Purpose - The aim of this article is to specify the determining factors behind the decision to adopt either an internal or external means of the household waste management service in Moroccan local authorities (LAs), particularly in the "communes". Research methodology - The methodology applied...

Transparency of public management is fundamental to bringing citizens closer to public managers and as such universally considered an element of good governance. The main aim of this study is to identify the factors determining transparency in public management of Portuguese local authorities....

Decentralisation, which sends power and resources from the Central to local governments, comes with several theoretical promises. One such promise is the improvement in local service provision. However, achieving these theoretical promises of decentralization has been a big challenge in most...

Part I. Myths and realities of management -- 1. Is there a link between corporate culture and profit? -- 2. Different ways of understanding an organization -- 3. What are companies for -- Part II. In search of purpose -- 4. Cultural problems today -- 5.The missions of a company -- 6. The values...