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Johdon laskentatoimen hyväksikäyttö ja kehittämistarpeet erilaisissa kunnallisissa toimintayksiköissä
2001
The quest for promoting integrated care in the Nordic countries – recent reform initiatives, outcomes and obstacles
2013
Coordination between primary and secondary health care has been the core of Nordic health policy during the last decade [1]. In 2012, Norway introduced a cooperation reform aiming for strengthening integration between primary and secondary health care [2]. Previously, Denmark introduced in 2007 “The Local Government Reform” to improve integration in the health care sector. During the last decades, Sweden has restructured for a more community oriented health care system [4]. The objective of the paper are to compare integrated health policy measures and reforms and their outcomes in Denmark, Sweden and Norway, with regard to success and obstacles for improving “seamless” health care. Current…
Mayors, Using Cultural Expenditure in An Opportunistic Way Improves the Chances of Re-Election, but Do Not Do It: Revisiting Political Budget Cycles
2020
This article analyzes whether expenditure on the provision of merit goods, culture, health, education, and sports, by local governments, in medium-sized cities (between 20,000 and 100,000 inhabitants) is tied to the electoral cycle
A Comparative Analysis of Performance Management Systems
2012
Performance management is maturing as an effective organizational approach in public organizations around the world, but the existing models have limitations that must be addressed. The international comparative case study analysis in this article presents policy recommendations and organizational strategies on how regional governments can create more robust performance management systems for higher levels of accountability and transparency in a time of global economic crisis. These include the consideration of organizational structure regarding alignment, control, and culture, the positive impact of performance management legislation, the role of executive leadership, and the need for an i…
Autonomy and Cooperation in Federalizing Models of Cultural Policy. Comparative Analysis of the Cases of Germany, USA, Canada, Switzerland, United Ki…
2018
Desde los años ochenta diversas investigaciones han profundizado en la comparación de los diversos modelos de las políticas culturales nacionales. Asimismo, el interés por la descentralización cultural y el reconocimiento de la diversidad cultural y nacional ha crecido en paralelo a la importancia de la acción cultural pública de las regiones y las municipalidades. Sin embargo, no se han desarrollado estudios que permitan comparar de forma sistemática la relación entre los modelos de federalismo y los modelos de política cultural de un Estado. Este trabajo persigue cubrir este vacío realizando una comparativa de seis países federales o casi federales que han destacado en su desarrollo de po…
Exploring the Shift from Output Measures to Outcome Measures of Service Delivery: Insights from Municipal Research
2021
Prior research shows that reporting on outcome measures increases the probability that local officials will use perform- ance data to inform their decisions. What has been over- looked in the literature is the question of why some local governments continue to focus more on outputs than on out- comes of service delivery, thereby limiting their ability to use performance data for decision-making. The purpose of this art- icle is to identify organizational, individual, and support factors that could increase the probability that local officials in the Apulia Region of Italy when measuring performance, will move beyond the basic measures of output to the more advanced measures of outcome. Base…
Spatial Differences in the Expenses Incurred by Units of Local Governments on Physical Culture in Poland in 2017
2018
Units of local governments in Poland are responsible for running actions in the sphere of physical culture. The growing number of people practicing sports, as well as social and rearing aspects related to sports exert an influence on the activity of sports clubs and social organizations which promote physical culture. While only some sports organizations are selfsufficient economically, most of them must rely on public support. In Poland, like in the majority of European countries, one of the main sources of financing are subventions from public means. In this paper, using the background of characteristics related to legal aspects of financing physical culture by local government, which is …
The formation of local territorial administration in Poland in the years 1945–1952
2021
Kształtowanie się systemu administracji lokalnej w Polsce w latach 1945–1952 jest jednym z najciekawszych zagadnień w powojennej historii Polski. Z jednej strony formalnie funkcjonował system samorządu terytorialnego, ale z drugiej strony pojawia się nieznany wcześniej w Polsce sowiecki model administracyjny rad narodowych. Połączenie systemów samorządu terytorialnego i rad narodowych skomplikował sytuację administracyjną w Polsce. Hierarchiczny układ rad, czyli podporządkowanie rad niższego szczebla radom wyższego szczebla, oznaczało odejście od jednej z podstawowych cech samorządu terytorialnego, czyli niezależności danego szczebla struktury administracyjnej w stosunku do poziomu znajdują…
Un dialogo sul "governo dei giudici"
2023
Si tratta di una notizia relativa a un seminario sul ruolo della magistratura in Italia It is a note about the role of judiciary in Italy
Important challenges for coordination and inter-municipal cooperation in health care services: a Delphi study
2013
Published version of an article in the journal: BMC Health Services Research. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-451 Open Access Background: Demographical changes have stimulated a coordination reform in the Norwegian health care sector, creating new working practices and extending coordination within and between primary and hospital care, increasing the need for inter-municipal cooperation (IMC). This study aimed to identify challenges to coordination and IMC in the Norwegian health care sector as a basis for further theorizing and managerial advice in this growing area of research and practice. Methods. A Delphi study of consensus development was …