Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, June, 2003. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-129)

Thesis (M.A.)--City University of Hong Kong, 2007. / "Master of Art in arbitration and dispute resolution, LW6409 dissertation" Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on May 22, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--City University of Hong Kong, 2006. / "Master of Art in arbitration and dispute resolution, LW6409-dissertation" Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on May 22, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.

Research questions: I: What are the key steps to introduce, evaluate and implement health-associated technologies into different Swedish municipalities? II: Which are the main challenges and opportunities to introduce, evaluate and implement health-associated technologies into different Swedish municipalities? Purpose: The aim of the project has been to conduct a situation analysis on how different Swedish municipalities introduce, evaluate and implement existing health-associated technologies into their organization. To conduct this study, key steps and main challenges in these processes have been identified by interviewing different stakeholders involved from the public and private sector as well as end users. Methodology: This master thesis is an abductive case study. Primary data has been collected through interviews and internal documents from organizations. Secondary data collection was collected through research papers and literature review. Findings: The main findings of this study show that regarding the introduction procedure some municipalities are further in the process of developing formal procedures for organizations and end users to approach them with their products or needs. The evaluation as part of the procurement process has been considered a big obstacle for the three stakeholders groups interviewed since the criteria established doesn’t consider the different aspect of the technology as its value to the municipality and end user. Implementation procedures do not exist and were not under development from any of the three municipalities interviewed. Keywords: Innovation process, municipalities, healthcare, technology, public sector, private sector, end-users.

This thesis is about Global Water Governance (GWG) – an overarching normative framework by which water management practices across all scales may be guided. More specifically, it seeks to develop an understanding of how Corporate Water Stewardship (CWS), and its facilitation of the inclusion of companies’ perspectives to address water issues, affects GWG. Understood as a form of market environmentalism – a doctrine premised on mutual synergies between environmental conservation and economic growth – CWS provides a channel for companies to participate in, as well as spearhead, a quest for more sustainable water management within and beyond their own operations. Despite a proliferation of activities undertaken by companies, CWS has attracted limited scholarly attention, and an overarching analysis of the effects that mounting corporate involvement has had on the global water discourse has so far been absent from scholarly debates. This research draws on over 500 documents published by companies, NGOs, and other organisations, alongside 50 interviews with key practitioners. It specifically questions: (i) the empirical context through which CWS emerged; (ii) the manner in which companies from various sectors conceptualise water and its management; (iii) the way CWS endeavours are legitimised and; (iv) the mechanisms through which companies exert influence. Chapters 4 to 8 comprise an analysis of the main research findings. Chapter 4 investigates why companies are interested in water issues, how companies frame them, and how CWS could materialise. Chapters 5 and 6 address how companies from different sectors engage in CWS in the contexts of water resources management, and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH). Chapter 7 turns attention to how companies draw on non-conventional sources of authority to legitimise their activities, and Chapter 8 analyses how CWS influences GWG. When taken holistically, the thesis attests to the key point that the inclusion of companies in solving water issues matters; their presence changes the status quo of water governance. More importantly, the thesis goes beyond such assertions by pointing towards how it matters. It finds that, as a result of corporate involvement, water is being reconceptualised from an environmental and social risk to society, to an economic risk for businesses. Moreover, although companies may not be doing this in an ill-intentioned way, the research suggests that when they participate in water interventions, they alter GWG by promoting the commercialisation of water management, the valuation of water risk, and the liberalisation of water governance. Thus, although the involvement of companies may contribute to improving the management and governance of water across all scales, their involvement has to be matched with proper ‘checks and balances’ to ensure that CWS serves the public good, rather than simply contributing to private profit.

