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Xie, Yan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The diversity of US institutions of higher education is manifested in many ways. This study looks at that diversity from the economic perspective by studying the subsidy structure through the distribution of institutional price-cost ratio (PCR), defined as the sum of net tuition price divided by total supplier cost and equals to one minus…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Institutional Characteristics, Grants
Leuschner, Kristin J. – RAND Corporation, 2010
During the past two decades, performance-based accountability systems (PBASs), which link financial or other incentives to measured performance as a means of improving services, have gained popularity among policymakers. Although PBASs can vary widely across sectors, they share three main components: goals (i.e., one or more long-term outcomes to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Rewards, Public Service, Public Sector
Russell, Helen; Smyth, Emer; O'Connell, Philip J. – Journal of Youth Studies, 2010
In this paper we seek to investigate the role of different factors in accounting for the differences in earnings among recent graduates working in the private sector in Ireland. Three years after graduation there is a pay gap of 8 per cent in hourly wages between male and female graduates in the private sector and a 4 per cent non-significant gap…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Females, College Graduates, Salary Wage Differentials
Davis, Girte Leah – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation examined the performance outcomes of public management networks (PMNs) in the disaster management context. The effectiveness of three disaster response sub-networks in the area of evacuation were examined and compared using the case of the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans, Louisiana in August 2005: Citizen Protection:…
Descriptors: Public Administration, Emergency Programs, Natural Disasters, Weather
Laiho, Maarit; Brandt, Tiina – Career Development International, 2012
Purpose: The article aims to report the findings of quantitative and qualitative analysis of the benefits, drawbacks and future prospects of formal mentoring in medium-sized and large organisations. Design/methodology/approach: The empirical data for the study were collected via an online survey, and consist of responses from 152 human resource…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Staff Development, Human Resources
Eikeland, Olav – Educational Action Research, 2012
The purpose of this article is to present a specific approach to the practice of action research "in complex organisations". Clearly, there are many approaches to the challenge of doing action research in organisations; approaches that are, and also must be, quite context dependent and specific. But my purpose is neither to give an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Organizational Development, Research Methodology
Phillips, Jack J.; Phillips, Patti – Performance Improvement, 2009
The demand for accountability through measurement continues to increase. Although much progress has been made, it remains an issue that challenges even the most sophisticated and progressive performance improvement function. This article provides an overview of best practices in the return-on-investment process and describes how applying these…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Public Sector, Outcomes of Education, Accountability
Ballantyne, Scott; Berret, Beth; Wells, Mary Ellen – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011
Planning in Reverse is an innovative concept designed to make organizations more successful by altering the perspective utilized in the strategy process. What is needed for organizations to thrive in this new environment of change and uncertainty is a short-term approach for long-term viability. In this book, tools and concepts regarding Planning…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Private Sector, Public Sector, Organizational Development
Giroux, Henry A. – Policy Futures in Education, 2011
This article argues that under neoliberal casino capitalism there has been a wholesale attack not only on the social state but also on those public spheres that enable the formative cultures necessary to produce critical agents, engaged subjects, and the literacies necessary to make power and authority accountable. In this instance, the struggle…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, World Views, Power Structure, Public Sector
Tan, Soo Jiuan; Tambyah, Siok Kuan – Social Indicators Research, 2011
This study examines generalized trust and trust in institutions in Confucian Asia, covering six countries namely, China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam, and one dependent region, Hong Kong. Using data from the 2006 AsiaBarometer Survey, our study affirms the reliability and validity of using a two-item scale to measure…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trust (Psychology), Reliability, Validity
Conrad, Cynthia; Coleman, Charles – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
Teaching Chinese students in an American university can be both challenging and rewarding. Cultural and language differences can lead to some superficial confusion and interpretational problems. However, the vast differences in the ways Chinese students view the role of the public sector, as compared to the US, can mean that the instructors and…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Public Administration, Foreign Countries, Public Sector
Adodo, S. O.; Adewole, Timothy – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2013
This study investigated acquired and required competencies in interactive computer technology (ICT) in labour data were collected from employers' and employees'. The study is a descriptive research of the survey type. The population of the study consisted of unemployed graduates, employed graduates and various parastatal where graduates seek for…
Descriptors: Employers, Labor Market, Information Technology, Foreign Countries
Universities UK, 2010
This report summarises the findings of research commissioned by Universities UK into the role and contribution of higher education in the UK's creative economy. The research gathered evidence from existing data and research as well as case study analysis and contributions from industry, higher education and public sector partners. The findings…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Evidence, Foreign Countries, Education Work Relationship
Pokharel, Mohan P.; Hult, Karen M. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the learning dynamics in the local level public organizations due to a policy intervention in collaboration with university. This study aims to identify the existence of four different types of organizational learning in different localities and to explain their implications to public sector…
Descriptors: Public Sector, Foster Care, Public Agencies, Organizational Development
Eriksson, Lisbeth; Forsberg, Anette – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2010
On the basis of a three-year study of the role of popular education in local development processes in Sweden (2006-2008), this paper sets out to outline the role of popular education as a development actor in rural and urban contexts. Two different scenarios and approaches are discussed. One is the role of popular education in rural areas, which…
Descriptors: Community Development, Popular Education, Urban Areas, Rural Areas