Thesis (MDF)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa boasts significant cumulative public-private partnership experience when compared to other African countries. However, little has been done to investigate the success and failure of implemented projects versus those registered on the National Treasury database. There is a limited amount of documented progress of public-private partnerships in South Africa, these being successes and failures in project implementation as well as the contributing factors for such outcomes, and these would serve as critical lessons for future partnerships. The main objective of this study is to investigate the challenges faced in the implementation of municipal public-private partnerships, especially concerning the City of Tshwane’s accommodation public-private partnership. A case study approach was adopted, reviewing the City of Tshwane’s public-private partnership initiative by looking at some of the reported challenges faced as well as the process followed during the implementation of the project. The results of this research assignment indicate that major strides have been made in acquiring sufficient experience and knowledge relating to public-private partnerships as they relate to the South African environment, and the main project team members, who have been involved long enough to understand the objectives of the project. However, of concern is the constant change of project team members taking into account that for each project phase a new team is established. The implication of this is that project knowledge may be lost due to changes in the structure of the project team. It should be noted that at the submission of this assignment the City of Tshwane accommodation public-private partnership was still in progress and in the initial stages of physical construction.

<p>Social welfare services are essential for development of human capital and eradication of poverty in South Africa generally. Social welfare plays a pivotal role in enabling the impoverished and vulnerable communities and households to lead their lives through provision of care, social relief, stability and human resource development. Non-Governmental Organisations form an integral part of the welfare system through their formal and informal welfare and residential and non-residential welfare services. The role of the NGOs becomes imperative precisely because of their inherent empathy and proximity to the communities they serve. Government itself has been engaged in the process of transformation and the same challenges of transformation, governance, and effectiveness still profound the NGO sector. Notwithstanding the contribution of the NGOs in the welfare system, it is crucial to scrutinise the nature of their work and the rate of transformation to flourish in the democratic dispensation. To enhance the process of transformation in the NGO sector, government passed a plethora of policies and legislative requirements, inter alia, White Paper for Social Welfare 1997, Non-Profit Organisations Act of 1997. The intent of this research therefore, was to establish the significance of transformation and inherent issues of governance, effectiveness and efficiency in service delivery and sustainability of the nature of social welfare services rendered by the NGO sector in the Western Cape, particularly the Worcester district.</p>

Approved for public release; distribution in unlimited. / The Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI) represents a dramatic revision in the construction and maintenance of military housing. Since its inception in 1996, the number of projects has grown exponentially and the learning process has been continuous and steep. This thesis researches the effectiveness of the methods in place at the Department of Defense and Service levels to document, share, and, above all, learn from past experiences. This analysis reviews the cumulative documented lessons from all Services and compares it to the lessons learned within the first jointly partnered privatization project at the Presidio of Monterey (POM) and Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California. This research showed at least six lessons previously documented within the lessons learned system, which were relearned at the POM/NPS project. Given this data, the lessons learned program is a partial success but overall has a positive impact on the MHPI. The current lessons learned program improves each new privatization project ensuring it does not experience all of the same lessons from previous projects. Only a few lessons seem to slip through the cracks and are repeated even after documentation and distribution. / Captain, United States Army

