Title
Year
Author
Productivity in Singapore's retail and food services sectors: contemporary issues
Productivity in Singapore's retail and food services sectors: contemporary issues
2017
Toh, Mun Heng
Thangavelu, Shandre
Collection | Bureaucracy & The Civil Service |
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Author/Creator |
Toh, Mun Heng Thangavelu, Shandre |
Title |
Productivity in Singapore's retail and food services sectors: contemporary issues |
Publication Date | 2017 |
Publisher | Singapore; Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific Publishing |
DOI |
http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1142/10100 |
Call Number | HF5429.612 Toh 2017 |
Subject |
Retail trade -- Singapore Food service -- Singapore Service industries -- Singapore Singapore -- Commerce |
Page | xi, 255 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Book |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
restrictedAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Description |
The retail and food services sectors play an important role in Singapore. They add to the vibrancy of the economy and contribute to the social well-being of Singaporeans. At the same time, they are often highlighted and scrutinised for their low productivity performance and high reliance on manpower. There is to date a lack of local literature that addresses the issues faced by the two sectors at the enterprise and worker levels.This timely book includes major topics in services productivity in the Singapore context, with emphasis on Retail and Food Services. Topics covered include the key productivity levers of the services sectors: holistic productivity measurement framework, effective entrepreneurship, manpower management, promotion by social media, marketing, costing process and accounting sophistication. These areas are explored through literature reviews and in-depth interviews with companies and consumers. The chapters also include recommendations for policy makers and industry stakeholders. Written in a simple and accessible manner, this book will serve as an insightful guide to researchers, policy-makers, industry practitioners and enterprises and those who are keen to learn from the Singapore experience. |
Productivity in Singapore's retail and food services sectors: contemporary issues
Productivity in Singapore's retail and food services sectors: contemporary issues
2017
Toh, Mun Heng
Thangavelu, Shandre
Collection | Bureaucracy & The Civil Service |
---|---|
Author/Creator |
Toh, Mun Heng Thangavelu, Shandre |
Title |
Productivity in Singapore's retail and food services sectors: contemporary issues |
Publication Date | 2017 |
Publisher | Singapore: World Scientific Publishing |
Call Number | HF5429.612 Toh 2017 |
Subject |
Retail trade -- Singapore Food service -- Singapore Service industries -- Singapore Singapore -- Commerce |
Page | xi, 255 |
Language | English |
URI |
http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/10100#t=toc |
Content Type | Book |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
restrictedAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Description |
The retail and food services sectors play an important role in Singapore. They add to the vibrancy of the economy and contribute to the social well-being of Singaporeans. At the same time, they are often highlighted and scrutinised for their low productivity performance and high reliance on manpower. There is to date a lack of local literature that addresses the issues faced by the two sectors at the enterprise and worker levels. This timely book includes major topics in services productivity in the Singapore context, with emphasis on Retail and Food Services. Topics covered include the key productivity levers of the services sectors: holistic productivity measurement framework, effective entrepreneurship, manpower management, promotion by social media, marketing, costing process and accounting sophistication. These areas are explored through literature reviews and in-depth interviews with companies and consumers. The chapters also include recommendations for policy makers and industry stakeholders. Written in a simple and accessible manner, this book will serve as an insightful guide to researchers, policy-makers, industry practitioners and enterprises and those who are keen to learn from the Singapore experience. |
Productivity metrics and its implementations in construction projects: a case study of Singapore
Productivity metrics and its implementations in construction projects: a case study of Singapore
2021
Shan, Ming
Li, Yu-Shan
Hwang, Bon-Gang
Chua, Jia-En
Collection | Bureaucracy & The Civil Service |
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Author/Creator |
Shan, Ming Li, Yu-Shan Hwang, Bon-Gang Chua, Jia-En |
Title |
Productivity metrics and its implementations in construction projects: a case study of Singapore |
Source Title | Sustainability |
Publication Date | 2021 |
DOI |
https://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132112132 |
Subject |
Construction industry -- Singapore Industrial productivity -- Singapore |
Page | 12132 |
Language | English |
URI | |
Content Type | Journal Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Volume | 13 |
Issue | 21 |
Abstract |
Although some studies have used or developed different types of metrics to assess construction productivity in the existing literature, few of them investigated those metrics systematically and the differences between assessment results. This study examined the various types of metrics used in the assessment of the productivity of construction projects. First, a literature review was conducted first to identify prevailing productivity metrics at four levels, namely trade, project, com-pany, and industry. Then, the questionnaire was developed and disseminated to 53 Singapore-based construction companies for data collection. Subsequently, non-parametric statistical tests were conducted to analyze the data collected by the questionnaire. Results showed that the top five metrics in terms of usage frequency and relative importance were “constructability score”, “buildable design score”, “square meter of built-up floor area per man-day”, “square meter per dollar”, and “output per worker.” In addition, results showed that differences existed in the assessment results when productivity metrics at different levels were used to conduct the same measurement. This is the first study to explore the most widely used metrics in productivity assessments of construction projects and investigate possible differences in assessment results. This study could help the authorities to review, evaluate, and modify the productivity metrics used in practice. Thus, this study is beneficial to the practice as well. |
Promoting quality service in Singapore's public administration: a study of the Service Improvement Unit
Promoting quality service in Singapore's public administration: a study of the Service Improvement Unit
