Tensions between leadership and democracy have long been noted, yet little or no attempt has been made to mitigate points of contention between views of democracy emphasizing the capacity of ordinary people to mold their own futures through political participation and views denigrating these...

Higher education institutions (HEIs) have adopted strategic planning since 1980s (Fidler, 2002; Richards, O’Shea, & Connolly, 2004). According to Bryson (2004), the main purpose of strategic planning in HEIs is to help them to think, act, and learn strategically. One of important stages of...

We show that officer training during the Swedish military service has a strong positive effect on the probability to attain a managerial position later in life. The most intense type of officer training increases the probability of becoming a civilian manager by about 5 percentage points, or 75...

We show that officer training during the Swedish military service has a strong positive effect on the probability to attain a managerial position later in life. The most intense type of officer training increases the probability of becoming a civilian manager by about 5 percentage points, or 75...

The Romanian public administration reform is on the working agenda of the governments since more than a decade and a half. Its objectives require a corps of professional civil servants, career civil servants, with adequate training, able to achieve a new interface within the relations with the...

Accountants and auditors are no longer number crunchers that are primarily concerned with examining historical data. They are being used by most firms to provide advice and as such are often the power behind the throne. As advisors, they need to understand that they play an important role in how...