O gerenciamento de portfólios de projetos é adotado por organizações para garantir que sejam priorizados e realizados os melhores projetos para atingir os objetivos estratégicos da organização e para haver um melhor planejamento do uso dos diversos recursos da organização para a execução dos projetos. O setor público tem características que o distingue do setor privado, o que reflete em como as organizações dos dois setores são gerenciadas. O objetivo deste trabalho, além de realizar uma revisão bibliográfica sobre o gerenciamento de portfólio no setor público, é estudar as características e ferramentas utilizadas no gerenciamento de portfólio de projetos no setor público em comparação com o setor privado. Para a realização deste estudo foram realizados estudos de caso em quatro empresas privadas de diversos setores e em quatro organizações públicas de diversas esferas de governo e de atuação. Nos estudos de caso, além da análise de documentação, foram realizadas entrevistas com profissionais de todas as organizações as quais foram transcritas e analisadas com auxílio do NVivo, um programa de análise qualitativa de dados. A análise dos dados levantados frente às proposições de pesquisa permitiu constatar que em ambos os setores o gerenciamento de portfólio de projetos tem como um de seus objetivos principais gerar um alinhamento entre os projetos realizados e os objetivos estratégicos pretendidos pela organização; as organizações do setor público, ao contrário do sugerido pela análise da literatura, possuem uma maior formalização dos seus processos de gerenciamento de portfólio de projetos; existe um indicativo que as ferramentas utilizadas em ambos os setores são semelhantes, sendo que a ferramenta de pontuação e ordenamento é uma das mais utilizadas nas organizações pesquisadas; as classes de critérios mais utilizadas para a seleção e priorização do portfólio no setor público são diferentes das classes de critérios utilizadas no setor privado; a classe de critérios \"financeira\" é a que possui maior quantidade de critérios no setor privado e menor quantidade no setor público, situação que se inverte com a classe \"social e ambiental\" que tem maior quantidade de critérios no setor público e menor número no setor privado; o setor público tem menor atenção ao gerenciamento de riscos do que o setor privado. Não foi possível concluir se há diferença entre a influência das partes interessadas internas e externas à organização no gerenciamento de portfólio nos setores analisados. / Project portfolio management is used by organizations to ensure that they prioritize and execute the best projects available to achieve the organization\'s strategic objectives and to better plan the use of their resources. The public sector has some characteristics that distinguish it from the private sector that influences how organizations in both sectors are managed. This work aims to carry out a bibliographic review on portfolio management in the public sector and also to compare the characteristics and tools of project portfolio management processes used in the public and private sector. In order to carry out this study, eight case studies were carried out, four in private companies from different sectors and four in public organizations from different government´s responsibility and regions. During the case studies, in addition to documentation analysis, interviews were conducted with organizations´ professionals, that were transcribed and analyzed using NVivo, a qualitative data analysis software. The analysis of the data collected in comparison to the research proposals showed that in both sectors the main goal of project portfolio management is to generate an alignment between the projects carried out and the strategic objectives pursued by the organization; on the contrary that were indicated by the literature review, public sector organizations have more formalized project portfolio management processes than private sector companies; there is an indication that organizations in both sectors use similar tools and the scoring and classification´s type is the most commonly used; the selection and prioritization criteria most used by public sector organizations are from different class than the most used by private sector organizations; the \"financial\" class of criteria is the one that has the biggest amount of criteria in the private sector and the smallest amount in the public sector, the opposite situation occurs in the \"social and environmental\" class that has the biggest amount of criteria in the public sector and the smallest amount in the private sector; public sector organizations are less concerned about risk management than private sector organizations. It wasn´t possible to infer if there is a difference in the influence\'s level between internal and external stakeholders in the project portfolio management\'s practices in the analyzed sectors.

