Annotated Bibliography | Sample Assignment

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Baird, K., Schoch, H., & Chen, Q. J. (2012). Performance management system effectiveness in Australian local government. Pacific Accounting Review.

This article aims at examining the association between three organisational factors and three organisational culture dimensions with the effectiveness of performance management systems. These factors include performance measures, link to rewards and training. The organisational culture factors include innovation, outcome orientation and teamwork (Baird, Schoch & Chen, 2012). The key findings of the paper are that the performance management systems of Australian local councils are not entirely effective when it comes to performance related outcomes. This system is also less effective with respect to achieving outcomes concerned with staff. The authors in the article have found that there is a critical relation between using multidimensional performance measures, training, performance rewards and various organisational culture factors.

This article is peer-reviewed and has been written by various eminent scholars in the field who have years of experience in analysing the effectiveness of the Australian system. However, the authors could have provided better measures to assist the local government managers in Australia to manage their employees and operations effectively. This could have helped them better. But this study is still highly useful for the local government managers in their performance management.

Best, R., Chareunsy, A., & Li, H. (2021). Equity and effectiveness of Australian small-scale solar schemes. Ecological Economics, 180, 106890.

The purpose of the study is to analyse the equity and effectiveness of Australian small-scale solar schemes. The study has focussed on two major subsidy schemes for small-scale solar panels including feed-on tariff and small-scale renewable energy scheme. The authors have indicated in the study that these schemes have huge inequity implications. The key finding of the study is that wealth is related to uptake and size decisions of solar adopters in a positive way (Best & Chareunsy, 2021). Also, the equity of solar schemes can be made better by focussing on subsidies to households that have low wealth. The efficiency of these could be made better by equalising subsidies across different system sizes. The article is peer-reviewed due to which its authenticity is extremely high. This study will be useful for the government to understand the effectiveness of various solar schemes and their implications. The government authorities can then give approvals to other solar schemes in future for getting high benefits.

Edney, L. C., Afzali, H. H. A., Cheng, T. C., & Karnon, J. (2018). Estimating the reference incremental cost-effectiveness ratio for the Australian health system.Pharmacoeconomics, 36(2), 239-252.

The purpose of this study is to estimate the expected incremental cost per quality adjusted life year obtained by high government health expenditure to invest in new health technologies. The estimated incremental cost-effectiveness ratio is a reference ICER for informing value-based decision making in the continent. The key findings of this study are that the base-case reference ICER as per the experiments conducted in this study were 28,033 AUD. The observations suggest that new technologies with ICERs above 40,000 AUD gained QALY should be considered for funding the adoption of new health technologies (Edney et al. 2018). There is a need for allocating better resources in public health spending. This article is peer-reviewed and has been reviewed by various scholars. The authors have used empirical top-down approaches to estimate the QALY effects of government health expenditure. This study can be highly useful for the government authorities to estimate the funding which should be used for the adopting new health technologies

Morris, A., & Metternicht, G. (2016). Assessing effectiveness of WEEE management policy in Australia. Journal of environmental management, 181, 218-230.

The purpose of the study is to assess the effectiveness of WEEE management policy in Australia and how it has not been developed even after so many years. The authors in the study have focussed on the fact that Australia is a key consumer of electrical and electronic products in the world. But the legislation for managing waste electrical and electronic equipment is not effectively developed and the government has never taken any initiative to assess it (Morris & Metternicht, 2016). Therefore, the study assesses the effectiveness of Australian laws, policies, and instruments to study the implementation in an effective manner. The major findings of the study are that Australia’s management of WEEE is not at all effective and needs improvement. The legislation is unable to curb the problems. The study is peer-reviewed and useful for the stakeholders to understand their role and need to fix this issue as early as possible. The study is useful for the Government to address five key priority areas within the existing legal framework and achieve efficient WEED management. The models of Japan and Switzerland are examples for the Australian stakeholders. One of the limitations of the study is that it could have explained the models of Japan and Switzerland better.

Tayler, C., Cloney, D., Adams, R., Ishimine, K., Thorpe, K., & Nguyen, T. K. C. (2016). Assessing the effectiveness of Australian early childhood education and care experiences: study protocol. BMC Public Health, 16(1), 1-12.

The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of Australian early childhood education and care experiences. Studies have indicated that Australia has over 61.5% of children in the age 3-4 years attending the Early Childhood Education and Care program. The experiences children get from these programs are different and influence educational wellbeing (Tayler et al. 2016). Therefore, this study indicates that the childhood education programs should be of high quality so that these can help in increasing the learning and development needs of the children. The key findings of the study are that there is a need for frequent studies conducted to understand the needs of children during their early years and incorporate those needs in appropriate policy making. The study is peer-reviewed and will be useful for the Australian schools and institutions that are engaged in developing childhood education programs. They can use the results of this study to develop their future programs and ensure that these programs are effective for the children during early years of their life. The authors could have provided measures of how Australian institutions can develop effective childhood programs for high effectiveness.

References

Baird, K., Schoch, H., & Chen, Q. J. (2012). Performance management system effectiveness in Australian local government. Pacific Accounting Review.

Best, R., Chareunsy, A., & Li, H. (2021). Equity and effectiveness of Australian small-scale solar schemes. Ecological Economics, 180, 106890.

Edney, L. C., Afzali, H. H. A., Cheng, T. C., & Karnon, J. (2018). Estimating the reference incremental cost-effectiveness ratio for the Australian health system. Pharmacoeconomics, 36(2), 239-252.

Morris, A., & Metternicht, G. (2016). Assessing effectiveness of WEEE management policy in Australia. Journal of environmental management, 181, 218-230.