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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Saúde, democracia e gestão: o caso dos Conselhos Deliberativos e Fiscalizadores das Autarquias Hospitalares Regionais do Município de São Paulo / Saúde, Democracia e Gestão: O Caso dos Conselhos Deliberativos e Fiscalizadores das Autarquias Hospitalares Regionais do Município de São Paulo

Susana Rosa Lopez Barrios 10 September 2007 (has links)
O propósito desta tese foi analisar como os Conselhos Deliberativos e Fiscalizadores das Autarquias Hospitalares Regionais do Município de São Paulo exerceram suas funções de controle da gestão desses entes públicos e deliberaram sobre as políticas de saúde de sua competência em sua área de abrangência. Buscou-se, ainda, analisar o papel que os membros desses Conselhos de Saúde desempenharam; a influência exercida pelos gestores desses serviços de saúde, bem como os fatores limitantes à sua atuação e desempenho. Realizou-se pesquisa qualitativa de estudo de caso com triangulação de fontes. Foram entrevistados os superintendentes das Autarquias analisadas e os presidentes dos respectivos Conselhos, através de roteiro de entrevistas semi-estruturadas. Foi feita, ainda, a análise de documentos oficiais, incluindo as atas das reuniões desses Conselhos do período de julho de 2002 a dezembro de 2004; legislação municipal correlata; portarias do executivo municipal e documentos oficiais, entregues para vistas desses fóruns de participação comunitária. Esses Conselhos, tripartites e paritários, se reuniram mensalmente. Contaram com a participação dos membros dos segmentos usuários e servidores, porém os representantes do governo estiveram ausentes nos três conselhos, evidenciando sua falta de motivação e uma barreira à participação por conflito de interesses inerentes à suas funções na administração pública. Foi evidenciado que houve fiscalização das ações do executivo, apesar da falta de preparo técnico e da dificuldade de compreender a linguagem da burocracia do setor público pública. Tiveram acesso às informações contábeis, financeiras e assistenciais dessas Autarquias, demonstrando o respeito dos gestores pelo controle social. Deliberaramse questões pontuais da gestão, mas não políticas de saúde. A capacidade de influenciar as decisões do superintendente foi maior quando, para esse executivo, a participação social representou um grande valor. Observou-se, também, o amadurecimento desses fóruns com o exercício de suas funções e o investimento em sua capacitação que foi objeto de preocupação, principalmente de seus presidentes. Concluiu-se que, apesar dos fatores limitantes a seu desempenho, representam uma instância institucional de participação e controle que contribuiu para o acesso da sociedade organizada às instâncias de gestão, aproximando Estado e cidadãos e superando os limites da democracia representativa. / The purpose of this thesis was to analyze how the Deliberative and Supervisory Councils of Regional Hospital Autarchies in the city of Sao Paulo played their role of controlling management of these public institutions and resolved about their health policies within the Council coverage area. Moreover, it aimed to consider the role played by the health council members; the influence exerted by managers of these healthcare services, as well as the factors restricting their function and performance. A qualitative case study was conducted with triangulation of sources. The superintendents of the Autarchies studied and the presidents of the respective Councils were questioned by means of semi-structured interviews. Official document analysis was conducted including the minutes of Councils´ meetings from July 2002 to December 2004; related municipal legislation; decrees of the municipal executive branch and official documents submitted to consideration of these community participation forums. These tripartite and paritary Councils held monthly meetings, with the participation of users and employees; however, the government representatives did not often take part in the three councils, demonstrating possible lack of motivation and/or an obstacle to participate due to conflict of interests inherent to their public administration functions. It was shown that the executive branch actions had been supervised despite lack of technical preparation and difficulty to understand the language of public sector bureaucracy. The members had access to accountancy, financial and healthcare information of these Autarchies, which demonstrates respect of managers for social control. They deliberated punctual management issues but not health policies. The capacity to influence the uperintendent\'s decisions was greater when social participation represented a real value for this executive professional. Furthermore, these forums are more mature in playing their roles and investing in capacity-building processes, which are a concern, particularly to their presidents. It was concluded that despite the factors limiting their performance, the Councils represent an institutional forum of participation and control that contributes to access of the organized society to management agencies, thus placing the State and citizens closer to each other and overcoming the limits of representative democracy.
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Conquistas e desafios da gestão escolar na prática da gestão democrática participativa: um estudo de caso na cidade de Querência (MT)

