Public Administration Education in Italy: a Statistical Analysis

The paper presents a statistical analysis exploring public administration education in Italian universities. It highlights the main specificities of PA education in Italy with reference to the disciplinary character, the geographical distribution, the type and level of PA programs, etc. and aims at describing how universities are adjusting curricula in relation to public sector modernization, by comparing the main faculties (economics and management sciences, law, political sciences, sociology, engineering, sciences of communication, social sciences) of all Italian universities.Public Administration; Education; Training; Disciplinary Approaches; Administrative Culture

The Dynamics and Economic Impact of the Cultural Event “La Notte Bianca Romana”

This paper analyzes the cultural and artistic event “La Notte Bianca Romana”, which has been designed and realized by the Municipality of Rome. It consists in a territorial marketing tool to promote the “Eternal City” all over the world. This event turned out to be an important incentive to the economic and entrepreneurial development of the city, putting in relationship very important issues like “economic growth”, “quality of life”, “social development”. Our work aims to show that, by correctly implementing the strategies designed by the Municipality of Rome (the strategic coordinator of the event), all the actors in the system may have good chances in successfully developing the potentialities of this cultural event, both in terms of participation and territorial and temporal expansion, with positive social and economic downfalls on the territory.System Dynamics; Cultural Network; Strategic Management; Local Government

Crise e legitimação: estudo dos Regimes de Justificação aplicados ao campo da Saúde

Introdução: Nos últimos anos, o Governo de Portugal viu-se confrontado com inúmeras críticas na arena pública, em detrimento das alterações avançadas no sector da saúde. Objetivo: Este artigo de reflexão teórica propunha verificar se os argumentos apresentados em torno das mudanças no sistema nacional de saúde da Itália e de Portugal evidenciavam o surgimento de novas lógicas de justificação. Métodos: A técnica de análise principal utilizada foi a análise documental sobre reportagens jornalísticas e resultados de estudos de casos múltiplos. Resultados: Os resultados apontaram para o surgimento de uma nova lógica de justificação denominada "Troika". Essa lógica assenta no princípio comum de que os países financiadores assumem um papel de mediador ao aceitarem emprestar dinheiro aos países em crise financeira, ou seja, comprometem-se a ajudá-los a resolverem os seus principais problemas sociais e económicos. Os "sujeitos" envolvidos nessa nova lógica compreendem os países com capacidade financeira para conceder empréstimos e os países que necessitam destes. A "dignidade dos Estados" assenta no pagamento total da dívida contraída enquanto a "relação de grandeza" consiste em ajudar os Estados alvo do empréstimo a pagarem as dívidas contraídas e saírem da situação de recessão económica em que se encontram. Nessa nova lógica, o "investimento de forma" defende a produção de ganho de credibilidade para os países endividados através dos relatórios divulgados e das notas divulgadas nas conferências de imprensa. Os "objetos envolvidos" compreendem os contratos celebrados e as reuniões. A "expressão-chave" dessa nova lógica é credibilidade. Segundo essa nova lógica, a "Falácia do Regime de Justificação" acontece quando o país alvo do empréstimo torna-se conhecido como mau pagador. Conclusão: Embora existam constrangimentos, o novo regime de justificação apresenta probabilidades em legitimar-se na medida em que a noção de bem-comum e os dispositivos de suporte também resultam em vantagens para os cidadãos dos países endividados

Scelte di sviluppo, innovazione organizzativa e rendicontazione sociale: il bilancio di mandato dell'Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata

The aim of this paper is to show the latest developments about social accountability in the university sector. In the first section the authors examine different approaches developed at European and International levels: social reports in Italy, “knowledge” reports (Wissensbilanz) in continental Europe and “Key Facts” statements in US. In the second section the focus is on the recent University of Rome “Tor Vergata” accountability report, which underlines and comments many performance indicators

Organizational response of elderly and homecare sector in Ticino facing the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic outbreak: a case study on Spitex and nursing homes

The ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is posing colossal pressure on all health systems worldwide. Given the epidemiological features of the virus, the authors aimed at analyzing how the most vulnerable and highly fragmented sector in Ticino reacted from an organizational point of view to a large-scale public health emergency. The present in-depth analysis shed light on two critical aspects: the tardive prioritization of specific strategies aimed at minimizing the risk of infections and, more generally, the lack of coordination between the stakeholders involved. During the first phase of the pandemic outbreak, the priority of the competent authorities was mainly focused to determine the infected people and major efforts were established in strengthening hospital intensive care units. This, however, has placed the elderly and homecare sector in a hazardous position, posing significant inter-and intra-organizational challenges in responding effectively to the unprecedented health emergency.   Abstrakt Die laufende SARS-CoV-2 Pandemie übt weltweit einen massiven Druck auf alle Gesundheitssysteme aus. Angesichts der epidemiologischen Merkmale des Virus analysieren die Autoren, wie der stark fragmentierte Sektor in Tessin auf die grosse Notlage im Bereich der öffentlichen Gesundheit aus organisatorischer Sicht reagiert hat. Die vorliegende Analyse wirft Licht auf zwei kritische Aspekte: eine nachträgliche Priorisierung spezifischer Strategien zur Minimierung des Infektionsrisikos, und ganz allgemein ein Mangel an Koordination zwischen den beteiligten Akteuren. In der ersten Phase des Pandemie-Ausbruchs hatten sich die zuständigen Behörden hauptsächlich auf die Identifizierung von infizierten Menschen konzentriert, und die grössten Anstrengungen wurden in der Stärkung von Intensivstationen in den Spitälern unternommen. Dies hat den Senioren- und Pflege Sektor abseits gestellt, und es hat schwerwiegende inter- und intraorganisatorische Herausforderungen bei der Erreichung einer wirksamen Reaktion auf die beispiellose gesundheitliche Notlage verursacht.   Résumé La pandémie de SARS-CoV-2 exerce une pression massive sur tous les systèmes de santé du monde. Compte tenu des caractéristiques épidémiologiques du virus, les auteurs ont analysé la manière dont le secteur de la prise en charge des personnes âgées du Tessin, un dès le plus vulnérable et fragmenté, a répondu à l’urgence d’un point de vue organisationnel. La présente analyse met en lumière deux aspects critiques : une hiérarchisation rétrospective des stratégies spécifiques visant à minimiser le risque d’infection et plus en général un manque de coordination entre les acteurs concernés. Dans la première phase de la pandémie, les autorités compétentes s›étaient principalement concentrées sur la recherche des personnes infectées et les plus grands efforts avaient été déployés pour renforcer les unités de soins intensifs dans les hôpitaux. Cela a laissé le secteur des personnes âgées et des soins à domicile dans une «zone d›ombre» et a créé d›importants défis inter- et intra-organisationnels pour parvenir à une réponse efficace à une urgence sanitaire sans précédent.   Schlüsselwörter: covid-19; Alten; Heimpflege; Altenheime; Pandemie-Reaktion; SARS-CoV-2; Schweiz; Tessin Mots-clés: covid-19; âgé; soins à domicile; maisons de soins infirmiers; réponse à la pandémie; SRAS-CoV-2; La Suisse; Tessi