A terceirização é uma das muitas técnicas de gestão adotadas pelas corporações em todo o mundo, como uma forma de aumentar a eficiência organizacional. Ela tem ocorrido em diversos setores empresariais e também é uma realidade no Brasil. Os trabalhos científicos que tratam da terceirização cresceram nos últimos anos e novos serviços terceirizados têm surgido, o que mostra a dinâmica desse mercado, a relevância e a atualidade do tema. Esta pesquisa representa um estudo importante para as organizações, na medida em que aumenta o conhecimento sobre as alternativas de contratação que podem ser utilizadas e orienta as organizações sobre as particularidades da TIS que devem ser consideradas no processo de contratação de terceiros. O objetivo do trabalho é analisar a terceirização da Tecnologia de Informação através dos serviços terceirizados e de seus arranjos contratuais. A pesquisa abrange as organizações de porte médio e grande, do setor privado e que estão localizadas no Estado de São Paulo. A análise restringe-se ao processo de contratação. O modelo de pesquisa foi construído a partir de uma revisão da literatura sobre o tema da terceirização, e em especial aqueles relacionados a Tecnologia de Informação. A pesquisa utilizou uma amostra não probabilística contendo 267 serviços terceirizados, presentes em 71 organizações. O dados foram coletados através de questionário e tratados estatisticamente através de técnicas não-paramétricas e Análise de Agrupamentos. A pesquisa se caracteriza por ser descritiva, verificando freqüências e ligações entre variáveis da organização, dos serviços terceirizados e dos arranjos contratuais. Adicionalmente, utilizou-se a técnica estatística de Regressão de Dados Categorizados para avaliar possíveis relações de causa e efeito. Através desta pesquisa foi possível identificar quatro grupos distintos de empresas, em relação ao grau de terceirização, e descrever às características organizacionais associadas a cada grupo. As razões mais freqüentes para terceirizar, bem como as categorias de serviços e contratos mais utilizados também foram apresentados. Além disso, foram identificadas três possíveis relações de causa e efeito entre as características organizacionais, as categorias de serviços terceirizados e os arranjos contratuais. / In the present more and more companies are choosing Information Technology outsourcing in order to increase the organization productivity. It has been adopted by many corporations all over the world and also in Brazil. The growth of outsourcing and the new added-value services shows the importance and the dynamics of this market. In addition, the increase of papers and scientific works about outsourcing confirms the actuality of this theme. This research represents an important study for the organizations because it increases the knowledge about the contract options available for the companies, and guides them about the Information Technology outsourcing process, which has particularities and differs from the outsourcing process of other activities. The objective of this Thesis is to increase the knowledge about outsourcing, through analyzes of companies outsourcing activities and contract model adopted. The scope of this research is limited to organizations of the private sector, and analyzes focus on the process of defining the contract model. Only middle to big companies were researched. The research begins with a revision of the literature about the outsourcing, and especially the literature about Information Technology outsourcing. The sample counts 267 outsourcing contracts, in 71 Brazilians companies, and dos not represents a randomly drawn sample of the population. The data was collected with questionnaire and treat through non-parametric statistical methods. The research characterizes for being a descriptive study regarding the relation between organizational characteristics, outsourcing activities, and contract model. In addition, was used the statistical method of Categorical Regression to analyze cause and effect relations. Through this research was possible to identify four distinct company groups, distinguished by the amount of outsourced activities. The characteristics of each group were described in details. Issues about reasons for outsourcing, kind of activities outsourced and contract model are presented. A discussion about possible cause and effect relations are also presented.

