Download or read book Increased Resources to Improve Public Services written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2004 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 2002, the Government announced a public expenditure increase of £61 billion over three years, to be targeted at improving key public services. The three largest recipients of the extra funding were the Department for Education and Skills, the Department of Health and the Department for Transport. Following on from a NAO report on this topic (HCP 234, session 2003-04; ISBN 0102927103) published in January 2004, the Committee's report examines how these departments are using their extra resources, focusing on three main issues: the complexity of the service deliver chain, how they can secure further improvements in service quality, and performance monitoring and benchmarking. Conclusions reached include that, complex delivery chains and financing mechanisms need to be simplified, and a direct link established between funding and specific targets for service improvements. As all three departments deliver services indirectly through a network of partners and contractors, they need to ensure delivery partners have sufficient capability and capacity to deliver services effectively. Departments should also share information on their plans to increase delivery capacity more widely among key suppliers.
Download or read book The Future of the Public s Health in the 21st Century written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-02-01 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The anthrax incidents following the 9/11 terrorist attacks put the spotlight on the nation's public health agencies, placing it under an unprecedented scrutiny that added new dimensions to the complex issues considered in this report. The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century reaffirms the vision of Healthy People 2010, and outlines a systems approach to assuring the nation's health in practice, research, and policy. This approach focuses on joining the unique resources and perspectives of diverse sectors and entities and challenges these groups to work in a concerted, strategic way to promote and protect the public's health. Focusing on diverse partnerships as the framework for public health, the book discusses: The need for a shift from an individual to a population-based approach in practice, research, policy, and community engagement. The status of the governmental public health infrastructure and what needs to be improved, including its interface with the health care delivery system. The roles nongovernment actors, such as academia, business, local communities and the media can play in creating a healthy nation. Providing an accessible analysis, this book will be important to public health policy-makers and practitioners, business and community leaders, health advocates, educators and journalists.
Download or read book The Future of Public Health written by Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1988-01-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Nation has lost sight of its public health goals and has allowed the system of public health to fall into 'disarray'," from The Future of Public Health. This startling book contains proposals for ensuring that public health service programs are efficient and effective enough to deal not only with the topics of today, but also with those of tomorrow. In addition, the authors make recommendations for core functions in public health assessment, policy development, and service assurances, and identify the level of government--federal, state, and local--at which these functions would best be handled.
Download or read book Illiterate America written by Jonathan Kozol and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 2011-11-02 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is startling and it is shaming: in a country that prides itself on being among the most enlightened in the world, 25 million American adults cannot read the poison warnings on a can of pesticide, a letter from their child’s teacher, or the front page of a newspaper. An additional 35 million read below the level needed to function successfully in our society. The United States ranks forty-ninth among 158 member nations of the UN in literacy, and wastes over $100 billion annually as a result. The problem is not merely an embarrassment, it is a social and economic disaster. In Illiterate America, Jonathan Kozol, author of National Book Award-winning Death at an Early Age, addresses this national disgrace. Combining hard statistics and heartrending stories, he describes the economic and the human costs of illiteracy. Kozol analyses and condemns previous government action—and inaction—and, in a passionate call for reform, he proposes a specific program to conquer illiteracy. One out of every three American adults cannot read this book—which is why everyone else must.
Download or read book Building Effective Governments written by Marianela Armijo and published by Inter-American Development Bank. This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improving public services, using State resources efficiently, and managing State agencies effectively have been ongoing concerns of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) governments since the beginning of this century. Government officials are now paying closer attention to the results obtained by their administrations. Citizens are now demanding not only universality but also quality in the services that the State provides (e.g., education, healthcare, and legal services). To meet this growing demand for public sector effectiveness, governments have formulated new laws, created or modified institutions, and implemented innovative management methodologies and instruments.Based on data gathered in 24 countries, this book analyzes the current situation, the progress made, and the challenges still facing the governments of the region in their efforts to achieve more effective public administrations.