Governance, management and performance in public networks: How to be successful in shared-governance networks

This paper compares four cases and explores the effects on network performance of network governance, coordination mechanisms, and the abilities of the network manager. The focus is on shared-governance networks, which are in general considered to have difficulties achieving high-level performances. The cross-case comparison suggests a relationship between coordination mechanisms and the way shared-governance networks are managed: in order to be successful, they must be able to rely on formalized mechanisms and make a pool of "network administrators” responsible for their governance

O TRANSPORTE URBANO NA CIDADE DE PRESIDENTE PRUDENTE/SP: UMA AVALIAÇÃO DA SATISFAÇÃO DOS USUÁRIOS FRENTE AO SERVIÇO PÚBLICO

O monopólio possui características marcantes impostas a sociedade e ao serviço público com a consequência de eventuais problemas. Entretanto, a população pode não compreender os impactos que o monopólio traz para o transporte público de um município. Desta forma, o objetivo deste trabalho é apontar os impactos que o monopólio trouxe para os serviços públicos de transporte no município de Presidente Prudente/SP. A metodologia utilizada foi abordagem mista com uma etapa quantitativa, a partir de uma survey e, posteriormente uma etapa qualitativa, com a aplicação de uma entrevista. Como resultados apontam-se a insatisfação, de modo geral, da população com o transporte urbano na cidade, sendo esse um ponto abordado também na entrevista, em que o governo municipal declarou ter conhecimento dos pontos de insatisfação. Conclui-se que ainda há muito para ser melhorado na questão do transporte público e que a sociedade, a partir da participação, tem papel preponderante para realizar esse processo

Auto-organización de los trabajadores: las empresas recuperadas en Argentina

This article addresses the challenges that integral reparation programs meet when aiming to respond to multiple victimization experienced by displaced women. By adopting the ethnographic concept of “frictions” (Tsing, 2005), I analyze four dimensions of discursive frictions that occur surrounding reparative practice backed by the Law on Victims and Land Restitution and its multiple local encounters and dis-encounters when compensating multiple victimization in the post-conflict of Medellín. Like other studies have identified shortcomings of the idealistic and innovative Colombian reparation program, it becomes evident that the integral reparation efforts fall short in addressing the real complexity of interrelated and multiples victimizations in the urban context. Respectively the paper addresses the question of how experiences of compound victimization are considered within their temporal beginnings, continuities and endings. Derived from field research and problem-centred interviews conducted in 2017 the paper draws on a perspective of compound harm to understand the complexity of multiple victimization experienced by forcibly displaced womenEste artículo aborda los desafíos que enfrentan los programas de reparación integral de víctimas cuando procuran responder ante victimizaciones múltiples de mujeres desplazadas. Adoptando el concepto etnográfico “fricciones” (Tsing, 2005), se analizan cuatro dimensiones de fricciones discursivas que acontecen alrededor de prácticas reparadoras respaldadas por la Ley de víctimas y restitución de tierras, y sus múltiples encuentros y desencuentros locales cuando se han procurado compensar victimizaciones múltiples en el posconflicto de Medellín. Otros estudios han identificado defectos del idealista e innovador programa colombiano de reparación integral, pero estos esfuerzos se quedan cortos el abordar la real complejidad de las victimizaciones múltiples en el contexto urbano. El artículo analiza cómo se han abordado las experiencias de victimizaciones múltiples desde sus inicios, desarrollos y finales. A partir de investigación de campo y entrevistas centradas en problemas realizadas en 2017, el artículo acude a una perspectiva de daño interrelacionado para comprender la complejidad de la victimización múltiple vivida por mujeres víctimas de desplazamiento forzado

Measurement of Drift Velocity in the CMS Barrel Muon Chambers at the CMS Magnet Test Cosmic Challenge

This note reports the results of the analysis performed on the data collected by the CMS Barrel Muon system during the Magnet Test-Cosmic Challenge, aimed to study the Drift Tube chambers behavior at the nominal value of the CMS magnetic field. In particular, the analysis is devoted to the study of the drift velocity in the various equipped regions of the apparatus. It is shown that the drift velocity is significantly affected by the presence of a residual magnetic field in the chamber volume only in the innermost stations, MB1, of Wheel+2; where the maximal variation inside the chamber is of 4 percent, which does not prevent a good functionality of the DT trigger even in this most critical region