Search for dissertations about: "Performance management in the public sector"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the words Performance management in the public sector.

  2. 1. Time to Work : Responsibilization and Reification in the Swedish Welfare State

    Author : Desirée Ödén; Mikael Holmgren Caicedo; Fredrik Svärdsten Nymans; Ebba Sjögren; Christine Cooper; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accounting; Management Accounting; Performance; Performance Management; Public Sector; Refugee Crisis; Establishment; Labour Market; Responsibilization; Commodification; Alienation; Reification; Critical Theory; Swedish Public Employment Service; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : In late 2015 and early 2016, more than two million refugees crossed European borders. Sweden, with its 10 million inhabitants welcomed more than 160,000 refugees, the second highest number per capita in Europe. READ MORE

  4. 2. Performance Management and Rationalityin Public Sector Organisations

    Author : Geoffrey Heath; Elisabeth Berg; Jim Barry; John Chandler; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Instrumental rationality; communicative rationality; performance management; public sector organisations; Arbetsvetenskap; Human Work Sciences;

    Abstract : Abstract and Keywords  The thesis concerns different conceptions of rationality and their implications for organisations, especially in the public sector. The focus is on performance management (as widely defined) within public sector organisations as a subject for exploring these issues. READ MORE

  5. 3. Performance Management, Rationality and Participation in Public Sector Organisation

    Author : Geoffrey Heath; Elisabeth Berg; Jim Barry; Suzana Grubnic; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Communicative; instrumental and value rationality; accounting and performance management; public sector organisations; public management and governance; participation; deliberation and democracy; Arbetsvetenskap; Human Work Sciences;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis critically examines the role of performance management in public sector organisations. In particular, it explores how performance management relates to different concepts of rationality (instrumental, value and communicative), including issues around rationality and power, and the relationship between these concepts and various models of participation and democracy. READ MORE

  6. 4. Privatisation of the IT Sector in Sweden

    Author : Kent Springdal; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk teori; ekonometri; organisational change; Privatisation; property rights; transformation; Economics; public choice; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; Nationalekonomi; economic policy; management; Företagsledning; Management of enterprises; ekonomisk politik;

    Abstract : The majority of research on privatisation has been driven by, inter alia, economics. Some economists have argued that private ownership introduces capital market pressures into inefficient state bureaucracies. Private property rights are expected to maximise the incentives for management to achieve a high level of production efficiency. READ MORE

  7. 5. Logistics management operationalised in a healthcare context : Understanding care chain effectiveness through logistics management theories and systems theory

    Author : Malin Wiger; Mats Abrahamsson; Mattias Elg; Fredrik Nilsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Logistics management; Supply chain management; Logistics system; Systems theory; Operationalisation; Care chain effectiveness; Healthcare; Health services sector;

    Abstract : Healthcare improvements is constantly relevant and an important topic. Healthcare is frequently being called upon to be more cost-efficient and still fulfil demands regarding waiting times, quality and availability. READ MORE