The literature on quality-management standards has generally focused on the drivers, motivations, and performance … effects of adopting such standards. Yet the last decade has witnessed a substantial degree of decertification behavior, as … organizations have increasingly decided to voluntarily withdraw from qualitymanagement standards by not recertifying. While the …

This text considers the challenges in front of Bulgarian public administration in the light of the expanding European … level (place of state), the behavior of local and regional authorities in the European context, strategic challenges facing … the administration. The text presents the role of local and regional authorities, management capabilities in partnership …

, technology, political and socio-economic structures and external factors. Many challenges in Croatian public administration rise … administration growth, horizontal decentralisation, rationality and sound economic behaviour in the accession to EU. It is highly … important because public administration is the one to carry the burden of legislative reform within the country. European …