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Handbook of Research on Modernization and Accountability in Public Sector Management
The idea of market dominance and the use of private sector management practices in the public sector.
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Modernization and Accountability in Public-Sector Administration: Turkey Example
Serkan Ökten (TR Prime Ministry General Directorate of Press and Information, Turkey), Elvettin Akman (Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey), and Çiğdem Akman (Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3731-1.ch002
Abstract
The issue of studying has been determined as the development of the Turkish public sector in terms of modernization and accountability. In this chapter, it is aimed that postmodernism and new public administration concepts as well as the effects of modernization and accountability concepts coming to the public in the field of public administration are aimed. These impacts will be examined by examining the legal arrangements related to political and administrative accountability as well as the use of new legislative acts such as e-government and ombudsman. Modernization and accountability in public sector management in Turkey can be evaluated under the following headings; Political Accountability, Public Accountability, Accountability at Public Administration, Accountability at Public Employees, Accountability as Different Citizens, Citizenship Accountability.
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Beyond the Online Transaction: Enhancement of Citizen Participation via the Web in Ontario Provincial Government
A group of administrative reforms designed to modernize governments into the Twenty-first century. This term, used mostly in Europe, especially recognizes reforms that privatize or outsource the provision of governmental services.
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Political Context Elements in Public Policy of Radio Frequency Information Technology and Electromagnetic Fields
An emphasis on privatization and outsourcing in order to maximize profitability and optimize resource allocation.
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The Influence of Technology on the Strategic Planning Process
The government paradigm that advocated running government like a business, with emphasis on efficiency.
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New Public Administration Understanding and Reform Effects as Products of Neolibal Management Concept
Privatization and alternative services through the presentation methods, the role of the state conception.
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Patient Advocacy and the Policy Making Process
Paradigm of public management and administration based on the application of private-sector’s managerial techniques to public services in order to gain efficiency and effectiveness. The key policies and interventions, implemented on the New Public Management’s wave in the Eighties and Nineties, included: privatizations, outsourcing, deregulation of entire sectors of the economy, public facilities’ downsizing, decentralization of responsibilities, introduction of competitive logic within the public sector.
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How Can Technology Advance the Public Administration Discipline in Higher Education?: A Comprehensive Analysis of the U.S. Scenario
It is an approach (paradigm) explaining how to run public service organizations that are used in government and public service institutions and agencies, at both sub-national and national levels. The term was first introduced by academics in the UK and Australia to describe approaches that were developed during the 1980s as part of an effort to make the public service more “business-like” and to improve its efficiency by using private sector management models.
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Citizen Participation in Public Administration: Case of Czech Republic
A public administration approach that focuses on using market-based principles and instruments of the private sector in public sector management. The user is perceived as a customer of public administration.
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Benchmarking Local e-Government: Lessons from the Adoption Process in a Tourist Town
It signifies the adoption of major principles of business administration in the domain of public sector, aiming at efficiency, effectiveness and economy in performance of public sector.
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Cost Accounting in Brazil's Public Sector: Importance, Use, and Level of Deployment
Innovative management model that brought a new perspective to the management of the government sector, with a greater focus on results and performance.
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Performance Indicators and Accountability in Portuguese Public Universities: Socio-Economic Perspective
Public sector reforms took place during the last two decades using the management techniques and practices drawn mainly from the private sector.
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From E-Government to Digital Government: The Public Value Quest in the Tunisian Public Administration
A new way of studying and managing public sector organizations focusing on the intrusion of private sector models and individuals into the public sector.
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E-Government and E-Democracy in the Making
Includes initiatives which relate to management of the public administration (e.g., management by objectives, clear standards, and evaluation of the quality of service). It also includes initiatives that deal with the introduction of economic incentive structures (e.g., outsourcing of public tasks and establishing of quasi-markets for public services).
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Risk Regulation Regimes of Radio Frequency Information Technology
An emphasis on privatization and outsourcing in order to maximize profitability and optimize resource allocation.
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Social Enterprise Awareness, Perception, and Purchase Influence in South East China: A Benchmark for Further Study
A type of public management is defined by incorporating market-oriented mechanisms (e.g., authoritative procurement, philanthropic ventures, contract tendering) in public sectors to increase efficiency in the services sector.
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The Role of Annual Reports in Ensuring Accountability: The Case of Development Agencies in Turkey
The reform movement aimed at eliminating the differences between the public sector and the private sector.
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The Impact of Accounting Information and Socioeconomic Factors in the Re-Election of Portuguese Mayors
A British movement; a new paradigm for public sector organisations that has introduced new concepts and a new perception of public management.
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Strategic Knowledge Management Models and Tools in the Public Sector: Evidence From the University Setting
Research approach that sustains the feasibility of the translation of managerial tools and practice from private sector to public sector.
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A Public Values Perspective on the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Government Practices: A Synthesis of Case Studies
Public administration reforms of the 1980s that propagated adoption of private sector organisational management practices in public sector organisations. These included quasi-markets, managerialism, employee empowerment, public entrepreneurialism, and performance management practices.
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