Cortez, Catarina de Arruda 20 January 2015 (has links)
Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-04-18T14:07:43Z No. of bitstreams: 1 catarinadearrudacortez.pdf: 1191116 bytes, checksum: 9e3ec18615ca6c12b876aad444026c64 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-04-24T03:11:53Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 catarinadearrudacortez.pdf: 1191116 bytes, checksum: 9e3ec18615ca6c12b876aad444026c64 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-24T03:11:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 catarinadearrudacortez.pdf: 1191116 bytes, checksum: 9e3ec18615ca6c12b876aad444026c64 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-01-20 / Esta dissertação é caracterizada pelo estudo de caso realizado em duas escolas estaduais urbanas, no município de Querência – MT, com o objetivo de analisar as ações da equipe gestora, a partir de preceitos definidos na Lei de Gestão Democrática nº 7.040/98 do Estado de Mato Grosso. A pesquisa foi executada para responder a seguinte questão: de que maneira as ações da equipe gestora das duas escolas urbanas do município de Querência, embasadas nos princípios da gestão democrática participativa, podem ou não contribuir para a efetividade da educação escolar? Para responder a essa questão, foi feita a coleta de dados através de entrevistas semiestruturadas com membros do Conselho Deliberativo da Comunidade Escolar (CDCE), observação não participante e análise documental de registros das escolas. A análise dos dados constituiu-se em um conjunto de informações que, à luz das legislações vigentes e das concepções teóricas revisitadas em Paro, Lück e Machado, apontaram avanços e desafios para a efetividade da gestão democrática participativa nas escolas. No Capítulo I, são apresentadas a estrutura organizacional da Secretaria de Estado de Educação do Mato Grosso (SEDUC/MT) e das escolas, bem como dados que as caracterizam, inclusive os das aprendizagens dos alunos. O Capítulo II traz a fundamentação teórica que subsidia o modelo de gestão escolar democrática e participativa. O Capítulo III apresenta um Plano de Ação Educacional voltado para a consolidação de práticas participativas na gestão das escolas, com ação conjunta SEDUC a fim de integrar colaborativamente os atores educativos internos e externos do Órgão Central e Escolas e desta com a comunidade escolar. A efetividade da gestão democrática participativa contribui significativamente para a melhoria da qualidade da educação, sendo esta o resultado de uma escola considerada eficaz. / This work is characterized by case study in two urban public schools in the municipality of Querencia-MT, in order to analyze the actions of the management team, from precepts defined in the Democratic Management Law No. 7,040 / 98 of the State of Mato Grosso. The research was performed to answer the following question: how the actions of the management team of two urban schools in the municipality of Querencia, based in the principles of participatory democratic management, may or may not contribute to the effectiveness of school education? To answer this question was asked to collect data through semi-structured interviews with members of the Board of the School Community (DCEC), non-participant observation and document analysis of records of the schools. The data analysis consisted of a set of information that the light of current laws and theoretical concepts revisited in Paro, Lück and Machado, showed progress and challenges to the effectiveness of participatory democratic management in schools. In Chapter I, are presented the organizational structure of SEDUC and schools, as well as data that characterize them, including student learning. Chapter II provides the theoretical foundation that gives subsidize the model of democratic and participatory school management. Chapter III presents an Educational Action Plan aimed at the consolidation of participatory practices in the management of schools, with joint action SEDUC in order to integrate collaboratively internal and external educational actors in the Central and Schools Authority and this with the school community. The effectiveness of participatory democratic management contributes significantly to improving the quality of education, which is the result of a considered effective school.
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Expanding Water Service Delivery through Partnership between Water Utility and Small Scale Water Providers in Lusaka, Zambia : A Case of Lusaka’s Peri-Urban Areas

