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The Research-Practice Gap on Accounting in the Public Services
This book considers how the practical and public policy relevance of research might be increased, and academics and practitioners can better engage to define research agendas and deliver findings relevant to accounting and accountability in the public services. To do so, an international comparative analysis of the research-practice gap in public sector accounting has been undertaken. This involved academic perspectives from over twenty countries, and practitioner perspectives from leading international professional accounting bodies actively involved in the public services arena. It was found that research is valued for informing practice, but engaging at a high level of policy engagement has been primarily by a small group of experienced researchers. For other researchers the impact accomplished may not always be valued highly in the academic community relative to other, more scholarly, activities. The book therefore looks at how engagement and impact between academics and practitioners can be increased.
Performance Management and Evaluation
This issue focuses on connections between performance management and evaluation, a contentious topic at the moment. It does so by placing evaluation and monitoring under the overarching concept of performance management, and then by investigating five complementarities between performance monitoring and measurement on the one hand, and evaluation on the other. These complementarities are: Sequential Informational Organizational Methodical Hierarchical. Several case studies discuss the uses and complementarities of evaluation and performance management in contexts including national and local governments and the work of government, philanthropic foundations, and a direct-service nonprofit agency. These cases illustrate the advantages and pitfalls in utilizing evaluative approaches within the context of performance management. This is the 137th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Evaluation, an official publication of the American Evaluation Association.
The Institutionalisation of Evaluation in Europe
This book examines the progress of institutionalisation of evaluation in European countries from various perspectives. It describes both prior developments and current states of evaluation in 16 European countries and across the European Union (EU), focussing on three dimensions, namely the political, social and professional systems. These detailed country reports, which have been written by selected researchers and authors from each of the respective countries, lead to a concluding comparison and synthesis. This is the first of four volumes of the compendium The Institutionalisation of Evaluation to be followed by volumes on the Americas, Africa and Australasia. The overall aim is to provide an interdisciplinary audience with cross-country learning to enable them to better understand the institutionalisation of evaluation in different nations, world regions and different sectors.
Smart Urban Safety and Security
This open access book explores the use of urban technologies for urban safety and security. Rather than focusing on the technologies themselves, it provides and in-depth analysis of the complex urban transformations linked to the increasing integration of technical systems in the built environment. Interdisciplinary contributions explain how technologies can improve urban safety, whilst offering a broader discussion relative to urban, socio-economic and political factors. Against simplistic techno-solutionist ideas, the authors illustrate the role of technology as means to an end and show how technologies can widen our understanding of safety and security. Readers will be introduced to issues relative to the practical implementation, development, and testing of urban technologies via numerous case studies from cities around the world.
Die Institutionalisierung der Evaluation in Europa
Das Globe-Projekt des Centrums für Evaluation CEval strebt eine weltweite Bestandsaufnahme zum Stand der Institutionalisierung von Evaluation auf nationaler Ebene an. Dies ist der erste Band zu den Entwicklungen in 16 europäischen Ländern und in zentralen Institutionen der Europäischen Union. Untersucht werden anhand eines gemeinsamen Analyseleitfadens drei zentrale gesellschaftliche Systeme, nämlich das politische, das soziale und das Professionssystem. Hierfür konnten insgesamt 37 Expertinnen und Experten aus den jeweiligen Ländern und Institutionen gewonnen werden, die entsprechend der Vorgaben Recherchen durchgeführt und Länderbeschreibungen erstellt haben. Die Vorgehensweise ermöglicht zudem einen Ländervergleich, der in einer Synthese zum Stand der Institutionalisierung der Evaluation in Europa mündet.
Teatteripäiväkirja
Teatteripäiväkirja on itsenäistä jatkoa Pertti Julkusen Kirjastopäiväkirjalle (ntamo 2013). Tekijä kertoo teatterikokemuksistaan ja keskustelee julkisuuden ja teatterin filosofiasta, journalismista ja politiikasta – ja edelleen myös edellisen teoksen huolenaiheestaan, kirjastojen kohtalosta. Keskeisinä syväteemoina ovat empatia ja ideologia. Teatteri hahmottuu paikkana, jossa yhteiskuntaa katsotaan ”ulkopuolelta”, mutta joka myös rinnastuu moniin sen ”esityksellisiin” rakenteisiin. ”Teatterin poliittisuus ei ole niissä aiheissa, joita se valitsee, eikä varsinkaan niissä tiedoissa, joita se mahdollisesti välittää. Poliittisuus on näyttelijässä ja näyttämössä. Se on siinä tavassa, jolla näyttelijät astuvat yleisön ja yleisön kautta koko sen yhteiskunnan eteen, josta he ovat esityksen ajaksi karanneet pois.” ”(...) sanomalehden numero on näyttämöteos, (...) toimittajalla on oltava oma mielensisäinen journalistinen näyttämö (...)”
Evaluation Roots
Initially, evaluation was derived from social science research methodology and accountability concerns. This book examines evaluation theories and traces their evolution with the point of view that theories build upon theories and, therefore, evaluation theories are related to each other.
Practices for Network Management
Presenting 17 tools developed through rigorous design science research, this book bridges the relevance gap within network management. In so doing, it proposes a novel system-framework and establishes a path towards a networks-as-practice view on inter-organizational relationships. The systems-framework builds on three institutionalized business practices: Networks-as-coordinated social systems, Networks-as-knowledge-creating platforms, and Networks-as-value-generating entities. Through these tools, Towards Relational Business Practices intends to propose a new managerial praxis and provoke new and improved frameworks and models for network management.
