra- en interregeringsvehoudinge, wat ’n ontwikkelingsbenadering tot beplanning veronderstel. Hierdie kultuur omskryf die raamwerk vir die toepassing van strategiese beplanning in die openbare sektor. Soos hierdie ondersoek aandui, is ’n voorvereiste vir deelnemende bestuur, wanneer daar strategies beplan word, koördinering van strategie. Die ondersoek het ten doel gehad om te bepaal tot watter mate bestaande strategiese beplanningsriglyne aangepas kon word om gerigdheid tussen provinsiale en plaaslike regeringsfere te bewerkstellig. ’n Kwalitatiewe ondersoek is gedoen, gebaseer op navorsingsdata verkry uit sowel ’n nie-empiriese literatuurstudie as ’n empiriese ondersoek. Onderhoude is gevoer met verteenwoordigers van ’n monster werknemers, saamgestel vanuit vier provinsiale departemente en sewe verskillende munisipaliteite. Die volle spektrum van plaaslike regeringsinstellings is gedek, naamlik metropolitaanse, plaaslike en distriksmunisipaliteite. Die provinsiale regeringstruktuur van die Oos-Kaap en sy saamgestelde munisipaliteitstrukture vorm die basis vir hierdie gevallestudie. Die ondersoek het aangedui dat strategiese beplanning in hierdie provinsie verskeie vorme aanneem; dit wissel in formaat van basies en mediumtermyn tot omvattend en langtermyn, asook sektorale en projekspesifieke strategiese beplanningsprosesse. Die strategiese proses van die openbare sektor word polities beïnvloed deur die politieke ondertoon teenwoordig in direktiewe, maar dit is hoofsaaklik administrateurs wat die agenda bepaal. Alhoewel die aktiewe betrokkenheid van politici in die daarstelling van geïntegreede ontwikkelingsplanne (GOP’s), die hoof strategiese planne vir munisipaliteite, erken word, is daar steeds rede tot kommer dat politici op provinsiale vlak slegs ’n beperkte rol vervul as dit kom by die skep van die provinsiale departemente se strategiese planne. Dit is van kritieke belang dat die kern van politieke bestuur, naamlik die kantoor van die premier, in beheer van die koördinering van strategiese beplanning moet wees en verantwoordelikheid sal aanvaar vir die koördineringspogings van regeringstrukture in die provinsie. Strategiese beplanning speel ’n betekenisvolle rol wanneer die organisatoriese ontwikkelingspad vir elke openbare sektor instelling uitgestippel word, asook by die bestuur van openbare bronne; sowel finansieel as nie-finansieel. Hierdie ondersoek maak voorspraak vir die beklemtoning van kennisontwikkeling as ’n sentrale organisatoriese noodsaak en beveel aan dat bestaande strategiese beplanningsriglyne sodanig aangepas word dat dit ’n koöperatiewe bestuursplan vir beter deelnemende bestuur beliggaam.

Thesis (MPA (School of Public Management and Planning))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Government needs to provide a robust framework to adapt to the ever-changing environment of those that they serve. Whether or not there are reform procedures involved, the intended benefits depend as much on how they are implemented as on the exact nature of the changes. The municipalities in the Overberg face various challenges, as a result of the continually changing environment within which local government operates. It is therefore important for government to constantly implement new ways to improve service delivery. Many of the municipalities in the Overberg, particularly those suffering under budget and staff capacity pressures, are motivated to adopt new and improved ways to enhance service delivery and to reduce costs. Municipalities in the Overberg have developed their own ideas on how to reduce costs, save time and improve service delivery. A practical way to address these challenges is to consider the option of shared services. This requires different ways of operating: new skills have to be acquired and many changes in management issues need to be addressed. The most common reason for some of the municipalities in the Overberg to be involved in a shared service initiative is to obtain relief from short-term budget pressures. Although this factor is an excellent motivator, one of the major related challenges is the time required to complete this initiative, which almost always takes more than one budget cycle. The ability to implement any form of shared services requires organisational change, which, in many organisations, is the most difficult challenge to confront. For Overberg Municipalities to implement a successful shared service venture it will be important to have a good plan that clearly describes the processes to be followed and the different steps of how to successfully implement and set up such a shared service centre. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die regering moet ‘n robuuste raamwerk daarstel om aan te pas by die ewigdurende veranderde omgewing van diegene wie hy bedien. Of daar veranderings prosedure is of nie, die beoogde voordele is eweveel afhanklik van hoe dit geïmplimenteer word as van die presiese omvang van die veranderinge. Verskeie uitdagings word deur munisipaliteite in die Overberg in die gesig gestaar as gevolg van die ewigdurende veranderde omgewing waarin plaaslike regering opereer. Dit is dus belangrik vir die regering om gedurig nuwe maniere te implementeer ten einde dienslewering te verbeter. Verskeie munisipaliteite in die Overberg, veral die wat gebuk gaan onder begroting en personeelkapasiteitsdruk, is gemotiveerd om nuwe verbeterde maniere aan te neem om dienslewering te verbeter en kostes te verminder. Munisipaliteite in die Overberg kom reeds ’n geruime tyd aan met hul eie idees om kostes te verminder, tyd te bespaar en dienslewering te verbeter. ’n Praktiese manier om hierdie uitdagings in munisipaliteite in die Overberg aan te spreek is om die opsie van gedeelde dienste te oorweeg. Dit vereis verskillende maniere van funksionaliteit met nuwe vaardighede wat bekom moet word en verskeie veranderingsbestuurskwessies wat bestuur en oorkom moet word. Die mees algemeenste rede vir sommige van die munisipaliteite in die Overberg om betrokke te raak by ’n gedeelde diens inisiatief is die verligting van kort termyn begrotingsdruk. Alhoewel dit ’n uitstekende motiveerder is, is een van die grootste uitdagings in baie gevalle, die tyd wat vereis word om hierdie inisiatief, wat in die meeste gevalle oor meer as een begrotingsiklus strek, te voltooi. Om enige vorm van gedeelde dienste te implementeer vereis organisatoriese veranderinge wat in baie munisipaliteite die moeilikste uitdaging is om te konfronteer. Vir Overberg munisipaliteite, om ’n suksesvolle gedeelde dienste onderneming te begin en te implementeer is dit belangrik om ‘n behoorlike plan op te stel wat die prosesse wat gevolg moet word en die verskillende stappe aandui.