Mwandu Siyeni, Yvonne January 2008 (has links)
Zambia is a highly urbanized country with 60% of its urban population residing in low cost areas also called peri-urban, slum or informal settlements. The increase in urban population attributed to rapid migration and urbanization due to political and economic changes has taken a toll on service provision as the infrastructure development and service provision has failed to meet the demand. For the 33 peri-urban areas in Lusaka, the water supply and sanitation has been poor, inadequate and unreliable with the coverage being slightly above 50% for water while 90% of the urban population does not have access to the much needed sanitation. The low coverage is a result of lack the financial capacity on the part of the service providers to extend services to un served areas. This research focuses on the strategies to provide sustainable water and sanitation services to peri-urban areas to ensure improved accessibility through the expansion of infrastructure and attainment of full cost recovery. In this era of increasing migration to unplanned settlements where the services are inadequate, alternatives to public provision of water and sanitation services need to be put in place. One of the alternatives is the public-private partnership which encompasses the society, private and the civil society. As has been found in the study the best alternative should not only be completely bottom up but should also be more demand driven and be able to provide for greater contributions from the affected communities. The hypothesis of the study is to ascertain if provision of water supply to the Peri-Urban Areas (PUAs) can be achieved through the partnership between the water utility and the small scale water providers. Therefore, the objectives of the research are to: evaluate and compare the current service provision to the peri-urban areas by the utility and small scale providers in terms of technical, social and institutional arrangements and determine the best way of ensuring sustained service provision to peri urban areas and show how partnership can be the best solution to improving service delivery to these areas. Service provision in PUAs can not be achieved without the involvement of all the stakeholders especially the community who are also the users and whose major role is paying for the service to enhance sustainability. In this study the Small Scale Water Providers (SSWP) users were found to be satisfied with the service provided than the utility users who felt that more needed to be done. The two providers are found to have different strengths which when combined would enhance service provision. The collaboration between utility with its competence in water supply, technical installations, water quality testing and SSWP with theirs in community involvement, cost recovery, effective operation and maintenance and demand driven water schemes have to be merged to achieve the intended goal and it is also an indication that the two can complement each other. Utility should therefore consider opening investment accounts for all the areas so as to detach PUAs needs from the general plan and eventually budget as they would be self sustaining and enhance willingness to pay for the users. The SSWP should therefore be viewed as partners by all and licensing should be considered by the government for the benefit of the urban poor.
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Expanding Water Service Delivery through Partnership between Water Utility and Small Scale Water Providers in Lusaka, Zambia : A Case of Lusaka's Peri-Urban Areas

Mwandu Siyeni, Yvonne January 2008 (has links)
Zambia is a highly urbanized country with 60% of its urban population residing in low cost areas also called peri-urban, slum or informal settlements. The increase in urban population attributed to rapid migration and urbanization due to political and economic changes has taken a toll on service provision as the infrastructure development and service provision has failed to meet the demand. For the 33 peri-urban areas in Lusaka, the water supply and sanitation has been poor, inadequate and unreliable with the coverage being slightly above 50% for water while 90% of the urban population does not have access to the much needed sanitation. The low coverage is a result of lack the financial capacity on the part of the service providers to extend services to un served areas. This research focuses on the strategies to provide sustainable water and sanitation services to peri-urban areas to ensure improved accessibility through the expansion of infrastructure and attainment of full cost recovery. In this era of increasing migration to unplanned settlements where the services are inadequate, alternatives to public provision of water and sanitation services need to be put in place. One of the alternatives is the public-private partnership which encompasses the society, private and the civil society. As has been found in the study the best alternative should not only be completely bottom up but should also be more demand driven and be able to provide for reater contributions from the affected communities. The hypothesis of the study is to ascertain if provision of water supply to the Peri-Urban Areas (PUAs) can be achieved through the partnership between the water utility and the small scale water providers. Therefore, the objectives of the research are to: evaluate and compare the current service provision to the peri-urban areas by the utility and small scale providers in terms of technical, social and institutional arrangements and determine the best way of ensuring sustained service provision to peri urban areas and show how partnership can be the best solution to improving service delivery to these areas. Service provision in PUAs can not be achieved without the involvement of all the stakeholders especially the community who are also the users and whose major role is paying for the service to enhance sustainability. In this study the Small Scale Water Providers (SSWP) users were found to be satisfied with the service provided than the utility users who felt that more needed to be done. The two providers are found to have different strengths which when combined would enhance service provision. The collaboration between utility with its competence in water supply, technical installations, water quality testing and SSWP with theirs in community involvement, cost recovery, effective operation and maintenance and demand driven water schemes have to be merged to achieve the intended goal and it is also an indication that the two can complement each other. Utility should therefore consider opening investment accounts for all the areas so as to detach PUAs needs from the general plan and eventually budget as they would be self sustaining and enhance  illingness to pay for the users. The SSWP should therefore be viewed as partners by all and licensing should be considered by the government for the benefit of the urban poor.
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Participatory development in social funds: a case study of the Peruvian Social Fund

