An age-old issue is how inquiry and action can reciprocally contribute to transforming existing into preferred conditions. Leading scholars of a recent generation repeatedly addressed this general issue in human affairs. Herbert Simon's major proposal was to develop design-oriented sciences or,...

A 3-part teaching case study.

Esta publicación que recoge el producto de investigaciones de los docentes del Programa INDES-Guatemala, transformadas en estudios de caso sobre buenas prácticas de gerencia social. En el INDES propiciamos este tipo de investigación aplicada, conscientes como estamos de que la escasez de...

This document presents a conceptual framework and methodological guide for researching the process of public management policy change in the Latin American region. This methodological guide is primarily intended to help researchers study the processes of public management policy making so that...

Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Gestión Pública y Transparencia del Diálogo Regional de Política para la III Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 14 y 15 de noviembre de 2002. ¿Cómo pueden los líderes gubernamentales actuar de forma efectiva para mejorar la gestión...

This article presents a conceptual framework and methodological guide for researching the process of public management policy change in the Latin America region. It provides an explicit the methodological approach for case study research on this topic. The focus on the Latin America region is...

The research-practice gap has emerged as an acute problem in management scholars' internal professional debates. Evidence-based management (EBM) has been proposed as a remedy, and it is gaining adherents. This article offers a critical examination of the EBM proposal and its justification. The...