Submitted by Silvana Teresinha Dornelles Studzinski (sstudzinski) on 2015-10-28T10:36:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Hermes Cardoso Reis_.pdf: 1817385 bytes, checksum: 4c879f6ee17580dbe48144a22eac00fa (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-10-28T10:36:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Hermes Cardoso Reis_.pdf: 1817385 bytes, checksum: 4c879f6ee17580dbe48144a22eac00fa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-07-27 / Nenhuma / O objetivo deste estudo é analisar a utilização de práticas de gestão econômica e financeira por Consórcios Intermunicipais de Saúde estabelecidos no Rio Grande do Sul. Os CIS são estruturas de cooperação regional e intergovernamental formados entre municípios para atuar na área da saúde pública visando, principalmente, à redução de custos e ampliação da oferta de serviços de saúde. Como entes da administração pública indireta e por sua atuação na saúde pública, são subordinados aos princípios da administração dos entes públicos e aos princípios e diretrizes do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). A administração pública a partir de meados do século passado vem, em nível global, sofrendo reformas que caracterizam o movimento conhecido como New Public Management (NPM). A NPM confere um caráter mais gerencial à administração pública incorporando práticas de gestão típicas da iniciativa privada. Assim, práticas de gestão econômica e financeira são vistas como úteis para apoiar o processo decisório visando ao planejamento, o controle da execução e a avaliação de desempenho dos programas e ações das entidades públicas conforme os princípios constitucionais, principalmente considerando ambientes de escassez de recursos e alta demanda como a área da saúde pública. Desta forma, desenvolveu-se estudo quantitativo de natureza aplicada e descritiva no qual as percepções dos gestores dos CIS quanto à utilização destas práticas de gestão foram coletadas por meio de instrumento de pesquisa e tratados de forma objetiva, com uso de técnicas de estatística descritiva e exploratória. Assim, os CIS foram classificados e agrupados conforme o grau de utilização das práticas de gestão. A partir disso, constatou-se que o objetivo dos CIS não é formular estratégias para reduzir custos e ampliar e qualificar a oferta. O CIS é instancia de execução, de realização. É a própria ferramenta operacional cujo objetivo é racionalizar recursos na gestão conjunta de serviços terceirizados de saúde. Por esta razão, faz uso reduzido das práticas de gestão econômica e financeira. E a preocupação precípua da gestão dos CIS é voltada para o cumprimento estrito das obrigações legais e normativas para si e para os municípios associados. / The objective of this study is to analyze the use of economic and financial management practices used by public health consortiums (CIS) established in Rio Grande do Sul. The CIS are regional and intergovernmental cooperation structures formed between municipalities to work in public health in order mainly at reducing costs and increasing the supply of health services. As entities of the indirect public administration and for his role in public health, are subordinate to the principles of management of public entities and the principles and guidelines of the Brazilian public health system (Sistema Único de Saúde – SUS). The public administration from the last century has, globally, suffering reforms that characterize the movement known as New Public Management (NPM). NPM provides a more managerial character to government incorporating typical management practices of private enterprise. Thus, economic and financial management practices are seen as necessary to support the decision-making process to the planning, execution and control of the performance evaluation of programs and actions of public entities according to the constitutional principles, especially given the scarcity of resources and environments high demand as the area of public health. Thus, we developed a quantitative study of applied nature and descriptive in which the perceptions of managers of CIS on the use of these management practices were collected through research tool and treated objectively, using descriptive and exploratory statistics techniques. Thus, the CIS were classified and grouped according to the degree of use of management practices. From this, it was found that the objective of the CIS is not formulate strategies to reduce costs and expand and qualify the offer. The CIS is instance of execution. It is the very operational tool aimed at rationalizing resources in the joint management of outsourced healthcare services. For this reason, it makes little use of economic and financial management practices. And the main concern of CIS management is focused on strict compliance with legal and regulatory obligations to themselves and to the associated municipalities.