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Neue Steuerungsinstrumente - Überwindung der Bürokratie oder Bürokratie im neuen Gewand?
Kalkowski, Peter - In: Arbeit 11 (2002) 2, pp. 129-142
Abstract Turbulente Unternehmensumwelten drängen auf einen Wechsel der Managementparadigmen. Im Rekurs auf Ergebnisse einer empirischen Untersuchung in Telekommunikationsbetrieben wird festgestellt, dass neue Steuerungs- und Führungsinstrumente dabei eine Schlüsselrolle spielen und sie in...
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The Problem of an Autonomous Bureaucracy in Transition Economies: Lessons from the American Experience
Libecap, Gary D. - In: Journal des �conomistes et des �tudes Humaines 11 (2001) 1
remedy for a politicized corrupt bureaucracy is an autonomous, professional bureaucracy, chosen on the basis of merit. This … article argues, however, such a move will not necessarily bring improvement. Political controls over the bureaucracy must be … developed and inserted so that the bureaucracy has incentives to be more efficient and to be more responsive to changing citizen …
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The social and technological origins of the information society
Weller, Toni; Bawden, David - In: Journal of Documentation 61 (2005) 6, pp. 777-802
organisation. It goes on to assess the growth of bureaucracy and organisation in commerce. The expansion of government surveillance …
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Entrepreneurial propensity in a transition economy: exploring micro‐level and meso‐level cultural antecedents
Chelariu, Cristian; Brashear, Thomas G.; Osmonbekov, Talai - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 23 (2008) 6, pp. 405-415
Purpose – This paper aims to analyze antecedents of entrepreneurship propensity in two separate studies, at individual and organizational levels. The first study proposes that the effect of individual cultural values on entrepreneurial propensity is mediated by the locus of control. The second...
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Entrepreneurship in a Bureaucracy: The Case of Friedrich Althoff
Peirce, W.S.; Kruger, P. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 20 (1993) 4/5
stereotypes of bureaucracy have no room for the public entrepreneur who succeeds only by usurping the role of bureaucracy within …
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Althoff′s Administration of the Academic System: An Economic Approach
Vereeck, Lode - In: Journal of Economic Studies 20 (1993) 4/5
control, characteristic of bureaucracy, was solved by the comparative information advantage and the autonomy of the Althoff …
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Imagined promises versus real challenges to public performance management
Halachmi, Arie - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 60 (2011) 1, pp. 24-40
Purpose – This paper aims to alert and to sensitize managers and those charged with oversight responsibility about the possible follies of relying too much on performance measurement as a management tool Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on review and analysis of published...
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Accountability and governance: strengthening extra‐bureaucratic mechanisms in Bangladesh
Shafiqul Huque, Ahmed - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 60 (2011) 1, pp. 59-74
Purpose – This paper aims to examine accountability arrangements in Bangladesh and to identify strengths and weaknesses, as well as potentials for improvement. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on review and analysis of published documents and data and information obtained on...
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Urban service delivery in developing countries – Escaping western bureaucratic solutions
Henderson, Keith M. - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 14 (2001) 4, pp. 327-340
Bureaucracy and the Alternatives in World Perspective by Keith M. Henderson and O.P. Dwivedi, and seeks to apply the ideas in that …
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Assessment of hierarchical tendencies in an Indian bureaucracy
Ranjan Kumar, Madhu - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 20 (2007) 5, pp. 380-391
supervisory grade and supervisors in a large bureaucracy in India using an instrument developed in India. Design … consciousness with superiors” and “dependence on superiors”. Findings – The paper concludes that in the Indian bureaucracy, 15 years … younger employees who joined the bureaucracy less than two years ago, and older employees who joined the bureaucracy roughly …
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