No description available.

Univ., Diss.--Potsdam, 2006.

Syftet med uppsatsen var att belysa hur de kulturella och sociala praktikerna kring ICE HOT, en plattform för samtida dans, var formade och konstituerade. Vår analys grundar sig i hur aktörerna på fältet formas av sannings regimer. Detta undersöktes genom en diskursanalys av primärdata, i form av intervjuer av aktörer i fallet samt publicerade dokument av ICE HOT som sekundärdata. De senaste decenniernas styre av offentlig sektor, har starkt påverkats av influenser från näringslivet, även känt som New Public Management (NPM). Sedan en tid tillbaka går det att skönja hur mål- och resultatstyrning, ökande kontroll, användandet av ekonomiska incitament och köp-och-säljmodeller präglat den offentliga sektorns kultursfär och inte minst kulturpolitiken.  Vi har använt oss av Cornelius Castoriadis ontologisk institutionell teori, Michel Foucaults utgångspunkter om sanning, maktrelationer och governmentality. Samt Eva Bejeroth och Hans Hasselbladhs modell om interventioner. NPM har blivit den hegemoniska diskursen på fältet. Aktörerna tycks i mångt och mycket befinna sig mitt i diskursens bubbla, men i vissa fall finner vi en konkurrerande diskurs. Dock verkar den konkurrerande diskursen ha svårt att undanröja NPMs instrumentella rationalitet, då den förespråkar den kulturella logiken.

Problem. With the Swedish public sectors problem with efficiency in mind, several reforms have beeninitiated during the last decades. These reforms go, in academic contexts, under the name“New public management”. The reforms have resulted in, among other things, an increasedcompetition, privatization and goal-orientation in the public sector. These new conditionshave changed the public leadership challenge and demand an increased focus on innovation todecrease costs and increase value as a central aspect of the Swedish public leadership. Purpose. The purpose for this research has been to examine the conditions for innovation in a publicorganization and how the leadership can improve the organizational innovativeness. Method. This research does not aim to measure the innovativeness in a public organization, instead itfocuses on understanding the condition for innovation and how the leadership can affect theorganizational innovativeness. Hence, it is motivated that I use a qualitative approach in theresearch process. Semi structured interviews and precedent research are being used as afoundation for the results and recommendations given. Conclusion. The leadership’s opportunities to improve the organizational innovativeness depend on anumber of independent organizational variables and the adaption of the variables to oneanother and the system as a whole. Leadership includes both the formal boss and the coworkerin a relationship that ought to be characterizing by reciprocity and cooperation. Bothmanagement and leadership are vital competences for the formal boss as both structure andculture must support each other. The conditions for organizational innovativeness improve ifthe organization has a structure and a culture that enhances: transboundary cooperation, spaceand energy for creative activities, a common context that contributes to an organizationalidentity and motivation and competence and organizational learning. The examinedorganization needs to decentralize the right to make decisions, improve the openness of theculture, and strengthen the organizational identity and audit structures in purpose to facilitatetransboundary cooperation.

Magistrinio darbo tikslas – išsiaiškinti naujosios viešosios vadybos taikymo problemas, išanalizuoti jas ir pateikti galimus sprendimo variantus. Mokslo tiriamajame darbe iškelta hipotezė, jog naujosios viešosios vadybos principų taikymą valstybinėse institucijose apsunkina valdymo reformų ribotumas ir politinės valios bei administracinių gebėjimų stoka. Darbe aptariamos Naujosios viešosios vadybos teorijos idėjos. Remiantis šalių, kuriose jau įvykdytos valstybinio valdymo reformos pavyzdžiais, analizuojami šio naujojo valdymo modelio trūkumai ir privalumai. Magistriniame darbe nagrinėjamos pastarojo modelio taikymo Lietuvoje galimybės ir problemos. Magistrinio darbo tyrimas atliktas keliose ministerijose. Tyrimo metu gautų duomenų analizė patvirtino hipotezėje iškeltas prielaidas. Remiantis respondentų pateiktais atsakymais, galima daryti išvadą, kad bene didžiausi trukdžiai, taikant Naujosios viešosios vadybos teoriją praktikoje, kyla todėl, kad valstybės tarnautojai nėra pasirengę taikyti naujojo valdymo modelio principus. Viešojo sektoriaus tarnautojai neigiamai reaguoja į pokyčius, kadangi, paprastai, tai reiškia griežtesnius reikalavimus jų veiklai, iškyla tinkamos kvalifikacijos klausimas. / The main objective of master's paper is to find out and to analyse the implementation problems of New Public Managemnt, and to submit possible solutions. The hypothesis of this paper is that the implementation of New Public Management is complicated because of limited management reforms and thelack of political awareness and administrative skills. The assumption was confirmed by research datum. There are the ideas of New Public Management theory reviewed. The possibilities and problems of this model implementation in Lithuania are studied.

