Creole in the Public Eye: Written Instances of Creole in Public Spaces in Guadeloupe

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-302
Author(s):  
C. L. Pooser
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Social Discourse ◽  
Written Communication ◽  
The Public ◽  
Majority Population ◽  
Maternal Language ◽  
Written Form

Creole is the maternal language of the majority population of Guadeloupe, but French is the language of education, commerce, government and most written communication. Although the vast majority of Guadeloupians are bilingual and educated exclusively in French, Creole is also found in written form in the public domain in advertising, the public service sector, tourism, graffiti and political posters, among others. This article explores the various domains of written Creole usage with an additional focus upon the purposes and/or motives behind its use. It is argued that Creole is used variously to add local colour, to solidify connections with the creolophone community, to reinforce pride in one’s heritage and identity, and to exclude certain parties from political and social discourse.

Total quality management and sustainability in the public service sector: the mediating effect of service innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ohoud Ali AlShehail ◽  
Mehmood Khan ◽  
Mian Ajmal
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sustainability Performance

PurposeThis study aims to critically investigate the structural relationships between total quality management (TQM), service innovation and sustainability performance in the public service sector of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Design/methodology/approachThe study employed an online survey to collect data from 400 employees working in eight selected UAE public service sector organisations located in Abu Dhabi. The collected data were analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM) to empirically examine whether TQM practices improve service innovation and, subsequently, sustainability performance in the UAE's public service sector.FindingsThe results show that TQM has a significant impact on service innovation and sustainability performance in the UAE's public service sector. Additionally, service innovation partially mediates the relationship between TQM and sustainability performance.Practical implicationsThe public service sector's TQM practices and service innovation in the UAE have a much greater impact on social and environmental sustainability than on economic sustainability performance. Adopting five dimensions of TQM (following the Abu Dhabi Award for Excellence in Government Performance [ADAEP] model) across the UAE's public organisations will enable government departments to deliver innovative services to its beneficiaries.Originality/valueThis study provides a substantial contribution by addressing the gaps in the literature. Very few studies have empirically investigated the possible association between TQM, service innovation and sustainability performance in public sector organisations, particularly in developing countries such as the UAE, where the increasing efforts in TQM practices are still in their emerging stages, mainly targeting innovative service offerings and sustainable performance.

scholarly journals Determining Innovation Aspect in the Performance of Public Service Sector

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 361-368
Author(s):  
Qaanita Yuuha Mustafid
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Private Company ◽  
Organizational Survival ◽  
The Public ◽  
Measurement Framework ◽  
And Performance

Innovation is important for organizational survival, not only for private company but also for Public Service Company. When the private company needs to develop innovation to win the market competition, public service sector develops innovation in order to increase efficiency and public service quality. In order to evaluate and develop the successful innovation, the company needs to measure innovation performance. The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for measuring innovation performance in the public service sector. This paper also identified the variables associated with innovation performance measurement in the public service sector. Using qualitative methods, we developed a performance measurement framework based on the literature review of innovation and performance measurement. The measured variables consist of inputs for innovation, innovation processes, innovation outputs, and the outcomes of implementing innovation. This research is expected to contribute to the literature used by academics and companies that have similar characteristics to measure innovation performance.

scholarly journals Analysis of queue change of visitors and performace system in the Department of Population and Civil Regristation of Semarang City

2020 ◽  
Vol 202 ◽  
pp. 15005
Author(s):  
Sugito ◽  
Alan Prahutama ◽  
Dwi Ispriyanti ◽  
Mustafid
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Waiting Time ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Service Time ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
General Distribution ◽  
Queuing Systems ◽  
Queuing Model ◽  
The Public ◽  
Second Period

The Population and Civil Registry Office in Semarang city is one of the public service units. In the public service sector, visitor / customer satisfaction is very important. It can be identified by the length of the queue, the longer visitors queue this results in visitor dissatisfaction with the service. Queue analysis is one of the methods in statistics to determine the distribution of queuing systems that occur within a system. In this study, a queuing analysis as divided into two periods. The first period lasts from 2-13 March 2015, while the second period lasts November 16th to December 20th 2019. The variables used are the number of visitors and the service time at each counter in intervals of 30 minutes. The results obtained are changes in the distribution and queuing model that is at counter 5/6 and counter 10. The queuing model obtained at the second perideo for the number of visitors and the time of service with a General distribution. The average number of visitors who come in 30 minute intervals in the second period is more than the first period, this indicates an increase in visitors. The opportunity for service units is still small, the waiting time in the queue is getting smaller. This shows that the performance of the queuing system at the Semarang Population and Civil Registry Office is getting better.

Municipal Microchips: The Computerised Labour Process in the Public Service Sector

1996 ◽  
pp. 35-63
Author(s):  
Harvie Ramsay ◽  
Chris Baldry ◽  
Anne Connolly ◽  
Cliff Lockyer
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
The Public ◽  
Labour Process

scholarly journals Usage of languages in Pabradė (based on public notices)

2017 ◽  
pp. 244-264
Author(s):  
Joana Gruodytė
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Small Population ◽  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
The Public ◽  
Bulletin Boards ◽  
Written Form ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Town ◽  
State Language

This article presents a quantitative study of public notices in Pabradė. It continues the research of the linguistic landscape of Pabradė started in 2008. The data has been collected by taking pictures of different texts in the public spaces of the area. The analysis focuses on the languages used (in their written form) in this small (population 5,542) multinational town. Pabradė is home to more than five nationalities, with Poles constituting the largest ethnic group (42.5%). In 2015, pictures of public notices on five of the town’s bulletin boards and in other places were taken three times (in January, May, and December). At first, the pictures of all notices were taken; then 400 different notices were selected. The material was classified according to the method of execution (handwritten, typewritten, handwritten/typewritten), the language of the notice, the number and sequence of the languages used (in multilingual notices). The languages were then verified for prevalence and the way such prevalence was manifested.The town’s monolingual notices are mostly written in Lithuanian, Russian, and Polish; some notices are bilingual and trilingual. A count of notices written in the languages of the ethnic groups residing in the town has shown that notices in Lithuanian prevail, whereas those in Polish constitute the smallest number. The analysis of language importance in bilingual and trilingual notices has also revealed a unique position of the Lithuanian (state) language: it is the language most frequently employed in the notices; it is used in all bilingual and trilingual notices.The studies of the texts (graffiti and notices on the bridges) photographed in 2008 and 2015 revealed very similar tendencies: texts in Lithuanian prevail, texts in Polish constitute an absolute minority, and the proportion of texts in Russian is similar (10.7% and 15.5%, respectively). The only difference was identified in the number of texts written in English. It is used more often in graffiti on bridges than in other notices in the town. Apparently, this is due to the difference in the age of their authors and potential readers of such texts; it also depends on the purpose of writing.

scholarly journals Application of queuing theory to a financial institution in the public service sector in the city of Manaus

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 323-330
Author(s):  
Alyne Carvalho Farias ◽  
David Barbosa de Alencar ◽  
Alexandra Priscilla Tregue Costa ◽  
Antônio Estanislau Sanches
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Queuing Theory ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Financial Institution ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Empirical Knowledge ◽  
The Public ◽  
Banking Service ◽  
First Choice ◽  
The City

This paper aims to apply queuing theory to a banking service system. Financial institutions are known to attract large audiences on a daily basis, generating long and lengthy queues. Based on empirical knowledge, it is common to use seasonality to explain the increase and decrease in the flow of people in the agencies, either because it is the payment week of a wallet, the workers' lunchtime. This paper aims to apply the theory in a system, with the objective of increasing the company's competitiveness, so that it is remembered as the customer's first choice.

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