Essays about: "NPM."

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1. 36. Understanding the quality of creative services: How quality is defined and judged in public procurements

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK - Högskolan för design och konsthantverk

   Author : Kristina Jacobson; Lovisa Wernsten; [2016-01-07]
   Keywords : Quality; Public procurement; Creative services; Creativity; Subjective judgement;

   Abstract : Public procurement of creative services is a complex area that is highly debated within the industry. Each year public organisations in Sweden procure goods and services worth SEK 600 billion, equal to one fifth of the Swedish GDP (Konkurrensverket, 2014a: 17). READ MORE

3. 37. Caring for Accounting - a study of the use of accounting information in a hospital clinic

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Anna Heimdahl; Sanne Ståhl; [2016]
   Keywords : NPM; Decision-making; Healthcare; Public Sector; Accounting information;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the role of accounting for decision-making in a healthcare setting, more specifically within a hospital clinic, using a single qualitative approach to receive an in-depth understanding of how and where accounting information is used. A developed research stream within previous research uses professional roles as a central explanatory factor when it comes to attitudes and behaviours towards increasing uses of accounting information. READ MORE

4. 38. Teachers’ perspectives on education under the impact of New Public Management : Exploring public policy effects on the teacher profession in Chile 

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Carolina Miranda Soto; [2016]
   Keywords : teaching profession; professionalism; new public management; public policy; Chile;

   Abstract : This paper provides a qualitative evaluation of the impact that educational policies of new managerial nature have had on Chilean secondary-school teachers’ profession. The study adopts a teacher-centred perspective, arguing for the importance of considering this professional angle in the study of educational policy impact given the teachers’ role in the policy process. READ MORE

5. 39. New Nonprofit Management? A study that investigates the corporatization within nonprofit sports associations

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Johanna Jarlman; Julia Ek; [2015-06-25]
   Keywords : management; corporatization; nonprofit; sports association; NPM; translation; receptivity; New Institutional theory;

   Abstract : Today the nonprofit sports associations in Sweden need to deal with new conditions and social changes occurring in society, many of which idealize business-like structures and strategies. This thesis surveys and analyzes the organization of six chosen nonprofit sports associations within soccer, gymnastics and athletics. READ MORE

6. 40. Bargains and Management by Objectives : On political steering, civil servant influence and public procurement in the City of Stockholm

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Rainer Korkiamäki; Lisa Rudérus; [2015]
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   Abstract : Title: Bargains and Management by Objectives: On political steering, civil servant influence and public procurement in the City of Stockholm. Background: Much research on NPM has been devoted to understanding and explaining the worldwide diffusion of NPM reforms. READ MORE