Oppgaven omhandler utskillingen av Produksjonsvirksomheten i Statens Vegvesen, det som fra 2003 har hett Mesta og hvorda de ansatte ble påvirket av denne utskillingen.

Accounting choice has prior to this dissertation been studied comprehensively in the private sector, and in a small extent in the public sector. The purpose of this study is to explain what factors influence the accounting choice in municipal corporations. The dependent variable, accounting choice, has been limited to explain if the municipal corporations either use the fair-value method or the cost-depreciation method when considering asset value loss. The independent variables are partly derived from the New Public Management, which is an umbrella term for the decentralisation of public state authority. The findings of the study indicate that the factors municipal corporations’ dual role does not influence the accounting choice. However, a correlation between the turnover and the use of the fair-value method has been found. The study also shows that there is a correlation between the regulations of the Municipal Act and the use of fair-value method. Furthermore, only one of the hypotheses was found significant. This stated that there is a positive correlation between the financing from the private sector and the use of cost-depreciation method to value tangible assets. The findings indicate that one cannot study municipal corporations as a single phenomenon (i.e. no municipal corporations is another alike). This is because they incorporate charachteristics from both the public and the private sector, and thus, have different levels of publicness. The limitation of this study is that the dependent variable accounting choice is only considering the asset value loss (i.e. fair-value and cost-depreciation method), and thus, does not give a holistic picture of the research field.

Sammanfattning – “Ekonomistyrning i skolsektorn” Datum:               2014-01-08 Nivå:                   Kandidatuppsats i företagsekonomi, 15hp             Institution:          Akademin för Ekonomi, Samhälle och Teknik, EST Författare:          Robert Ericson                    Thomas Ericson                                     15 juni 1985                        23 mars 1988 Rubrik:                     En studie om likheter och skillnader i styrning av två kommunala och två fristående gymnasieskolor i Västerås              Handledare:           Mona Andersson                Nyckelord:          Ekonomistyrning, kommunal och fristående gymnasieskola, balanserat styrkort, benchmarking, styrning, ansvarsfördelning            Frågeställning:     Vilka styrmedel använder sig gymnasieskolorna av?                          Vad finns det för likheter och skillnader i användningen av styrmedel mellan kommunala och fristående gymnasieskolor? Syfte:                     Syftet med studien är att kartlägga vilka likheter och skillnader det finns mellan två kommunala och två fristående gymnasieskolor i Västerås gäller styrning och uppföljning av verksamheten. Det vi avser att fokusera på är ansvarsfördelning, styrformer och budgetprocessen samt undersöka om balanserat styrkort och benchmarking används av skolorna. Metod:               En kvalitativ metod där intervjuer gjordes med två rektorer på kommunala och två rektorer på fristående gymnasieskolor samt en controller på Barn- och            utbildningsförvaltningen i Västerås. Den teoretiska referensramen baseras på vetenskapliga artiklar, böcker om ekonomistyrning och två statliga utredningar.            Slutsats:            Studiens jämförelse mellan kommunala och fristående gymnasieskolor visar att de olika aktörernas verksamhet och styrmedel till stor del liknar varandra. Samtliga skolor har resultatansvar, resultatstyrning, målstyrning och budgetstyrning. Den största skillnaden är att de fristående skolornas rektorer har ett större eget bestämmande över resursförbrukningen.

This thesis employs a multiple case study design to examine the challenges, benefits, and limitations associated with the contracting and procurement frameworks used by three Alberta ministries for the purchase of employment services, including services for people with disabilities. Each framework reflects a market emphasis to varying degrees, and one is seemingly at odds with a shared governance legacy and transformational vision. A literature review inventories a host of issues related to new public management era contracting and the more recent trend toward collaborative or horizontal governance. Semi-structured interviews were used to explore the impact of market mechanisms on inter-organizational dynamics and organizational mandate and autonomy, the use of performance contracting for services for disabled populations, and a governance framework that serves as a backdrop for contracting reforms. It is suggested that the market model begins to strain where services are designed for people with more complex needs and where the overarching goals are intended to bring about societal transformation. The province may be reaching the limits of where a market-inspired model can be expected to produce meaningful results.

The thesis explores the nature and characteristics of the independent regulatory agencies, which become a crucial component of the current administrative structures,as well as the possible sources and dynamics behind their emergence. The study begins with investigating in what way the methodological premises of the theories of public choice, new public management, and governance affected the formation, functioning and justification of these agencies and makes an inquiry into the connection between them and the neo-liberal policies implemented since the 1980s.It then focuses on the independent regulatory agencies in the Turkish case and examines the impact of the economic and political conditions in the neo-liberal period in the emergence of these agencies. The thesis seeks to explain the peculiarity of the emergence of IRAs in Turkey, as compared to their American and European counterparts, with special reference to the process of European Integration and to the pressures exerted by the international financial agencies within the context of economic crisis. As geared to the achievement of these objectives, a critical assessment of the debates on independent regulatory agencies in the literature has been made within the scope of the study.