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An evaluation of a performance management system within a division of a large organisation in the public sectorHerholdt, Memorie 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Today’s competitive and dynamic business world, solicits ever higher levels of performance and
productivity. At the core of this drive to higher performance is the enhancement and managing
of employees’ performance through a Performance Management system. Performance
Management however, is a very complex, multi-dimensional and integrated system with a
number of interacting critical prerequisites. Even in ideal circumstances, these fundamental
elements would, in all likelihood, not all be satisfied during the initial phases of implementing a
Performance Management system.
The concern existed, on the basis of the abovementioned probabilities, that the Performance
Management system of the Children and Families Division (CAF) of the Department of Health
and Human Services (DHHS) of Tasmania, Australia, was not enjoying optimal operational
effectiveness. The aim of this study was to identify those factors in the system that are
underdeveloped, possibly unsuccessfully implemented or in need of attention as they impact
negatively on the effective running of the CAF’s Performance Management system.
A suitable tool for this diagnostic purpose already exists in the form of the Performance
Management Audit Questionnaire (PMAQ), developed by Spangenberg and Theron (1997).
Through administering and analysing the PMAQ results, the CAF could obtain a clear indication
of the system’s current effectiveness and would be able to identify where the problem areas are
in order to refine the system for greater operational effectiveness.
The results successfully identified the underdeveloped or absent areas of the organisation’s
current Performance Management system. The results further found a clear difference between
managerial and non-managerial perceptions of the effectiveness of the Performance
Management system. The implications of these findings are discussed in terms of proposed
remedial actions that could be implemented to address the problem areas. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: ‘n Konstante strewe na steeds hoër vlakke van prestasie en produktiwiteit is aan die orde van die
dag in die huidige hoogs kompeterende en dinamiese besigheidswêreld. Die verbetering en
bestuur van werknemers se prestasie deur middel van ‘n Prestasiebestuurstelsel, blyk ‘n sleutel
te bied tot hierdie strewe na hoër prestasie. Prestasiebestuur is egter ‘n hoogs komplekse, multidimensionele
en geintegreerde stelsel met ‘n aantal interverwante kritieke vereistes. Selfs onder
ideale omstandighede, sou dit onwaarskynlik wees dat al hierdie fundamentele elemente
aangespreek sou kon word gedurende die anvanklike fases van die implementering van ‘n
Prestasiebestuurstelsel.
In die lig van die bogenoemde waarskynlikhede, het daar spesifiek twyfel geheers oor die mate
waartoe die Prestasiebestuurselsel van die ‘Children and Families’ (CAF) afdeling van die
‘Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in Tasmanië, Australie, optimale
operasionele effektiwiteit weerspieël. Die doel van hierdie studie was om die faktore binne die
stelsel te identifiseer wat onderskeidelik onderontwikkeld, onsuksesvol geimplementeer, of
aandag benodig het ten einde hulle negatiewe impak op die effektiewe bedryf van die CAF se
Prestasiebestuurstelsel aan te spreek.
‘n Geskikte hulpmiddel vir so ‘n diagnostiese doelwit het reeds bestaan in die vorm van die
Performance Management Audit Questionnaire (PMAQ) wat deur Spangenberg en Theron
(1997) ontwikkel is. Deur middel van die administrasie van die PMAQ en die analise van die
resultate, sou die CAF ‘n duidelike aanduiding kon verkry van die stelsel se effektiwiteit en sou
hulle die probleemareas kon identifiseer ten einde die stelsel tot groter operasionele effektiwiteit
te verfyn.
Die resultate het die leemtes en onder-ontwikkelde areas binne die organisasie se huidige
Presasiebestuurselsel suksesvol geidentifiseer. Die resultate het verder gedui op ‘n duidelike
verskil tussen die persepsies van bestuurders en nie-bestuurders oor die effektiwiteit van die
Prestasiebestuurstelsel. Die implikasies van hierdie bevindings word ten slotte bespreek in
terme van die voorgestelde remediëringsaksies wat geimplementeer sou kon word om die
probleemareas aan te spreek.
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Insider perspectives of education, health and care plansRedwood, Morwenna January 2015 (has links)
The introduction of Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans proposed in the Children and Families Act 2014 has aimed to give parents and children who are going through the assessment process greater control and choice in decisions, and enhance the multi-professional collaboration between education, health services and social care. This research seeks to evaluate to what extent parents’, children and young people’s, and professionals' experiences correspond to these values at an early stage of implementation. The methodology of this thesis is based on a realistic evaluation framework informed by the work of Pawson and Tilley (1997). Realistic evaluation aims to construct a programme theory which links three distinct broad aspects of a programme: its context, mechanisms and outcomes (C-M-Os). This research employs a programme theory of how an EHC assessment is conducted and has been developed from the current literature on person-centred theory. Person-centred theory has been chosen because of its corresponding value base to the SEND reforms and the recommendation of its use in a number of government policy documents including the SEND Code of Practice (DfE, 2014). The programme theory has been used to devise questionnaires that have sought to gain professionals' experiences of the assessment process, particularly in relation to multi-agency working, and their perceptions of the person-centred nature of the assessment. In addition, five case studies have explored these issues in more depth to ascertain whether the EHC assessment process in this authority is meeting the core aims of the Children and Families Act 2014. Semi structured interviews and card sorting tasks were devised using the programme theory and conducted with a total of one child, five families and five professionals from five individual EHC assessments. This analysis goes beyond a description of the facilitating factors and barriers to person-centred support and examines how person-centred outcomes arise from specific contexts and mechanisms. Findings suggest that experiences of face-to-face multi-professional collaboration were positive within the EHC assessment group. Nevertheless, professionals expressed frustration that in some cases colleagues were not able to attend meetings due to time constraints, capacity within their services and the commissioning arrangements of their services. Parental and professional experiences of the process appear to be positive. The research demonstrates one case study where a person centred planning approach was utilised very successfully from the perspective of all involved. However, there are significant concerns raised in both phases of this study as to the way in which children and young people are provided with opportunities of contributing to their EHC assessment. The findings are relevant to the development of the EHC assessment process in the local authority (LA) in which I am employed, and will contribute to the debate about the role of educational psychologists (EPs) in evaluating this national policy.
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The dilemmas and challenges of teenage motherhood exploring the barriers in the discovery of the self : a project based upon an independent investigation located in Berkshire Children and Families, Child Care of the Berkshires, The Helen Berube Teen Parent Program /Colvin, Rebecca Marie. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2007 / Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Social Work. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-62).
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Love and Learn: Creating Space for Authentic Caring in Family Child CareMeehan, Katherine Kelly Hart 07 July 2022 (has links)
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