...Margaret Bancerz Purpose This paper analyzes scholarly literature and the development of a nonstate food strategy in Canada, the Conference Board of Canada's Canadian Food Strategy, to explore the role of the administrative state in food policymaking. Design/methodology/approach This research...

.... Virtual team performance Leadership Perceived team dynamics Team collaboration Perceived e-leadership Canada Public organizations face an unprecedented challenge in organizing resources and managing workforce constraints due to increasing market complexity, economic instability and employee...

..., including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA, typically as part of broader public management reforms (Hood, 1995 ; Pollitt and Bouckaert, 2004 ; Moynihan and Kroll, 2014). In accordance with the arguments of “new public management” (Hood, 1995), the major assumption behind...

..., locally set priorities, no clear definition of what constitutes a good level of performance, and changes in the indicators over time. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Canada Organizational culture Benchmarking Local government Performance improvement Performance regime Over...

...Ian Roberge; David K. Jesuit; William P. Anderson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe an economic region straddling the Canada‐USA border between Ontario and Michigan from historical and contemporary perspectives. It aims to highlight policy challenges for federal, state, provincial...

... responsibilities can impede effective policy capacity in relation to learning. Financial services Regulation Financial crisis Policy learning Policy capacity Canada © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Current Finance minister Jim Flaherty seized on the global crisis to advance the federal...

.... The implications of these transitions suggest the need for horizontal collaboration and coordination between policy stakeholders (domestic and international) as well as among agencies across various levels of government. The case of regional economic development policy governance in Canada over the past two...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Public sector Training transfer Leadership training Training participation Public sector organizations Training Leadership Canada Northern Ireland For the past two decades the public sector has faced significant challenges related to cost...

... as to stakeholders interested in well‐functioning public sector organizations. We focus on these two cases for a number of reasons. First, as part of the Government of Canada's bilateral assistance to developing countries in the area of public sector reform through the Canadian International Development Agency...

... 2010 Knowledge management Public sector organizations Modelling Canada The tacit‐to‐tacit knowledge conversion or socialization process has been best observed in the laboratory clusters during their first year of existence when they met in face‐to‐face environments, in meetings...

... in the healthcare sector. Balanced scorecard Management strategy Health services Canada Decision making Strategic planning The health system in Ontario, Canada, has undergone structural changes over the last few years as part of the government's strategic initiatives to develop “a patient‐focused...

...David Try; Zoe Radnor Purpose This article aims to report on research undertaken to assess the utility of public value theory in understanding results‐based management from the perception of public sector executives in Canada. Design/methodology/approach The research was carried out using...

...Sylvia Horton; Daniel J. Caron; David Giauque Purpose To compare and contrast the changes introduced in Canada and Switzerland as a result of public management reforms and explore the ethical challenges they entail. Design/methodology/approach This is a case study of two countries based...

... that was once resident within an enterprise. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Middle managers Public sector organizations Knowledge management Canada In public and private organizations alike, executives are faced with enormous challenges as they come to the realization...

... performance measurement and reporting requirements for municipalities in Canada lag those in the UK, the USA, and Australia, a significant degree of usage occurred voluntary in Canadian municipalities. Performance measurement in the public sector is concerned with the assessment of performance...

... review of the literature was completed as a foundation for creating a semi‐structure interview questionnaire used in a series of interviews with audit executives from 20 audit organizations in Canada's public sectors. Findings The study found a distinct disconnect between what is reported...

... organizations with success and its application in the government sector is explored in this study. Results of a survey of municipal governments in the USA and Canada show that there is limited use of the balanced scorecard. Most municipal governments, however, have developed measures to assess...

...P.S. Reddy The former municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was Canada’s largest government and a unique body. It was abolished on 31 December 1997 and a new unified City was ushered in on 1 January 1998. It consists of all the former municipalities of the Metropolitan Council and has reduced...

...Stephen P. Osborne; Vic Murray Explores a conceptual approach to understanding the processes of collaborative relationships. It is applied to a case study of non‐profit collaboration. It both uses it to understand the dynamics of collaboration among a group of four non‐profit agencies in Canada...

... an appropriate “value” framework, and that autonomy of community organisations from government may vary according to broader objectives within policy areas. Australia Canada Contracting out New Zealand Public sector Social services © MCB UP Limited 1999 Increasingly, governments across...