Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 40-06, Section: A, page: 3527. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1979.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 26-08, page: 4791. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1965.

This study examines local land-use decision making from the standpoint of efficiency by comparing quasi-judicial, hearing examiner decision systems with quasi-legislative, planning commission systems. It seeks to determine whether either of these two approaches to land-use decision making is better suited to high-growth or slow-growth communities from an efficiency perspective. The investigation was carried out by examining two local governments in the State of Florida that had used both approaches, one a slowly growing and the other a quickly growing community. The two jurisdictions were investigated quantitatively to determine which approach produced quicker decisions and qualitatively to determine which approach yielded the highest quality decisions. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-12, Section: A, page: 3856. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.

The purpose of this study was to develop a policy model that would integrate the various national development sectors in a national planning exercise. The study was conducted through computer simulation using Delphi and cross-impact techniques. Two sets of data--realistic parameters derived from knowledgeable Indonesian sources, and computer-generated data--were utilized for the purpose of developing and testing the model. The model developed in this study assumed that long-term sectoral planning should be done by examining the interrelationships or interdependencies among the various sectors in a national development plan. / The simulation demonstrated the applicability of the model in predicting the impact of the probability of attaining development goals in one sector on other sectors, in terms of both direction and magnitude of impact. Testing produced evidence that the model can work properly in the real world. / Sensitivity analysis was applied to test the model and also to demonstrate its usefulness in selecting the development sectors and in choosing, altering, or refining alternative policy decisions. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-12, Section: A, page: 3858. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.

There have been significant difficulties in the transfer of knowledge and technology from the developed to the less developed countries because of the predominant tendency to seek the transfer in absolute, non-contingent terms. The attraction of Schon's Reflection-in-Action (RIA) concept is that it directly confronts these assumptions. The opposite of RIA, Technical Rationality (TR), is a simple statement of the problem of technology transfer. Those who have thought to bring change to the developing nations have been overwhelmingly TR devotees. In contrast, RIA approaches the transfer process as far more situational. As developing societies differ, both among themselves and from the developed societies, it appears that RIA is a far more attractive vehicle for technology transfer. / The purpose of the study was to gain a greater appreciation of the barriers to a paradigm shift from TR to RIA. Students at two universities (Florida State University and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University), approximately half U.S. residents and the other half international, were the object of an inquiry to discover the degree to which current students had already developed a strong commitment, assumedly toward TR. / There were assumptions that respondents from the developed societies would be more disposed toward RIA and less toward TR. It is promising, in seeking a paradigm shift, that the differences between the two groups were quite minimal. / It is believed that RIA can succeed in a variety of settings, developed and developing. In the developing societies in particular, however, there must be concern with the encouragement of open communication and expression of ideas, flexibility toward social values, freedom to criticize ways of doing work, and economic rewards for taking risks. Overall, there is a need for an action science that will guide professionals, practitioners, and managers. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-07, Section: A, page: 1884. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.

The study dealt with privatization of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in general, and in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Privatization is selling or giving to the private sector all or part of an SOE's assets. Fourteen general methods of privatization were discussed, one of which was divestment of SOEs. Eight techniques of divestment were examined, as well as various processes of divestment. The conditions and intentions for the formation and the privatization of SOEs were examined along three dimensions: ideological and/or political, economic and financial, and administrative. A literature review was used to investigate the formation and divestment of SOEs in different countries. Interviews with Saudi Arabian public officials and businessmen provided information on their divestment experience. / Unless stated otherwise, the following general conclusions that were drawn from the study apply to Saudi Arabia as well: (1) In most countries where privatization occurred, limiting government spending and raising government revenue were the major intentions. These were not among the intentions for privatization in Saudi Arabia. (2) Privatization was usually initiated by political decision, and government support is needed for its execution. (3) Divestment was used by a government to get the support of its citizens and to strengthen its legitimacy. (4) Privatization was used to overcome difficulties in the operation of SOEs, such as inefficiency and low performance. (5) There was a private sector capable of absorbing the divested SOEs. (6) SOEs' assets were sold gradually by using various techniques, such as selling the whole or parts to the public. (7) Most intentions seemed to be political (e.g., increasing citizen participation in the economy) and economic (e.g., providing enhanced profit and investment opportunity to citizens), but these are interrelated and influence each other. (8) Privatization was marked by the presence of a free-market economic system and the presence or the promotion of competition. (9) The private sector must be shown the benefits privatization offers in order to be made interested in the approach. (10) The privatized SOEs were commercially oriented and mostly profitable. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-10, Section: A, page: 3867. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1986.