A terceirização é uma das muitas técnicas de gestão adotadas pelas corporações em todo o mundo, como uma forma de aumentar a eficiência organizacional. Ela tem ocorrido em diversos setores empresariais e também é uma realidade no Brasil. Os trabalhos científicos que tratam da terceirização cresceram nos últimos anos e novos serviços terceirizados têm surgido, o que mostra a dinâmica desse mercado, a relevância e a atualidade do tema. Esta pesquisa representa um estudo importante para as organizações, na medida em que aumenta o conhecimento sobre as alternativas de contratação que podem ser utilizadas e orienta as organizações sobre as particularidades da TIS que devem ser consideradas no processo de contratação de terceiros. O objetivo do trabalho é analisar a terceirização da Tecnologia de Informação através dos serviços terceirizados e de seus arranjos contratuais. A pesquisa abrange as organizações de porte médio e grande, do setor privado e que estão localizadas no Estado de São Paulo. A análise restringe-se ao processo de contratação. O modelo de pesquisa foi construído a partir de uma revisão da literatura sobre o tema da terceirização, e em especial aqueles relacionados a Tecnologia de Informação. A pesquisa utilizou uma amostra não probabilística contendo 267 serviços terceirizados, presentes em 71 organizações. O dados foram coletados através de questionário e tratados estatisticamente através de técnicas não-paramétricas e Análise de Agrupamentos. A pesquisa se caracteriza por ser descritiva, verificando freqüências e ligações entre variáveis da organização, dos serviços terceirizados e dos arranjos contratuais. Adicionalmente, utilizou-se a técnica estatística de Regressão de Dados Categorizados para avaliar possíveis relações de causa e efeito. Através desta pesquisa foi possível identificar quatro grupos distintos de empresas, em relação ao grau de terceirização, e descrever às características organizacionais associadas a cada grupo. As razões mais freqüentes para terceirizar, bem como as categorias de serviços e contratos mais utilizados também foram apresentados. Além disso, foram identificadas três possíveis relações de causa e efeito entre as características organizacionais, as categorias de serviços terceirizados e os arranjos contratuais. / In the present more and more companies are choosing Information Technology outsourcing in order to increase the organization productivity. It has been adopted by many corporations all over the world and also in Brazil. The growth of outsourcing and the new added-value services shows the importance and the dynamics of this market. In addition, the increase of papers and scientific works about outsourcing confirms the actuality of this theme. This research represents an important study for the organizations because it increases the knowledge about the contract options available for the companies, and guides them about the Information Technology outsourcing process, which has particularities and differs from the outsourcing process of other activities. The objective of this Thesis is to increase the knowledge about outsourcing, through analyzes of companies outsourcing activities and contract model adopted. The scope of this research is limited to organizations of the private sector, and analyzes focus on the process of defining the contract model. Only middle to big companies were researched. The research begins with a revision of the literature about the outsourcing, and especially the literature about Information Technology outsourcing. The sample counts 267 outsourcing contracts, in 71 Brazilians companies, and dos not represents a randomly drawn sample of the population. The data was collected with questionnaire and treat through non-parametric statistical methods. The research characterizes for being a descriptive study regarding the relation between organizational characteristics, outsourcing activities, and contract model. In addition, was used the statistical method of Categorical Regression to analyze cause and effect relations. Through this research was possible to identify four distinct company groups, distinguished by the amount of outsourced activities. The characteristics of each group were described in details. Issues about reasons for outsourcing, kind of activities outsourced and contract model are presented. A discussion about possible cause and effect relations are also presented.

