... sectors in Norway. For understanding the use of contracting out in local governments, it highlights the relevance of the capability perspective in organisational literature as an alternative to the standard efficiency perspective. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on four expert...

... on production frontiers. Frontier models can be parametric or non parametric. The former estimate a cost function by adopting a multivariate regression analysis of a specific data set, formed by inputs and outputs of production (for instance, cost of labor, cost of capital and water delivered). The efficiency...

... and the implications for implementation in Northern Ireland in particular, and considers it against existing management literature and practice. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Management Efficiency Control Leadership Teachers Education Managerialism has been referred to as the private sector “solution...

... the modalities for generating organisation and efficiency reforms in the Tanzanian civil service. It highlights the central role of middle‐ranking civil servants in the twin process of learning and the building of capacity. It looks at the resulting impact of the organisation and efficiency reforms. Finally...

... for the rapid rate of change that it is now experiencing. An example of this is the proposed restructuring of the steel industry in Slovenia: © MCB UP Limited 1996 Effectiveness Efficiency Public administration Public sector Slovenia The movement towards democratization in the former...

... without changing ownership to private investors ‐ is likely to provide similar efficiency gains. Examines this hypothesis empirically in the context of state‐owned manufacturing enterprises in India that face effective competition from private sector firms. Shows, from analysis of variance of efficiency...

... as a part of the reform process. Focuses on the organizational strategies in implementing such reforms. Although the progress has been significant, problems of implementation and change of organizational culture remain. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Accounting systems Corporate culture Efficiency...

...Irvine Lapsley Examines recent reforms of the UK′s National Health Service (NHS),and explores the pressures for change in the pursuit of an efficient NHS and the conflicts which this causes in an organization which was based on the aim of equity. In particular, addresses the “false revolutions...

...) of the goods is charged, either across the agency or to outsiders who purchase the service, efficiency in terms of appropriate allocation of resources is enhanced. Also, the police board is then in a better position to argue for funding for those services which contain a greater degree of “publicness”, since...

... on the state and local levels. Also analyses a method to compute efficient versus inefficient performance. Lastly, in an effort to introduce competition and force performance measurement, there is a move to convert many services to private sector contractors. Even public school children would be allowed...

...‐offs between efficiency and some other goal, such as equity. To get more equity one has to give up some efficiency[ 13 ]. More often, they are forced to settle on compromise solutions that mirror the preferences of dominant interest groups and influential decision makers. An attempt to apply hard...

...Clive R. Kinder A case study of a performance improvement programme in a Third World hospital is used to illustrate the Total Resource Management approach in institutional development. The approach requires a careful securing of both organisational effectiveness and efficiency. The causes of poor...

...R. Glendinning The Concept of Value for Money (VFM) in everyday life is easily understood: not paying more for a good or service than its quality or availability justify. In relation to public spending it implies a concern with economy (cost minimisation), efficiency (output maximisation...