Bureaucratic corruption seriously threatens the democratic structure of many developing countries. Although the need for corruption studies is imperative in developing countries such as Korea, scholars of public administration have neglected its systematic study. / Because longterm corruption brought about a failure of democracy and balanced national development in Korea, this exploratory study deals with several issues of the Korean experience: (1) by examining existing corruption theories and approaches. (2) by tracing the causes and consequences of corruption in Korea. (3) by building a bureaucratic culture model of Korea. (4) by analyzing the empirical data of Korean corruption and by combining a conceptual model with empirical findings. / To answer these issues, we built three conceptual models that contained all existing theories about corruption that violated the socio-cultural norms of Korea. The bureaucratic culture model refers the causes of corruption derived from the historical legacy of Confucianism, the Japanese colonial period, and Rhee's autocratic leadership. The neo-cultural model is derived from imbalances created by rapid economic and political development and social mobilization, conflicts between bureaucrats' traditional values and materialistic success oriented values, and discrepancies between salaries and living costs for bureaucrats. / The major methodology of this dissertation is content analysis of documents and newspapers. The extracted data was divided into seven categories: frequencies, differences, intensity measure by newspaper type size, types, consequences, place and corruption typologies (single or organized). Frequencies were found to curve in a cycle. Intensity of type sizes gradually increased. Most incidences of corruption occurred in the central government. Organized corruption rapidly increased, but investigation and arrests also rapidly increased. Censorship of major newspapers during extraordinary martial law did not strongly reduce the reporting of incidences because the visible "tip" of the regime's corruption actually increased. / Because the newspapers indicated the growing seriousness of corruption, the author's anti-corruption model focused on adjustment among three variables of causes of corruption such as administrative innovation of the system, discipline of bureaucrats, and purification of socio-cultural environment to reduce corruption in the 1980s. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-09, Section: A, page: 2805. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.

This study examined the World Bank's approach to institution building and its efforts to enhance the institutionalization of government organizations responsible for implementing 28 Bank-assisted projects in four development sectors in Jordan: Energy, Water and Sewerage, Education and Manpower Development, and Urban and Regional Development. Field data were obtained from project-related documents in Jordan's file at the World Bank and interviews with Bank staff. / Data on each sector were first presented in terms of three types of descriptive formats: institutional setting, institution-building components, and technical assistance. The purpose was to focus on the salient features and contexts of Bank efforts. Findings were then reformulated using a model developed by the Inter-University Research Program in Institution Building (I-URPIB). The two approaches were compared. / The findings indicate that World Bank efforts in institution building typically encompass two interrelated and complementary features. One emphasizes improved managerial practices and the other the optimal allocation of resources. / This study found incompatibility between the Bank's and the I-URPIB's conceptions of institution building. While the World Bank postulates it as a means to "efficient performance," the other perspective suggests "institutionality" as an end in itself. The study concludes that the "nature of the donor" is an important intervening variable in institutionalization efforts. It is likely to influence the process and thereby shape the content and nature of institution building in a particular setting. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-06, Section: A, page: 1573. / Major Professor: Frank P. Sherwood. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.

This study described a process for an analysis of Medicaid hospital reimbursement policy which could lead to a change in that policy in the direction of regionalization of reimbursement for certain forms of high cost, elective care. A case study approach was taken which applies that process of analysis to reimbursement for open-heart surgical services. Economic, political, and programmatic considerations of the proposed policy change were identified and discussed. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-01, Section: A, page: 0281. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.

This study examines the social and cultural contexts, and factors of global and local sources, which influence teacher preparation and which may serve to impede or facilitate the training of public and private school English teachers at the "University of Banten," in Serang, Indonesia. A central question of the ethnographic case study is how, and to what extent professors are modeling and encouraging active-learning methods in the students' English and Education courses in response to decentralization reforms. The specific focus is on student-teacher preparation pedagogically and instructionally, knowledge of curriculum utilization and development in relation to Indonesian decentralization policy, and the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC-KTSP) standards for English instruction, the PAKEM Active Learning methods, and the Local Content Curriculum (LCC). Uniquely, it examines English and teacher-training responses representative of the realities of localization and globalization, and is concerned with increased levels of teacher autonomy and decision-making in contemporary Indonesia. The study also explores the implementation of decentralization and English instruction, and how past center-periphery cultural and political traditions affect response to educational reforms. A discussion of theories of educational decentralization builds a framework for situating the present contexts of Indonesian education reform in order to identify specific challenges which impact English teacher preparation and the knowledge and implementation of contemporary decentralization of education policies. The knowledge and implementation of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC-KTSP) curriculum and instructional standards for English instruction, the concept and implementation of PAKEM Active Learning methods, and the Local Content Curriculum (LCC), which represent major elements of decentralization policy, autonomy, and self-motivation for learning, were explored thematically through ethnographic analysis. The analysis and discussion follow in-depth accounts of professors, teachers and students at the campus over 10 months and provides extensive and diverse evidence of dynamic responses to policy changes. Lecturers and teachers were well informed about and engaged in the implementation of current decentralization of education reforms, including the integration of the CBC curriculum standards with active learning methods in instruction, and the development and implementation of Local Content Curriculum courses. Global influences generally were not viewed as threatening to local, traditional cultural teaching practices, but as potentially advantageous means for improving schooling. / A Dissertation submitted to The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2011. / Date of Defense: November 29, 2010. / Teacher training, Indonesian education, English education, Globalization, Decentralization / Includes bibliographical references. / Jeffrey Ayala Milligan, Professor Directing Dissertation; Pamela Carroll, Outside Committee Member; Stacey Rutledge, Committee Member; Thomas Luschei, Committee Member.