In forward selection, the first variable entered into the equation has the largest
positive or negative correlation with the dependent variable. Pair\vise deletion
was used, and the Ns differed slightly for each analysis. The alpha level was
equal to .05. The correlations among the variables used in the regression
equations are shown in Table 4.2. Predicting Adult Standardized Reading Ability
. The following variables were entered into the regression equation for the
analysis on the adult ...
How do scientists use analogies and other processes to break away from old theories and generate new ones? This book documents such methods through the analysis of video tapes of scientifically trained experts thinking aloud while working on unfamiliar problems. Some aspects of creative scientific thinking are difficult to explain, such as the power of analogies, and the enigmatic ability to learn from thought experiments. This book is a window on that world.
In the torsion insight, the discovery of the new variable of torsion interrupted the
evaluation process that was occurring and sent the investigator suddenly back to
the generation/ discovery process. This challenges the distinction between the
context of discovery and context of evaluation in science when one is examining
thinking at this level of detail. However, the distinction may still be useful in
describing an effective planning strategy, as in Fig. 16.4, where there are
separate steps ...
Public organisations have been scrutinised and enforced to provide better services, particularly after the emergence of the New Public Management (NPM). After the 2001 decentralisation, local governments in Indonesia have been granted with much greater amount of budget and mandated to improve public services provision and accountability. As a result, measuring performance of local governments has become prominent. Several regulations have been enacted to force local governments to utilise performance measurement (PM) systems and to regularly report their performance. Drawing upon management accounting in the public sector and extant literatures on public sector reform, this study seeks to (i) identify factors affecting PM utilisation that could explain the case of local governments in Indonesian context, (ii) examine current practices of PM in local government, and (iii) examine the perceived impacts of PM utilisation on accountability. Those issues were tested using a mixed method approach with collection of data from self-administered survey questionnaires and a series of post-survey interviews. Stronger emphasis was put on the quantitative approach as the objective of this study is to develop generalised findings of PM utilisation in local governments. This study was conducted in East Java - a province which has the highest number of local governments, the second most populous, and in total received the highest amount of block grants. The underpinning theories used for developing the research model include contingency theory, institutional theory (new institutional sociology), and knowledge utilisation theory. Contingency factors hypothesised to affect the utilisation of PM are RBM commitment (goal orientation and management commitment to utilising PM), government regulations (on performance measurement, mandatory performance auditing, compulsory competitive tendering, and public private partnership initiative) and supporting factors such as decision authority, parliament support, availability of resources for utilising PM, and related training on PM. Based upon knowledge utilisation theory (Beyer and Trice, 1982), utilisation of PM is framed as consisting of two stages: adoption and implementation. Those three groups of contingency factors are hypothesised to affect the two stages of utilisation. This study found a model of PM utilisation which is different from that in the developed countries. The results indicate that there are different factors affecting PM adoption and PM implementation. In general, this study clarifies that PM utilisation in local governments are regulatory driven. PM adoption is driven only by regulatory factors, i.e. regulation on PM and mandated performance auditing, which is also regulatory based. On the other hand, PM implementation is directly influenced by goal orientation and top management commitment to utilising PM. This finding magnifies the central role of RBM in the implementation of PM. Goal orientation mediates the influence of PM regulation, mandated performance audit, decision making authority, and the availability of resources to PM implementation. Similarly, management commitment also mediates the influence of PM regulation, regulation on procurement, mandated performance audit, decision making authority, parliament support, and the availability of resources to PM implementation. It is also shown that the implementation of PM enhances accountability. While qualitative analysis indicate that compliance with regulations merely appeared to producing performance reports, the implementation of PM emerged to be superficial, indicating that the PM is 'decoupled' from the essential goal of local governments. Finally, this study concludes by discussing its theoretical and practical implications and proposing several recommendations for future research.
Public organisations have been scrutinised and enforced to provide better services, particularly after the emergence of the New Public Management (NPM).
Covers all topics required in the pure mathematics section of single subject A-level mathematics syllabuses
Covers all topics required in the pure mathematics section of single subject A-level mathematics syllabuses
Bahasa Prancis semakin banyak digunakan di kancah internasional. Bahkan, bahasa ini menjadi bahasa resmi di 29 negara. Prancis juga merupakan salah satu negara tujuan wisata yang paling diincar—sekitar 82 juta turis asing mengunjungi negara ini pertahunnya. Karena itu, bahasa Prancis menjadi bahasa yang penting untuk dikuasai. Kamus saku ini hadir untuk membantu Anda memperkaya kosakata bahasa Prancis agar lebih mudah dalam mempelajari bahasa Prancis, baik sebagai pendengar maupun pembicara. Di dalamnya terdapat lebih dari 10.000 entri kata, termasuk: - kata bilangan dalam bahasa Prancis, - ungkapan-ungkapan penting dalam bahasa Prancis, - singkatan SMS, dan - daftar konjugasi. #JagoBahasaTransMedia -TransMedia Pustaka-
télévisé warta berita televisi. journalisme [zu1nalism] n.m. kewartawanan.
journaliste [zu1nalis] n.m..f. wartawan, jurnalis. journée [zu1ne] n.f. sehari. toute
la ~ seharian. journellement [zu1nelma] adv. setiap hari. jouteur [zut91] n.m.
penusuk.
Indonesian dictionary of economic, financial, and banking terms.
Asuransi kebakaran Asuransi tabrakan karena bahaya kebakaran dan
pencegahan meluasnya api. (Fire insurance) Asuransi kecelakaan • Asuransi
yang menanggung akibat bahaya kecelakaan seperti, cacat, luka dan mungkin
kematian ...
Natural key Both in delivery and in working on voice, one must keep to his own
natural pitch-level, or key. This is the pitch that is heard most often— the
dominant pitch— which is appropriate and peculiar to one's vocal mechanism.
Determined ...
