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Integrated performance monitoring systems: Benefits, pitfalls, and prescriptions
Carmen CirincionePerformance monitoring systems are typically designed to assess the achievement of a single program or agency. In recent years, there have been efforts to integrate programs…
Pre-Assessment requirements for tqm implementation: A hospital case study
Brenda S. Weeks, Marilyn M. Helms, Lawrence P. EttkinThe TQM literature suggests that success comes to organizations ready for a change in climate. Determining levels of readiness or conversely resistance to change is an important…
Presidential political systems and contemporary administrative reform: Israelʼs “semi-presidentialism” as a natural experiment
David H. Rosenbloom, Zeev SegalHow suitable is the New Public Management (NPM), which developed in parliamentary systems, to presidential democracies? The answer is important to reform efforts in the U.S…
Historical perspectives on ideological and legal challenges to labor-management participation efforts
Eileen P. KellyLabor-management participation efforts have grown dramatically under such forms as quality circles, total quality management, participation teams, and employee councils. Employers…
Three worlds of public administration modernization
Klaus KönigSince Max Weber analysed the process of the historical differentiation of religion, politics, law and economics, it is now accepted that it is functional differentiation into…
Employee self-leadership: Enhancing the effectiveness of nonprofits
Christopher P. Neck, Robert F. Ashcraft, Craig V. VanSandtNonprofits often have a top-down, control oriented leadership focus, neglecting the potential of developing leadership capabilities at all levels of the organization. We expand on…
Managerial influences in public administration
J. David EdwardsThis paper presents a discussion of the influence of managerialist values on the field of public administration. The author begins by developing a definition of managerialism…
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- Associate Professor Davide Secchi