2006–2007 State Accountability Report

York Technical College reports to the Office of State Budget its annual accountability report that includes a discussion and analysis of major accomplishments, organizational profile, elements of Malcolm Baldridge criteria, strategic planning and performance measurement.

2007–2008 State Accountability Report

York Technical College reports to the Office of State Budget its annual accountability report that includes a discussion and analysis of major accomplishments, organizational profile, elements of Malcolm Baldridge criteria, strategic planning and performance measurement.

2008–2009 State Accountability Report

York Technical College reports to the Office of State Budget its annual accountability report that includes a discussion and analysis of major accomplishments, organizational profile, elements of Malcolm Baldridge criteria, strategic planning and performance measurement.

2009–2010 State Accountability Report

York Technical College reports to the Office of State Budget its annual accountability report that includes a discussion and analysis of major accomplishments, organizational profile, elements of Malcolm Baldridge criteria, strategic planning and performance measurement.

2010–2011 State Accountability Report

York Technical College reports to the Office of State Budget its annual accountability report that includes a discussion and analysis of major accomplishments, organizational profile, elements of Malcolm Baldridge criteria, strategic planning and performance measurement.

2011–2012 State Accountability Report

York Technical College reports to the Office of State Budget its annual accountability report that includes a discussion and analysis of major accomplishments, organizational profile, elements of Malcolm Baldridge criteria, strategic planning and performance measurement.

2012–2013 State Accountability Report

York Technical College reports to the Office of State Budget its annual accountability report that includes a discussion and analysis of major accomplishments, organizational profile, elements of Malcolm Baldridge criteria, strategic planning and performance measurement.

Fiscal Year 2015-16 Accountability Report

Coastal Carolina University reports to the Office of State Budget its annual accountability report that includes a discussion and analysis, major accomplishments, strategic planning and performance measurement.

Fiscal Year 2015-16 Accountability Report

Clemson University reports to the Office of State Budget its annual accountability report that includes a discussion and analysis, major accomplishments, strategic planning and performance measurement.

Fiscal Year 2015-16 Accountability Report

Clemson University Public Service Activities reports to the Office of State Budget its annual accountability report that includes a discussion and analysis, major accomplishments, strategic planning and performance measurement.

Fiscal Year 2015-16 Accountability Report

The South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice reports to the Office of State Budget its annual accountability report that includes expenditures, major accomplishments, strategic planning and performance measurement.

Annual Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2015-2016

Francis Marion University reports to the Office of State Budget its annual accountability report that includes a discussion and analysis, major accomplishments, strategic planning and performance measurement.

Determinants of the Design and Use of PMS in Portuguese Government Agencies: A Complementary Theoretical Approach

Performance measurement is seen as a main pillar of public management reforms. However, prior research did not mitigate the level of ambiguity on PMS development and use and many questions left unanswered. Our findings provide knowledge on the design and use of PMS in the public sector answer- ing to calls for a complementary approach among institutional and contingency factors. The authors find that the design of PMS and the use of performance information for external purposes are increased to legitimate the organizational’ work and to obtain external support. Moreover, structural variables such as type of agency and management autonomy are also determinants on the organizational responses. Finally, the authors find some coupling between the design of PMS and outcomes. So, both contingent and institutional approaches play an important role on the empirical model.

Instrumentos de apoio à gestão estratégica e ao desempenho organizacional dos fisioterapeutas em unidades privadas de fisioterapia

O sucesso de uma gestão baseada na estratégia reside, no aproveitamento racional e eficiente dos seus recursos humanos, financeiros e organizacionais, bem como na sua capacidade para concretizar objectivos e alcançar resultados. Esta dissertação foi elaborada baseando-se no pressuposto que, a selecção e a aplicação de um Instrumento de Apoio à Gestão em unidades privadas de fisioterapia (UPF’s) permitirão induzir níveis acrescidos de melhoria do desempenho individual e/ou organizacional. Constituiu objectivo geral da mesma contribuir para a sensibilização e a difusão alargada das ferramentas de apoio à gestão que, aplicadas naquelas unidades, poderiam induzir níveis acrescidos de melhoria do desempenho. Definiram-se ainda três objectivos específicos consubstanciando preocupações relacionadas com a reprodução do conhecimento especializado em gestão, com a sua aplicação específica no terreno e com a subjacente criação de valor individual e organizacional. A metodologia utilizada foi a abordagem de Estudo de Caso, inspirada na técnica focus-group, aplicada a três UPF’s, e os resultados obtidos através das análises efectuadas permitiram identificar a ausência da aplicação de instrumentos de apoio à gestão e de avaliação de desempenho, bem como níveis elevados de desempenho, satisfação e autonomia nos profissionais de fisioterapia, constituindo estes a base para justificar a necessidade urgente da elaboração de um plano de implementação de um sistema de avaliação de desempenho nas unidades estudadas. /ABSTRACT: The success of a management based on strategy relies in the rational and efficient use of its human, financial and organizational resources, as well as its ability to achieve objectives and results. This thesis was developed, based on the assumption that the selection and application of a management support instrument in private physiotherapy units would induce higher levels of individual performance and / or organization. It was general objective the contribution to the sensibilization and diffusion of tools to support management, which applied in those units, could induce higher levels of performance. There were defined three specific objectives which concerned whereabouts with the reproduction of specialized knowledge in management, with its specified applicability in the work field and with the underneath creation of individual and organizational value. The applied methodology was a case study, inspired by the focus-group technique applied in three private physiotherapy units, and the results obtained through the analysis allowed the identification of lack of use of any support management tools and performance evaluation, as well as high standard levels of performance, satisfaction and professional autonomy in physical therapists, being this the base for justifying the urgent need for developing an implementation plan of a performance evaluation system applied to these units.

Hardware-software design of embedded systems for intelligent sensing applications

This Thesis wants to highlight the importance of ad-hoc designed and developed embedded systems in the implementation of intelligent sensor networks. As evidence four areas of application are presented: Precision Agriculture, Bioengineering, Automotive and Structural Health Monitoring. For each field is reported one, or more, smart device design and developing, in addition to on-board elaborations, experimental validation and in field tests. In particular, it is presented the design and development of a fruit meter. In the bioengineering field, three different projects are reported, detailing the architectures implemented and the validation tests conducted. Two prototype realizations of an inner temperature measurement system in electric motors for an automotive application are then discussed. Lastly, the HW/SW design of a Smart Sensor Network is analyzed: the network features on-board data management and processing, integration in an IoT toolchain, Wireless Sensor Network developments and an AI framework for vibration-based structural assessment.