Costella, Cecilia V. January 2010 (has links)
Magister Administrationis - MAdmin / This research aims to assess the role of Social Funds' organizational and institutional characteristics for community participation processes in development projects. The research is based on a case study of the Peruvian Social Fund, FONCODES, and utilizes a qualitative data collection approach. It mainly relies on semi-structured interviews with FONCODES' staff and community members, unstructured interviews with experts, and analysis of operational documents. The research concludes that several organizational and institutional characteristics affect community participation in FONCODES projects but the direction of this influence depends on how specific areas of the organization's context are structured as well as on political variables in the institutional environment. / South Africa
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Community participation in the recruitment of community health workers: a case study of the three community health worker programmes in South Africa

Zembe, Yanga January 2009 (has links)
Magister Administrationis - MAdmin / This research investigates the nature and extent of community participation and involvement in the recruitment and selection processes for Community Health Workers (CHWs), primarily through detailed case studies of three CHW programmes, one in the Western Cape, another in KwaZulu-Natal, and a third which operates in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. The first utilizes CHWs in health education and home-based care in Khayelitsha and Nyanga. The second specializes in the training, management and supervision of home-based care CHWs in the rural areas of KwaZulu-Natal. The third utilizes CHWs in addressing maternal and child health issues in targeted peri-urban and rural areas in the three provinces. The mini-thesis is organized into five chapters: the first chapter provides the introduction and background as well as the methodological design of the mini-thesis; the second chapter focuses on providing a detailed literature review of relevant materials that cover the subject matter; the third chapter provides the descriptive background of the history of CHWs, CHW policies and community participation in South Africa, as well as a description of the three case study organizations; the fourth chapter describes and discusses the findings and the last and fifth chapter provides a summary of the findings as well as recommendations and conclusions. / South Africa
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Local governance and disaster risk management in Mozambique

Göhl, Sandra E. January 2008 (has links)
Magister Artium - MA / The objective of the study was to find out whether the decentralisation of responsibulities for social economics development facilitated the management of disaster risk during the 2007 floods in Mozambique. the specific aims of the study were to : analyse and discuss national policies for decentralisation and their significance for DRM. Investigate which responsibilities, human and financial resources were available to local governments for the planning, implemantations and monitoring of DRM activities. Identify mechanisms institutions and activities for DRM and find out whether they provided to be effective. Explore how concerned communities participated in DRM activitiesto reduce their vulnerability to disaster risk.
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The role of community participation in the integrated development plan of Govan Mbeki municipality

Tshabalala, Elizabeth Kotishana 14 May 2008 (has links)
In order to eradicate the legacy of the past, the South African democratic government adopted a developmental approach to local government. The White Paper on Local Government (WPLG)(1998:17) defines developmental local government as government committed to working with citizens and groups within the community to find sustainable ways of meeting their social, economic and material needs and of improving their quality of life. A developmental approach aims to enhance the skills and capacity of community members by promoting their participation in their own development process (Theron, 2005a:120). TheIntegrated Development Plan (IDP) awards an opportunity to both the municipality and the community to work together on issues of local development. The aim of this study was to determine the role of community participation in the IDP process of Govan Mbeki Municipality. A qualitative research approach was followed in which data was gathered through document analysis and focus group interviews. The respondents in the study comprised eight community members and six municipal representatives. The key findings of the study indicated contrasting views between the community and the municipality’s perspectives in particular with regard to the role of the community during the prioritisation of needs and the decision-making processes. Based on the findings and conclusions of this study, the researcher made recommendations and provided guidelines for the implementation of community participation in the IDP. The researcher concluded that in order for community participation to have maximum impact, local government is obliged to create an enabling environment for participation which includes amongst others addressing the institutional obstacles and the capacity gaps within the community. The researcher finally recommended that these roles be implemented, evaluated and integrated in the current IDP process as undertaken by Govan Mbeki Municipality. / Dissertation (MSD (Social Development and Policy ))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Social Work and Criminology / unrestricted
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Corporate social investment practitioners’ views regarding Eskom’s contribution towards integrated community economic development