1997
Quick, Stephen Ser Yung
Collection | Bureaucracy & The Civil Service |
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Author/Creator |
Quick, Stephen Ser Yung |
Title |
Promoting quality service in Singapore's public administration: a study of the Service Improvement Unit |
Publication Date | 1997 |
Call Number | JA36 *1997 14 |
Subject |
Civil service -- Singapore Quality control -- Singapore |
Page | 65 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Dissertation/Thesis |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Description |
Academic exercise -- Dept. of Political Science, National University of Singapore |
Public administration Singapore-style
Public administration Singapore-style
Collection | Bureaucracy & The Civil Service |
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Author/Creator |
Quah, Jon S. T. |
Title |
Public administration Singapore-style |
Publication Date | 2010 |
Publisher | Bingley, UK : Emerald |
Call Number | JF1338.2 Qua 2010 |
Subject |
Public administration -- Singapore Civil service -- Singapore |
Page | 311 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Book |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Public and private housing markets dynamics in Singapore: the role of fundamentals
Public and private housing markets dynamics in Singapore: the role of fundamentals
2017
Chia, Wai-Mun
Li, Mengling
Tang, Yang
Collection | Bureaucracy & The Civil Service |
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Author/Creator |
Chia, Wai-Mun Li, Mengling Tang, Yang |
Title |
Public and private housing markets dynamics in Singapore: the role of fundamentals |
Source Title | Journal of Housing Economics |
Publication Date | 2017 |
Subject |
Real property -- Prices -- Singapore Housing -- Prices -- Singapore Public housing -- Prices --Singapore |
Page | 44-61 |
Language | English |
URI |
http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2017.03.001 |
Content Type | Journal Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Volume | 36 |
Description |
Singapore housing market features a sizable public sector and a non-negligible private sector. This paper examines the interactions between these two sectors and the contributions of economic fundamentals, including demographics, financial constraints and land supply, to both public and private housing prices growth. We construct a dynamic general equilibrium model capturing the main demographic characteristics and housing market arrangements in Singapore, where residents can choose between public and private housing while nonresidents only have access to the private housing. We find that economic fundamentals can account for about 47.6% of the public housing price growth from 1990 to 2015 and 81.3% of the private housing price growth from 1980 to 2015, in which demographics have contributed the most, accounting for about 60.8 and 73.2% to the public and private housing prices increase, respectively.;To access, purchase, authenticate, or subscribe to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2017.03.001 Singapore housing market features a sizable public sector and a non-negligible private sector. This paper examines the interactions between these two sectors and the contributions of economic fundamentals, including demographics, financial constraints and land supply, to both public and private housing prices growth. We construct a dynamic general equilibrium model capturing the main demographic characteristics and housing market arrangements in Singapore, where residents can choose between public and private housing while nonresidents only have access to the private housing. We find that economic fundamentals can account for about 47.6% of the public housing price growth from 1990 to 2015 and 81.3% of the private housing price growth from 1980 to 2015, in which demographics have contributed the most, accounting for about 60.8 and 73.2% to the public and private housing prices increase, respectively. |
Public bureaucracy and policy implementation in Singapore
Public bureaucracy and policy implementation in Singapore
Collection | Bureaucracy & The Civil Service |
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Author/Creator |
Quah, Jon S. T. |
Title |
Public bureaucracy and policy implementation in Singapore |
Source Title | Southeast Asian Journal of Social science |
Publication Date | 1987 |
DOI |
http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/080382487X00163 |
Call Number | H8 SAS |
Subject |
Bureaucracy -- Singapore Civil service -- Singapore Government productivity -- Singapore Public administration -- Singapore Administrative agencies -- Singapore |
Page | 77-95 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Journal Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Volume | 15 |
Issue | 2 |
Public management and policy transfer in Southeast Asia
Public management and policy transfer in Southeast Asia
Collection | Bureaucracy & The Civil Service |
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Author/Creator |
Common, Richard |
Title |
Public management and policy transfer in Southeast Asia |
Publication Date | 2001 |
Publisher | Aldershot, UK : Ashgate |
Call Number | JQ1499 Asi.Co |
Subject |
Policy sciences Public administration -- Southeast Asia |
Page | 273 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Book |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Description |
Case studies of public management reforms in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong |
Public sector labour relations in the Singapore context
Public sector labour relations in the Singapore context
Collection | Bureaucracy & The Civil Service |
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Author/Creator |
Lee, Boon Hiok |
Title |
Public sector labour relations in the Singapore context |
Publication Date | 1979 |
Publisher | Singapore : Dept. of Political Science, University of Singapore |
Call Number | HD6855.2 Lee |
Subject |
Industrial relations -- Singapore Labor unions -- Singapore |
Page | 27 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Book |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Public service reform for the 21st century: a case study of PS21 in Singapore
Public service reform for the 21st century: a case study of PS21 in Singapore
Collection | Bureaucracy & The Civil Service |
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Author/Creator |
Rai, Vimal Kumar |
Title |
Public service reform for the 21st century: a case study of PS21 in Singapore |
Publication Date | 1997 |
Call Number | JA36 *1997 15 |
Subject |
Civil service -- Singapore Civil service reform -- Singapore Quality control -- Singapore |
Page | 85 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Dissertation/Thesis |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Description |
Academic exercise -- Dept. of Political Science, National University of Singapore |
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