The goal of this report is to study University of Concepcion preservice teachers’ conceptions about what it means to be a good citizen, public institutions, and efficiency of the political action. The study was conducted by using an exploratory and quantitative method. Data about conceptions, attitudes and actions was gathered by using a test developed by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). In 1999, the test was applied to Chilean students and in 2009; the test was applied to primary and middle school students (Mineduc, 2004). Findings show that pre-service teachers have a low interest as well as comprehension about politics. In addition, they show very low confidence in public institutions such as government, congress, police, justice system, and political parties. On the other hand, they show high value regarding civil rights, the rol of the government and opportunities provided by democracy. / El artículo informa los resultados de una investigación que tuvo como objetivo estudiar las concepciones, con las que ingresan el universo de estudiantes de pedagogía a estudiar en la Universidad de Concepción, sobre lo que es un buen ciudadano, las instituciones públicas, y la efectividad de la acción política.La investigación, de carácter cuantitativa y exploratoria, utilizó, como instrumento para recoger la información, la encuesta de conceptualizaciones, actitudes y acciones utilizada en la prueba de la International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), aplicada en Chile en 1999 y 2009 en la educación general (Mineduc, 2004).Los resultados demostraron que los estudiantes, al comenzar sus estudios de pedagogía, manifiestan un bajo interés y comprensión de la política y, a la vez, una muy baja confianza en las instituciones públicas, como el gobierno, el congreso, la policía, los tribunales de justicia y los partidos políticos. Se destacan por la valoración que hacen de sus derechos, del rol del Estado y de las oportunidades que ofrece la democracia. / O artigo informa os resultados de uma pesquisa que teve como objetivo estudar as concepções com as que ingressam o universo de estudantes de licenciatura a estudar na Universidad de Concepcióm, sobre o que é um bom cidadão, as instituições públicas, e a efetividade da ação política.A pesquisa, de caráter quantitativo e exploratório, utilizou como instrumento para colher a informação o questionário de conceitualizações, atitudes e ações utilizado no exame da International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), aplicada no Chile em 1999 e em 2009 na educação em geral (Mineduc, 2004).Os resultados demonstraram que os estudantes, ao começar seus estudos em licenciatura, manifestam um baixo interesse e compreensão da política e, ao mesmo tempo, uma confiança muito baixa nas instituições públicas como o governo, o Congresso, a polícia, os tribunais de justiça e os partidos políticos.Destacando-se pela avaliação que fazem dos seus direitos, do papel do Estado e das oportunidades que oferece a democracia.

El proceso de formación de un gobierno –que, según algunos de los conceptos que se manejan sobre cohesión social, permitiría avanzar por la senda del progreso de la sociedad– carece de procesos articuladores que permitan su funcionamiento eficiente en la práctica. En ese sentido, se hace necesaria la creación de mecanismos que permitan el ejercicio comunicacional entre la población y sus instituciones públicas, de modo que la ejecución de proyectos se acerque al objetivo último que debería ser el bien común. Este trabajo propone un modelo que busca la efectividad comunicacional entre ciudadanía y organismos públicos, sobre la base de una conceptualización de la cohesión y articulación social desde una mirada comunicacional, considerando los aspectos, procesos y presunciones con los que actualmente actúan algunas instituciones públicas peruanas. Se plantea el concepto de desfragmentación organizacional, el cual contribuye a entender las brechas que alejan a la sociedad de la cohesión / The process of forming a government -which, according to some of the concepts that are handled on social cohesion, would advance along the path of progress of society- lacks articulators processes to function efficiently in practice. In that sense, is necessary the creation of mechanisms enabling the communication exercise between the population and public institutions, so that project implementation to the ultimate objective should be the common good approach. This paper proposes a model that seeks the communicational effectiveness between citizens and public institutions, based on a conceptualization of cohesion and social articulation from a communicational glance, considering the aspects, processes and assumptions with currently operating some Peruvian public institutions. The concept of organizational defragmentation arises, which helps to understand the gaps that keep society cohesion.

