...-established policy objectives to professionals' practices, and the health policy implementation context influenced different approaches to frontline staff participation. The authors analysed 26 teams in six cities from two Brazilian states, during the last cycle of the National Program for Improving Access...

...Saheed Adekunle Muraina; Kabiru Isa Dandago Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of the implementation of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) on Nigeria’s financial reporting quality. Design/methodology/approach The study employed a survey...

... qualitative assessment using insights from policy implementation-related theories. Due to limited reporting of target data on SME participation in India, the study conducts analysis based on key informant interviews with 20 public sector enterprises. Findings The evidence drawn from India mainly shows...

...Sara Brorström Purpose – This paper examines innovation implementation in the public sector. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the “black box” of implementation of innovations and then answer questions of hindrances and opportunities when it comes to implementing innovative ideas...

...Jenny Stewart Purpose – The aim of this paper is to understand factors governing the implementation of an innovative public sector program. Design/methodology/approach – A longitudinal case study is used to document change and tension in the implementation process. Findings...

... practices. However the paper shows that the impact has been less than promised. This is due to limitations of certain provisions of the reforms and weaknesses in both implementation and in the accountability of the procuring entities. A key factor in undermining the reforms is widespread corruption, which...

...Jim Hordern Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss different approaches to evaluation taken in the case of two regeneration programmes in England and Wales and identify how assumptions about the nature of policy and programme implementation affect evaluation and considerations of its use...

... service. Following the steps of the “STAIR” (strategy, targets, assessment, implementation, results) model, public sector organisations in Greece are presented with the challenge of transforming themselves from rigid bureaucracies to strategically thinking and acting agencies. Global competition...

... by a calculus of the most efficient means to accomplish given ends. Implementation of TQM facilitates achievement of economic efficiency and survival of organizations. Ansari and Euske (1987) share this view that only those organizations which are more efficient are able to survive by ensuring a continued...

...Jaione Mondragon The process of public policy making involves different levels of government administrative organs and other interests affected by it. One of the essential aspects of the implementation process of public policies is that of intergovernmental relations as, in many cases, the central...

...Neal Ryan Suggests that recent models of programme implementation have attempted to accommodate both “top‐down” and “bottomup” concerns within their framework. Some analysts have argued that future development of implementation analysis requires further consolidation of these models and the range...

... … the decision we have to make is based solely upon our economic status and is not dictated by ideological theories, we are pragmatic[ 5 ]. More than mere changes of nomenclature or ringing phrases were needed, of course. Hard decisions had to be made, and policies and procedures for implementation had...

... evaluations and administers an educational survey. The approach presented can serve as one benchmark for use in the process of re‐evaluating and realigning instructional processes to ensure continuous improvement. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Education Implementation Teachers TQM Universities USA...

... implementation to institutions in recipient countries. From 1992, for example, all new projects financed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will be nationally executed (their terminology). This short article reviews the experience of this form of implementation to date and examines some...