Masete, Minnie Boitshoko 30 October 2012 (has links)
Eskom makes a significant contribution to social and economic development in South Africa, which is realised through its corporate social investment policy. Eskom could reinforce its contribution by adopting Integrated Community Economic Development (ICED), which addresses issues of poverty in a holistic way. Nthomang and Rankopo (1997:209) regard (ICED) as “...a holistic approach that seeks to address socio-political constraints preventing marginalised communities from attaining humane standards of living”. The goal of the study was to explore the views held by corporate social investment practitioners’ on Eskom’s contribution to socio-economic projects within a sustainable framework to alleviate poverty and unemployment. The research followed a qualitative approach, and data was gathered by means of semi-structured interviews. Participants in the study came from four regions, the Central, Southern, Northern regions and part of the North Western region of Eskom’s terrain. From the key findings, it was evident that Eskom contributes to the social and economic development of communities, but its contribution could be more effective and meaningful if funding policies, partnership involvement, the role played by corporate social investment practitioners’ and community economic development strategies were more closely aligned with an Integrated Community Economic Development approach. The study concluded that the Solertia Institute Model Program for the advancement of capable communities provided a relevant framework that could be adapted as a viable strategy whereby Eskom could contribute to sustainable Integrated Social and Economic Development. The researcher recommends that the Eskom management adopt the proposed strategy as part of Eskom’s corporate social investment policy. Further, the implementation of the respective projects should be aligned with the phases of the Solertia Institute Model Program. Projects should therefore be continuously monitored to assess and evaluate Eskom’s contribution to sustainable Integrated Community Economic Development. Copyright / Dissertation (MSW)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Social Work and Criminology / unrestricted
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An approach for the sustainability of ICT centres implemented by Technikon SA in Southern Africa

Hulbert, David Thomas 16 July 2008 (has links)
The study primarily described and analysed the attempts made through the former Technikon SA at the implementation of ICT centres in Southern Africa over a period of six years. Based on some contemporary theory, the study suggested an approach for the implementation of ICT centres in developing regions. In the introduction, the study deals with the problems of technology transfer to developing regions and refers to the impact of globalisation on third world economies. In particular, the study highlights the barriers to technology transfer with specific emphasis on the peculiarities that are unique to each region. The study further analysed the approach that was used by the former Technikon SA for the deployment of ICT centres especially as ICT centres were considered by many as an ideal manner for the transfer of technology. In order to contextualise the understand and findings of the research, the study relied on the fact that the research was based on a longitudinal study. The advantages of this longitudinal study meant it was possible to observe and record the life of an ICT centre over a significant period of time. Not only was it evident that there was little regard for the respective communities needs and the that there was no indication of these ICT centres being successful, but that the same mistakes were being repeated. At national level, an enormous amount of effort and money had been channelled into the roll out of ICT centres with little guarantee of success. International symposiums suggested that through technology, third world economies could make the quantum leap into the information age and that the deployment of ICT centres was one of the ways in which this could be achieved at the local level. There was little evidence to suggest that any significant success had been achieved through the many attempts at ICT centre deployment. Through the study, a research instrument was developed that was used to assess and measure the success of each of the centres. The approach for ICT deployment suggested in the study, was based on the research instrument as well as on models developed by certain theorists (Heeks, Van Ardenhoven and Snyman). The study in the end analysed the nature and impact of implementing ICT centres without considering the critical elements that were identified as critical success factors for ICT centre success. Critical success factors that include role players from government to the community, local, ownership, identification of local needs, local knowledge, an understanding of the local conditions, support structures and partnerships were shown to be key to the success of and ensuring sustainability of ICT centres. The study also provides a perspective on the conflict that arose between the implementer of ICT centres and the communities. / Thesis (PhD (Information Science))--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Information Science / unrestricted

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