Strategic planning as a technique had its peak in Brazil around 1990 in business, and this positive expectation expanded to public organizations as a panacea for all the ills of the sector. Questioning the excessive optimism, this study analyzed the strategic decisions of public managers of the Municipality of Santiago / RS follow the formal strategic planning. This paper is a case study and in order to achieve the proposed goal, this assumes descriptive and qualitative treatment of data using the technique of analysis of content. Participated in the research seven managers from different hierarchical levels of the municipal government, and were used as instruments for data collection the analysis of documents and guided interviews by a predetermined script (protocol). The interviews were transcribed under the authorization of the respondents that the analysis of content by Bardin's vision was made. For this, the interviews were subjected to successive readings in order to identify the presence of certain contents, whose analysis categories were: the planning cycle, programmed and non-programmed decisions (intuition), the bureaucracy, the importance of strategic planning in the public sector, the continuity of strategic actions, the federal and state legal / political changes, community involvement, innovative profile. In a second moment, it started the search for factors that would fit in the categories analyzed. That is, we sought to find the words that were relevant to all the contents of each answer, and they had the same sense, and were eliminated those without pertinence to this research. The interviews took place in the months of March and July 2014. The main results expose that strategic planning influences the decision- making of municipal managers because in the thirteen years of its development and implementation reached 83% of the actions performed in 2013. However, the feeling of managers and your leadership profile are essential to deal with emergency situations and coin the differential in public management. / O planejamento estratégico como técnica teve seu auge no Brasil por volta de 1990 nas empresas, e essa expectativa positiva expandiu-se para as organizações públicas como uma panaceia para todas as mazelas desse setor. Questionando o otimismo excessivo, este estudo analisou se a tomada das decisões estratégicas dos gestores públicos da Prefeitura Municipal de Santiago/RS segue o planejamento estratégico formal. O presente trabalho é um estudo de caso e, a fim de atingir o objetivo proposto, este assume caráter descritivo e com tratamento qualitativo dos dados através da técnica de análise de conteúdo. Participaram da pesquisa sete gestores de diferentes níveis hierárquicos da prefeitura municipal, e utilizaram-se como instrumentos de coleta de dados a análise de documentos e entrevistas guiadas por um roteiro (protocolo) pré-estabelecido. As entrevistas foram transcritas sob a autorização dos respondentes para que fosse feita a análise de conteúdo à visão de Bardin (2006). Para tanto, as entrevistas foram submetidas a sucessivas leituras de modo a identificar a presença de certos conteúdos, cujas categorias de análise foram: ciclo de planejamento, decisões programadas e não programadas (intuição), burocracia, a importância do planejamento estratégico no setor público, a continuidade das ações estratégicas, as mudanças políticas/legais federal e estadual, participação comunitária e perfil inovador. Em um segundo momento, iniciou-se a procura de fatores que se enquadrassem nas categorias em análise. Ou seja, buscou-se encontrar as palavras que eram relevantes em todo o conteúdo de cada resposta e que possuíam o mesmo sentido, e foram eliminados aqueles sem pertinências para esta pesquisa. As entrevistas ocorreram nos meses de março e julho de 2014. Os principais resultados encontrados expõem que o planejamento estratégico influencia a tomada de decisão dos gestores municipais, pois nos treze anos de sua elaboração e implementação atingiu 83% das ações executadas, em 2013. No entanto, o feeling dos gestores e seu perfil de liderança são essenciais para lidar com situações emergenciais e cunhar o diferencial na gestão pública.

Wie kann ein Transfer zwischen Hochschule und Gesellschaft gelingen? Am Beispiel der Profillinie Bibliothekspädagogik im Masterstudiengang Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft an der Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig (HTWK Leipzig) wird gezeigt, wie durch eine enge Verknüpfung von Lehre und Praxis Studierenden ein Einstieg in gesellschaftliches Engagement ermöglicht wird. Die Bedingungen und positiven Faktoren des Gelingens von Service Learning von der organisatorischen Planung bis zur Umsetzung werden anhand dieses Beispiels dargestellt. Dabei wird nicht nur die Perspektive der Lernenden, sondern auch die der Lehrenden und der Praxiseinrichtungen betrachtet.