Download or read book Human Resource Management in Public Service written by Evan M. Berman and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 733 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognizing the inherent tensions and contradictions that result from managing people in organizations, Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems offers provocative and thorough coverage of the complex issues of management in the public sector. Continuing the award-winning tradition of previous editions, this Sixth Edition helps students to understand complex managerial puzzles and explores the stages of the employment process, including recruitment, selection, training, legal rights and responsibilities, compensation, and appraisal. Grounded in real public service experiences, the book emphasizes hands-on skill building and problem solving. New to the Sixth Edition: Ethics case studies have been added to all the chapters, enabling students to learn about a variety of ethical situations that come up in management. Updated and consolidated recruiting strategies offer students a window into the most current methods used in the recruitment process and provide insight into the job seeker’s perspective. New examples from a broad range of local, state, federal, and international settings enable students to apply key concepts to common management issues.
Download or read book Department of Housing and Urban Development independent agencies appropriations for 1978 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 1750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategic Human Resource Management in the Public Arena written by John Cunningham and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/strategic-human-resource-management. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.
Download or read book OECD Public Governance Reviews Dominican Republic Human Resource Management for Innovation in Government written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-09 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review represents a new policy approach for public sector reviews, linking the traditional thematic public employment and strategic human resource management (HRM) framework to public sector innovation and service delivery challenges in the Dominican Republic.
Download or read book Public Service Improvement written by Rachel E. Ashworth and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-04-29 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The performance of public services is a matter of concern in many countries. Issues of public service efficiency, cost, and effectiveness have moved to the forefront of political debate. This book applies the latest thinking from Management and Organization Studies to public organizations to examine how the public sector can perform better.
Download or read book Low income Families written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Economic Report. Subcommittee on Low-Income Families and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book OECD Public Governance Reviews Better Service Delivery for Inclusive Growth in the Dominican Republic written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review focuses on improving access to quality and timely services for citizens as a means to facilitate inclusive growth in the Dominican Republic.
Download or read book Public Servants as Partners for Growth Toward a Stronger Leaner and More Equitable Workforce written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compiles policy lessons on reallocation of the public workforce, managing competencies, and fostering diversity.
Download or read book Ageing and the Public Service Human Resource Challenges written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2007-07-26 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Government work forces are ageing even more rapidly than the rest of society. This book reviews the experience of nine OECD countries in dealing with this challenge.
Download or read book New Public Management in Africa written by Benon C. Basheka and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-25 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The administrative sciences have been dominated by a turn to managerial perspectives in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and in the spirit of this turn, 'New Public Management' (or NPM) promises to produce efficient, responsible and client-oriented public services. The reforms carried out in the pursuit of New Public Management are often accompanied by great optimism and rapid, enthusiastic steps toward implementation. Even in highly developed industrial countries, however, these fundamental reforms often overlook the political and cultural contexts of the implementing country. New Public Management in Africa: Emerging Issues and Lessons provides much-needed theoretical foundations for NPM reforms in the African context and reflects on the success of existing reforms in the development of several African states. The individual contributions in this timely volume provide important analyses of academic discourse, practical policy, achievements, and desiderata. The book as a whole, however, provides a valuable impetus for public administration research in and on African states, sharing findings on the results of reforms to date and adjustments required for these reforms to succeed. For public administration researchers outside of Africa, this book offers a review of New Public Management case studies that are unavailable or difficult to find elsewhere, contributing much to the exchange between African and Western administration science research, and demonstrating that African administrative research is well-prepared to help resolve global challenges.
Download or read book Consultancy in Public Services written by Adams, Robert and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2012-07-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges the traditional view that the consultants are brought in as experts and instead examines ways of using consultancy to empower staff, patients, service users and members of the public.
Download or read book Resource Guide on Decentralisation and Local Government written by Zoë Scott and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 2011 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This topic guide provides practical guidance for designing, implementing and evaluating decentralisation reforms and local government practices to ensure they are as effective as possible. It includes summaries of key texts and provides links to cutting edge research and recent case studies.