Orientador: Valeriano Mendes Ferreira Costa / Tese (doutorado) ¿ Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T07:03:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Aguiar_Vilma_D.pdf: 1763077 bytes, checksum: 5d6f20bb4157057211186de1d8768ec2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: Esta tese apresenta e desenvolve a hipótese de que nos dezesseis anos decorridos entre o começo do governo de Fernando Henrique Cardoso e o fim do governo Lula (1995-2010), o sistema de educação superior brasileiro sofreu uma mudança estrutural, passando de um sistema de acesso de elite para o de acesso de massa. A partir da perspectiva teórica estabelecida por Martin Trow, apresentada em 1973 e retomada em um artigo de 2005, foi possível ancorar a hipótese adicional de que, nesta passagem, o setor privado assumiu o atendimento preferencial da nova demanda de massa, caracterizado pela ampliação e diversificação do público-alvo da educação superior, mediante a incorporação de estudantes oriundos das camadas mais baixas da estratificação social. O argumento é desenvolvido por meio da análise das políticas públicas para o setor privado adotadas pelos dois governos do período em tela e da descrição e problematização do subsistema privado, a partir de onze dimensões de análise, que permitem enquadrar a atual fase de seu desenvolvimento dentro de um modelo em que se sobressaem sua morfologia, suas formas de atuação, seus interlocutores e atores. Isso representa um deslocamento em relação à maior parte da literatura sobre o campo, na medida em que o setor privado passa a ser um objeto a ser compreendido fora da equação qualidade de ensino e/ou mercantilização da educação. O estudo procura mostrar que a demanda de massa, amparada em políticas públicas favoráveis, transformou o ensino superior privado em um setor econômico altamente concorrencial, com seus corolários de financeirização e oligopolização crescentes / Abstract: This dissertation presents and develops the hypothesis that during the sixteen years between the beginning of Fernando Henrique Cardoso administration and the end of Lula administration (1995-2010) Brazilian higher education went through a structural change, moving from a system of elite access into mass access. From the theoretical perspective formulated by Martin Trow in 1973 and resumed in 2005, it was possible to add the hypothesis that, in this change, the private sector took over the preferential supply of the new mass demand. This new demand was characterized by the increase and diversification of the target group of higher education, through the incorporation of students coming from the lower classes. The argument is based on the analysis of public policies directed to the private sector adopted by both administrations in the period, and on the description and discussion of the private subsystem, using eleven analytical dimensions. The use of these dimensions allowed the framing of the current phase of Brazilian higher education development within a model that highlights its morphology, its modus operandi, its interlocutors and actors, etc. This type of analysis represents a change in relation to the most significant part of the literature on the field, insofar as it treats the private sector as an object to be comprehended outside the equation relating quality and/or the commoditization of education. The study seeks to demonstrate that mass demand, supported by favorable public policies, has transformed private higher education into an economic sector marked by high levels of concurrence, with its corollaries of growing financialization and oligopolization / Doutorado / Ciencias Sociais / Doutora em Ciências Sociais

M.Phil. / Economic growth and the provision of adequate infrastructure are highly interrelated. Infrastructure- plays a critical role in promoting economic growth through enhancing productivity, improving competitiveness, reducing poverty, linking people and organisations together through telecommunications and contributing to environmental sustainability. Population growth and rapid urbanisation have placed enormous pressure on existing infrastructure, thus presenting a daunting challenge to governments worldwide The scope of global demographic, public health and safety needs, as well as economic development goals, translates into infrastructure requirements far in excess of currently available financing resources. While the degree of this funding backlog differs from country to country, it extends from the poorest to the richest of nations. This is true even in the United States, which enjoys the full benefits of decentralized government responsibility and an extensive domestic debt market. Recognition of this funding gap has resulted in a nearly universal acceptance that the private sector can and should play a larger role in the financing of infrastructure in partnership with the public sector [35]. The 1990s saw a revolution in the provision of infrastructure services as governments worldwide turned to the private sector for financing and management expertise. In developing countries in 1990 —2001, nearly 2,500 infrastructure projects involved private participation, attracting investment commitments of US750 billion [40]. South Africa has an estimated infrastructure backlog of R 170.7 billion [3]. In addition there is increasing demand for much-needed new and improved infrastructure such as water supply and sanitation systems, affordable housing and electricity supply, health care facilities, schools, roads, tourism infrastructure, airports and harbour facilities, to name but a few [4]. With the private sector organisations having a large pool of sources from which they can seek funding from both local and international financial markets and the government having fragmented expertise over different state departments, debilitating red tape and bureaucracy, more pressing needs for funding elsewhere and inability to roll out projects, private sector involvement in infrastructure provision has been widely considered and implemented as a preferred method of financing infrastructure provision. This collaboration between public and private sectors is crucial in order to increase the sources of funding available for infrastructure and reduce the pressure on fiscal budgets. This has resulted in an increased collaboration between the public and private sectors in order to meet a country's infrastructure requirements. Consequently, the Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement method of undertaking large infrastructure projects