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-12-04T11:45:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Estefani Clementino da Rocha.pdf: 6954022 bytes, checksum: 3c03b9a09e2fd8ab5b173ed2d9cc6ee0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-04T11:45:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Estefani Clementino da Rocha.pdf: 6954022 bytes, checksum: 3c03b9a09e2fd8ab5b173ed2d9cc6ee0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-10-19 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The presence of contractual provision of social assistance services with Civil Society Organizations (CSO) is no exception in Brazilian public management. Since the 1930s, this type of articulation has been adopted, although at the beginning more focused on transfers of financial resources through subsidies and exemptions. The contractualized format of social service management, even though it was nominated as an agreement, had its practice started in the 1960s and was disseminated to countless services and projects of Brazilian public social policy in the three federative entities. To such a point, the dissemination of this management format was denounced, due to its intransparency and lack of social control that flowed into a national audit, from which a new regulatory law flowed: the Regulatory Framework of State- Organizations Relation of Civil Society (MROSC). Thus, this study deals with the examination of the guarantees of social rights that the social assistance services contracted with the CSO, which operate in the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS), assure their users, in order to highlight and problematize the practice of monitoring the service contracted, performed by the public agent, named by the new MROSC legislation as Manager of the Partnership, or by previous standards as Technical Supervisor, particularizing the management of SUAS in the city of São Paulo. Thus, the study was dedicated to identifying the ways in which the Manager / Technical Supervisor of social assistance services contracted in the city of São Paulo performed their professional work, as well as their main lines of action, through the analysis of normative acts published by the Municipal Secretary of Assistance and Social Development (SMADS). It is concluded that the practice of Partnership Management / Technical Supervision is weak in the city of São Paulo, in view of normative stimuli that direct its professional work, mainly for a centralizing management, with content of work front demarcated by the excess production of as well as by the strong imbalance in the constitution of the social assistance network, the accumulation of functions and power attributed to some CSO that hold the largest number of contracts with the São Paulo management of SUAS. However, despite this weakening, its action may occur within the regulations already built within the scope of the SUAS that consider the monitoring of the public agent as an instrument or mediation with power to articulate the content of the social assistance service contracted with the rights of users. / A presença da prestação contratualizada de serviços socioassistenciais com Organizações da Sociedade Civil (OSC) não é exceção na gestão pública brasileira. Desde os anos 1930, adota-se esse tipo de articulação, ainda que, de início, fosse mais centrada em transferências de recursos financeiros por meio de subvenções e isenções. Entretanto, foi somente nos anos 1960 que o formato contratualizado da gestão de serviços sociais, também denominado de convênio, passou a ser usado para inúmeros serviços e projetos da política social pública brasileira nos três entes federativos. Desde então, disseminou-se esse formato de gestão que, em face de sua intransparência e ausência de controle social, foi objeto de denúncias desaguando, assim, em uma Auditoria de âmbito nacional, da qual fluiu uma nova lei reguladora: o Marco Regulatório da Relação Estado-Organizações da Sociedade Civil (MROSC). Diante deste panorama, este estudo se ocupa do exame das garantias de direitos sociais que os serviços socioassistenciais contratados junto às OSC – que operam no Sistema Único de Assistência Social (SUAS) – asseguram a seus usuários, evidenciando e problematizando a prática de acompanhamento do serviço contratualizado realizada pelo agente público, denominado como Gestor da Parceria pela nova legislação do MROSC, ou como Supervisor Técnico pelas normas anteriores, além de apresentar particularidades da gestão do SUAS na cidade de São Paulo. Com estes objetivos, o estudo se dedicou a identificar as formas do fazer profissional do Gestor da Parceria/Supervisor Técnico de serviços socioassistenciais contratados na cidade de São Paulo, bem como suas principais frentes de atuação, por meio da análise de atos normativos publicados pela Secretaria Municipal de Assistência e Desenvolvimento Social (SMADS). Concluiu-se que a prática de Gestão da Parceria/Supervisão Técnica na cidade de São Paulo está fragilizada, em vista de estímulos normativos que direcionam seu fazer profissional majoritariamente para uma gestão centralizadora, com conteúdo de frente de trabalho demarcado pelo excesso de produção de documentos, pelo forte desequilíbrio na constituição da rede socioassistencial, bem como pelo acúmulo de funções e poder atribuído a algumas OSC que detém maior número de contratos com a gestão paulistana do SUAS. No entanto, apesar desta fragilização, a ação da Gestão da Parceria/Supervisão Técnica poderá ocorrer dentro de normativas já construídas no âmbito do SUAS que consideram o acompanhamento do agente público como um instrumento ou uma mediação com potência para articular o conteúdo do serviço socioassistencial contratado com os direitos dos usuários

