Sustainability Reporting in the Australian Commonwealth Public Sector: An application of New Institutional Theory Abstract This paper explores sustainability reporting in the Australian Commonwealth public sector through the focus on departments with a primary responsibility for social and environmental issues. The research moves beyond existing theorisation for social and environmental reporting and adopts new institutional theory in order to assess the extent to which coercive‚ mimetic and
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Time Indian Insurance Sector Innovate Now Or Stagnate fasfdor December 2011 www.deloitte.com/in Contents Indian Insurance sector poised for its next stage of growth The puzzle of untapped potential Redefining Customer Value Proposition Improving Operational Performance Key challenges in leveraging Innovation Improving the Innovation Quotient Conclusion Contacts 1 2 3 6 7 8 12 13 Indian Insurance sector poised for its next stage of growth The insurance sector in India has grown at
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with a number of segments. A company from this sector can be a power equipment manufacturer (like transformers and boilers)‚ execution specialist or a niche player (like providing environment friendly solutions). It can be an electrical‚ non-electrical machinery and static equipment manufacturer too. | | Order book size determines the performance of the company in the short to medium-term. In order to bag big contracts‚ companies need to have a big balance sheet size and proven execution capabilities
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India’s Education Sector: Moving Toward a Digital Future The typical Indian classroom was once characterized by students sitting through hour-long teacher monologues. Now‚ technology is making life easier for both students and educators. Schools are increasingly adopting digital teaching solutions to engage with a generation of pupils well-versed with the likes of PlayStations and iPads‚ and trying to make the classroom environment more inclusive and participatory. Take Smartclass from Educomp
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Education Sector In a globalized economy with a high degree of competition among countries‚ the success of a nation depends on the educational level of its workforce. Technology has rapidly transformed education by extending learning space beyond the four wall of a classroom. Even though school plays the main role of education‚ technology offers verities of opportunities to learn more. Such as‚ Distance learning‚ online learning communities and access to vast resources and databases‚ etc. with the
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Prompt: Educational practices at public & private sector universities of Pakistan. Comparison & contrast between educational practices in Public &Private sector universities of Pakistan. Even though educational practices prevailing in Pakistani Public and Private Universities lack uniformity and differ in many aspects but still their educational systems resemble each other to a great extent. Pakistan is one of the underdeveloped countries whose education system remained neglected for
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15.3 per cent during 2011-12 to 2013-14‚ as per Barclays Capital Equity Research report on India Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals. Market Size As per the estimations by RNCOS’s research report titled‚ ‘The Indian diagnostic services market‚’ the sector will grow at the compound annual rate of around 26 per cent during 2012-2015‚ on back of huge investments‚ fast expansion into tier II and tier III cities‚ and strong Government support strengthening the healthcare infrastructure in India. Trends
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oring Public Sector Communication Performance: Testing a Model and Drawing Implications Despite its importance to agency effectiveness‚ communica- tion performance is an understudied topic.This is partly attributable to the “ performance predicament‚ ” which arises because costs of communication are easier to measurethan its benefits. In this study‚ we develop and test an exploratory model of public sector communication performance that is synthesized from the literature on public – private differences
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The Economics of Public sector‚ Firm Behavior A reaction paper Do you consider taxes as positive or negative externalities? Negative externalities occur when the effects of decision that are not considered/taken into account by the decision maker are detrimental to others. On the other hand‚ if the effects are beneficial to others‚ that is a positive externality. The government’s ability to serve the people depends upon the taxes that are collected. Taxes are indispensable in the government
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Management of Change in the Public Sector Joseph Mphafudi Contents 0 Introduction 2 The definition of Change management 3 Origin of Change Management 4 Factors that prompted Necessity for Change 5 The Approach to Change Management in the Public Sector 6 Managing Change in the public Sector –Methods and Tools 14 Conclusion 16 References 17 Introduction In today’s knowledge-based economy‚ the world is highly competitive and demanding. Society
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