Key governance

Chapter 7 - Performance mearsurement and management. Learning objectives in chapter: To be aware of the evolution of performance measurement and management in the public sector, to understand the key concepts in performance measurement, to understand the key concepts in performance management, to understand the main lessons learned in performance management, to be able to identify the main traps in performance management.

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Chapter 8 - Quality management. In this chapter, students will be able to: To be aware of the differences of quality management in the public and private sectors, to understand the key issues associated with quality measurement in the public sector, to be aware of the major quality assessment instruments used in the public sector, to understand the key obstacles to and success factors in quality improvement in the public sector, to understand how the quality of public governance might be assessed.

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Chapter 9 - Governance and government: Networking with external stakeholders. Learning objectives in chapter: To understand the key concepts of public governance, to be aware of how the role of governments is changing from policy making towards policy moderating, to be able to identify important stakeholders in public governance, to understand networks as a specific mode of public governance.

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The research reported herein has demonstrated that pervious pavements can be introduced as a sustainable stormwater management initiative and as a key Water Sensitive Urban Design feature to deliver numerous benefits to the environment. The outcomes from the study will be useful in designing environmentally friendly car parks, pedestrian paths, light traffic drive ways, sporting grounds and public areas in the future.

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The research questions that guided the adopted research methodology are: 1 - What are the main governance and management practices associated with family business continuity identified and advocated by the lessons learned and best practice approach in the wider family business literature? 2 - What are the main sources of the practices, their provenance, and their theoretical underpinnings, if any? 3 - Is it appropriate to characterize family business lessons learned (local knowledge of what works) as best practices (universal knowledge of what works)?...

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Work experience is a key factor in hiring decision of managers. However, empirical evidence that early life experience matters is very limited. This thesis fills in the gap by examining how work experience affects managerial performance and managerial style in mutual funds. Using a sample of Chinese fund managers, we find performances and styles vary across managers of different career backgrounds. Notably, managers of research and especially government backgrounds show higher risk adjusted returns while taking on less systematic risk.

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The primary aim of this study is to determine the extent to which external auditors, in exercising their responsibilities under the Australian Auditing Standards, conduct additional audit work (proxied by audit fees) when audit clients have experienced known misappropriation of assets (MOA) fraud. The research is motivated by three key factors. The first being the mounting concerns by the Australian government and others in relation to audit quality.

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The research "Beyond board capital: probing inside the black box of Australian board recruitment and dynamics" addresses the overarching question: What is the nature of board capital in the Australian context and how does board recruitment and dynamics influence the formation and utilisation of board capital? In so doing this thesis provides answers for the following questions: What are the contextual factors that shape the creation of board capital? What are the key considerations in the recruitment of board members? What are the human and social capital characteristics of board members? W...

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Identify the key components of total quality management; testing the mediating role of technology absorption capacity, innovative culture in the relationship between total quality management and quality outcomes; recommending governance implications in order to improve the quality performance through total quality management, technology absorption capacity, innovative culture...

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In this paper, an attempt has been made to identify how far the skill development programmes have achieved success and what are the major problems faced by the youth in initiating the skill development programmes launched by government.

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To enhance the local capacity for teaching, research and extension in agriculture and rural development, the QBII, AFFS, DPI proposes to focus its project on the key priority area of agriculture, and livestock improvement in Vietnam, and within these areas, to deliver activities in the disciplines of biotechnology and genetic improvement as highlighted as a priority area by the Government of Vietnam (GOV) in the Vietnam - Australia Development Cooperation Program, CARD Program Guidelines.

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Cashew is an important crop in Vietnam, and the government has assigned the development as a national priority gia.Nang cashew productivity has been increased since 2002, but the widespread use pesticides has caused health problems for farmers, animals and the environment. Article IPM program using ants as a key component in the development of Charles Darwin University (CDU) does not use toxic pesticides, but high-yield results. This project is using the CDU of IPM to develop and implement an IPM program that will work in conditions of Vietnam....

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Prokaryotic cyanobacteria express robust circadian (daily) rhythms under the control of a central clock. Recent studies shed light on the mechanisms governing circadian rhythms in cyanobacteria and highlight key differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic clocks. reports deposited research Rhythmic gene-expression patterns Circadian biological clocks are self-sustained biochemical oscillators. Their properties include an intrinsic time constant of approximately 24 hours, temperature compensation (so that they run...

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