Orientador: Raquel Fontes Borghi / Banca: Regiane Helena Bertagna / Banca: Bianca Cristina Correa / Resumo: Esta pesquisa busca estudar as parcerias firmadas entre os municípios médios paulistas e instituições privadas para a oferta de educação infantil. Este estudo é parte integrante da pesquisa interinstitucional intitulada "A oferta educacional na educação infantil: arranjos entre o público e o privado" (BORGHI coord., 2010), financiada pelo Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) e desenvolvida no âmbito do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Política Educacional (Greppe). Mais especificamente, a pesquisa faz uma análise descritiva, no conjunto dos municípios selecionados, considerando: o ano de início da primeira parceria; o tipo da instituição privada parceira; a justificativa para adoção e manutenção da parceria; o termo que regula as parcerias; o formato do subsídio do poder público às instituições parceiras; o ano de integração das instituições ao sistema de ensino; a faixa etária atendida pelas instituições privadas parceiras e a forma de contabilização das matrículas conveniadas no censo escolar. Para subsidiar as análises propostas, foi realizado um levantamento teórico sobre a reforma do Estado empreendida no Brasil na década de 1990 e o contexto político e econômico no qual se insere, bem como sobre a trajetória da educação infantil e do seu financiamento, passando por sua ligação com o assistencialismo até chegar a sua consolidação legal como um direito educacional. O conjunto dos municípios pesquisados se constituiu a partir dos municípios paulistas de médio porte (conforme classificação do IDGE) que firmaram tais parcerias até o ano de 2009, num total e 23 municípios aqui denominados com letras de "A" a "X". Para compor o conjunto de municípios a serem estudados, foram utilizadas informações do banco de dados "Parcerias público-privado", resultante da... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This research seeks to study the agreements between the average counties and private institutions for the provision of early childhood education. This study is part of the research between institutions entitled "The educational provision in kindergarten: arrangements between public and private" (Borghi coordinator, 2010), financed by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and developed within the Group Studies and Research in Educational Policy (Greppe). More specificalIy, the research is a descriptive analysis in all the cities selected, considering: the first year of partnership, the type of private partner institution, the justification for the adoption and maintenance of the partnership, the term governing partnerships; subsidy format of public power partner institutions, the year of integration of the institutions to the education system, the age served by private institutions and partner and de accounting form of the enrolIments covenanted in the school census. To support the proposed analyzes, we performed a theoretical survey on the state reform undertaken in Brazil in the 1990 and the political and economic context in which it operates, as well as on the trajectory of early childhood education and its financing, through its connection with welfare until their legal consolidation of education as a right. All the municipalities surveyed was formed from the mid-sized counties (according to the mGE classification) have entered into such partnerships by the year 2009, totaling 23 municipalities here and named with letters "A" to "X". To compose the set of cities to be studied, we used information from the database "Public-private partnerships", resulting from interinstitutional research "Strategies for the Municipal Provision of Basic Education: analyzing public-private partnerships in the... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Teknologin har gjort stora framsteg de senaste åren. I och med den fortskridande utvecklingen har det skapats nya möjligheter för utveckling, tillväxt och marknadsföring för världens företag. Internet är ett hjälpmedel, som har bidragit till att skapa dessa möjligheter. Denna förmån har även medfört att de anställda kan ägna sig åt ”osynliga” icke-arbetsrelaterade aktiviteter såsom cyberloafing (internetanvändning för privat bruk under arbetstid). Tidigare forskning kom fram till att det finns två nivåer av cyberloafing. Dessa benämndes ”mild” (exempelvis skicka och ta emot privat e-post) och ”grav” (exempelvis delta i online-spel som innefattar riktiga pengar). Studiens syfte var att undersöka vilka aktiviteter, som förekom när de anställda använde sig av cyberloafing och varför cyberloafing utfördes. Syftet med studien var även att studera sambandet mellan deltagarnas inställning till cyberloafing och hur de ansåg att cyberloafing påverkade deras arbetsprestation samt en sambandsstudie mellan hur många gånger per dag som deltagarna i genomsnitt använde sig av cyberloafing och deras inställning till ämnet. Det var även av intresse att undersöka om det fanns några skillnader mellan den offentliga och den privata sektorn. Studien utfördes med hjälp av en webbenkät och hade 87 stycken svarande. Deltagarna var anställda hos företag inom Trestads-området och kravet var att de hade daglig tillgång till Internet. Studiens resultat visade att den mest förekommande aktiviteten var alternativet ”besöker nyhetssajter”. Studiens resultat visade på några signifikanta könsskillnader samt skillnader mellan den offentliga och den privata sektorn. / Technology has made great strides during the last years. The development of technology has created new opportunities for growth and marketing for companies. Internet is a tool that has helped to createtheseopportunities. This asset has also led to an opportunity for employees to engage in”invisible”, non-work related activities such as cyberloafing (internet use for personal use during working hours). Previous researchhas reportedtwo levels of cyberloafing which are called minor cyberloafing (e.g. sending and receiving private e-mail) and severe cyberloafing (e.g. participate in online games involving real money). The purpose of this study was to examine the activities that occurred when employees used the Internet for private purposes and also why cyberloafing occurred. The purpose was also to studytherelationships between participants' attitude towards cyberloafing and how they felt that cyberloafing affected their job performance. It also examined if therewasa connection between how many times per day the participants on average used the cyberloafing and their attitude towards the subject. It was of interest to investigate whether there were any differences between the public and the private sector. The study was conducted using an online questionnaire and had 87 respondents. The participants came from companiesinthe Trestads area. Therequirementwas that the employees had daily access to Internet. Our results showed that the most common activity was visiting news sites. The results of this study showed some significant differences between genders and between the public and the private sector.