Thesis (MPA.) -- University of Limpopo, 2021 / In developing countries like South Africa, a skills shortage is already one of the most important problems of the twenty-first century. Consequently, South African public institutions have adopted an internship programme to enhance skills development, knowledge and experience, concentrating on a particular population. An internship, as established by the South African Cabinet in December 2002, is a graduate work experience programme aimed at unemployed graduates aged 18 to 35. Therefore, the study assessed the impact of the internship programme on skills development in selected government departments in Limpopo Province. Secondary to the aim, the study explored the nature of internship programme and skills development in public institutions. It also evaluated the link between an internship programme and skills development and concluded by highlighting challenges and opportunities for an internship programme. The researcher used a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods, with semi-structured questionnaires for current and previous interns, to achieve the study's goals. Face to face interviewing method was used to collect data from public officials in the three selected government departments in Limpopo Province - Department of Education (DOE), Provincial Treasury, and Department of Sport, Arts and Culture. Although public institutions are regarded as hosts of internship programme, pitfalls associated with the internship programme in the South African public institutions persist. The study found, to a large extend, a huge impact of internship programme on skills development in the three selected government departments in Limpopo Province. The study further established that not all participants were clear with the job description of the internship programme. The imprecise job description could confuse interns as they would not know their expected daily performance in government departments. The study argues that such may result in displacement and a lack of sense of belonging among interns within their respective government departments. / (Services SETA)

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The research investigates the retention of employees in the institutions of higher learning and the focus is placed on the Central University of Technology: Free State (CUT). The research is undertaken because the employees at the Central University of Technology: Free State, are resigning from their positions and join rival institutions and other organisations. This creates a problem on part of students, fellow employees and management. There is therefore, a need to find reasons behind these mass resignations of employees and also to look at the retention strategies that can be employed to keep employees at the Central University of Technology: Free State. In order to address the above purpose of the research, various retention strategies to keep talented employees are discussed, and factors that lead to employees leaving the institutions are also placed under the spotlight. The discussion shows that talent management has a direct relationship with employee needs and motivation. Qualitative and quantitative methods of research are used to analyse the retention strategies employed at the Central University of Technology: Free State. The findings of the research reveal that factors such as working environment, satisfying work-life, personal career development, emotional exhaustion as well as rewards versus performance exacerbate mass exodus of talented employees at the institution. It is also disclosed that there are retention strategies in place but are not effectively implemented. The findings revealed that managers and supervisors play crucial roles in the interpretation and implementation of strategies. Working conditions should be improved so that employees stay with the institution and perform to the best of their ability. Training should be made compulsory for every employee as it provides necessary skills. Best performance and rewards should match performance in order to keep employees at the institution. / Public Administration & Management / M.Admin. (Public Administration)

This thesis deals with the prevention of youth delinquency in the Czech Republic. The theoretical basis is characteristic of individual in adolescence and system description prevention of youth delinquency. The section devoted to adolescence describes individuals aged 15-18years, describes the psychological and developmental characteristics. An Attention is paid to the causes of youth delinquency. The prevention part explains the theoretical foundations on which is a system of prevention in the Czech Republic. This thesis describes the system and highlights the continuity and consistency between the elements of the system. Special attention is given to prevention at the school and local community. The empirical part is devoted to identifying the opinions and attitudes of the respondents in the area of prevention. The survey used two methods of qualitative research - questionnaires and brainstorming. Keywords youth, adolescence, delinquency, prevention, public institutions, private institutions, schools, local location, street work, Ide - threshold institution, interview, brainstorming

The research investigates the retention of employees in the institutions of higher learning and the focus is placed on the Central University of Technology: Free State (CUT). The research is undertaken because the employees at the Central University of Technology: Free State, are resigning from their positions and join rival institutions and other organisations. This creates a problem on part of students, fellow employees and management. There is therefore, a need to find reasons behind these mass resignations of employees and also to look at the retention strategies that can be employed to keep employees at the Central University of Technology: Free State. In order to address the above purpose of the research, various retention strategies to keep talented employees are discussed, and factors that lead to employees leaving the institutions are also placed under the spotlight. The discussion shows that talent management has a direct relationship with employee needs and motivation. Qualitative and quantitative methods of research are used to analyse the retention strategies employed at the Central University of Technology: Free State. The findings of the research reveal that factors such as working environment, satisfying work-life, personal career development, emotional exhaustion as well as rewards versus performance exacerbate mass exodus of talented employees at the institution. It is also disclosed that there are retention strategies in place but are not effectively implemented. The findings revealed that managers and supervisors play crucial roles in the interpretation and implementation of strategies. Working conditions should be improved so that employees stay with the institution and perform to the best of their ability. Training should be made compulsory for every employee as it provides necessary skills. Best performance and rewards should match performance in order to keep employees at the institution. / Public Administration and Management / M. Admin. (Public Administration)