The extent of work being contracted out in government and the type of work being contracted out is growing in magnitude. Government agencies wrestle with the effect this has on government operations as the daily work of many government employees is changing from that of actually conducting government work to overseeing government contractors who are now providing goods and services for government. In effect, many government employees are becoming contract managers. However, most studies of government contracting sidestep or ignore the role of individual employees in ensuring the success of contractual relationships with the private sector. Scholars in public policy are calling attention to the need to look at theories from organizational change research and apply them to the context of changing government organizations. Furthermore, organizational change theorists stress the importance of studying individuals within organizations that are undergoing transformations. Heeding this advice, this dissertation research uses the theory of readiness for organizational change from organizational change literature to develop a readiness for contracting construct to study how individual government employees respond to increasing contracting out in government. The readiness for contracting construct builds on current debates about government contracting by encompassing perceptions on the extent to which government contracting is needed and the concept of management capacity as two dimensions of the readiness for contracting construct. This study explores the relationship between readiness for contracting in the context of contracting out in government and 11 career path, involvement, and competence factors identified in the literature that may influence an individual s readiness. The results of multiple regression analysis show that an individual s readiness for contracting is positively predicted by an individual s perceptions of personal impact, information about contracting out, and management support. Results of this research support the need for more attention to be given to individual government employees in the context of government contracting from both a theoretical and pragmatic perspective.

"This document was submitted as a dissertation in December 2009 in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the doctoral degree in public policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School." / Title from PDF title screen (viewed Jan. 21, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-360).

Public private partnership (PPP) is a favorable cooperation mode in delivery of public infrastructure and service projects. This concept is warmly discussed in economic perspective on providing a wide range of general public services. The private sector which involved in the public services work, it helps release public sector’s finance pressure on funds and reduce the risks on conducting the works. When this PPP concept applied into conservation works, government and private sector utilize resource they have and cooperate with each other to realize ultimate work. In general, PPP is applied in the conservation on government owned property and work for public interest. The scale of the project is typically large and last for a long time. The private sectors which join in the work are organizations at most. It is rarely to see government-individual cooperation in PPP mode. Such cooperation is encouraged, since a successful conservation work is not judged by project scale and length of work, even money spending, but the social continuum to the public. Therefore, the key issue addressed by this dissertation is to documentary the conservation work undertaken in a teahouse in Macao, especially focusing on the PPP work in process. The purpose is to reveal a successful conservation practice applied PPP in a small scale, private owned property, an individual as private sector participated in conservation work. The dissertation examines historical, cultural and social backgrounds of the teahouse building and approaches primary source by interviewing with stakeholders on their comments and opinions. After collecting information and analyzing results, a framework on judging the success of PPP work is generated at the end which makes this research valuable and unique. The research work could be used as a reference for future study on PPP work with project characteristics like the case discussed in this dissertation. / published_or_final_version / Conservation / Master / Master of Science in Conservation

This thesis addresses two questions to understand the current situation of technology in Atlanta: Is Atlanta an ideal location for a technology cluster to form? Does a true technology cluster exist in Atlanta? According to cluster literature, there are seven characteristics required for emerging clusters: a high-quality, powerful research university; a skilled labor pool; funding (R&D, venture capital, etc.); favorable policies; linkages; certain city characteristics; and luck. There also are several somewhat-vague characteristics that show success in a cluster. Among these are agglomeration, innovation (where funding and employment are two measures of innovation), and growth. In order to provide a comprehensive assessment of the answers to the two questions, a mixture of summary statistics, shallow case studies, previous analysis, and comparisons of Atlanta with other clusters are blended together to assess Atlanta's performance on each of the characteristics outlined in theory. Where possible, more than one of these measures are used. Of the seven necessary characteristics of cluster creation set out by theory, Atlanta seems to have achieved a passing grade regarding research university, labor pool, and city characteristics, but has a failing grade on policy and linkages. One interesting finding is that Atlanta receives a strong amount of venture capital investment in start-ups but is lacking in later stage companies. Atlanta's success as a cluster is dubious. It has proven somewhat successful in start-ups and in the so-called "Level II" technology companies that have lower levels of technology-oriented jobs and that tend to be more manufacturing focused. It is also possible that a technology cluster is forming in Atlanta, but that it is still in its infancy. With regard to policy, it is recommended that Atlanta gain certain policies that will allow for the characteristics of cluster formation (particularly investment and linkages--since those are the areas where Atlanta is or possibly is lacking) and replace policies that will hinder the growth of technology and investment in the technology industries.