This paper describes federalism and decentralization as emerging important policy issues in many countries and also in international institutions. Political and economic corruption has been identified as a barrier to development as well as transition to a market economy and democratic polity. Some expect decentralization to reduce corruption while others...
Many current implementations of organizational knowledge management, although based on the most advanced information technologies, are hobbled by the pervading organizational controls. Such information systems related organizational controls could spell the success or failure of organizational management initiatives despite application of latest groupware and collaboration software. This paper fills the...
Organizational effectiveness is defined as the ability of an organization to fulfill its mission through a balance of sound management, strong governance, and a persistent rededication to achieving results. This booklet examines two distinctive subsets of organizational effectiveness, achieving mission vs. organizational survival. This booklet also attempts to give reservation-based...
From the executive summary: ‘To sustain the support of members and the enthusiasm of employees, it is essential to spell out in writing what the organization is about, why it is there, and in what direction it is headed. The best way to accomplish the aforesaid goal is to craft...
Organizations need to continually reinvent themselves in response to an ever changing and continuously more complex environment. This presentation offers insight on the dynamics of change through organizational transformation. There are two approaches to change management, namely, reactive and proactive. In addition to the structure, strategy and principles of the...
A little-noticed effort in both the U.S. House and Senate to promote the concepts of federalism and states' rights is starting to raise serious concerns that it could derail efforts to modernize financial services. The legislation would require bo A little-noticed effort in...
Organizational theorists have long acknowledged the importance of the formal and informal incentives facing a firm's employees, stressing that the political economy of a firm plays a major role in shaping organizational life and firm behavior. Yet the detailed study of incentive systems has traditionally been left in the hands...
Organizational learning takes place when the organization constantly learns from past mistakes and refrains from repeating them in the future. It is imperative to measure organizational learning to assess the progress made by the organization. The Balanced Scorecard BS framework measures performance of the organization by effectively measuring organizational learning....
The study of organizational effectiveness has dramatically evolved with the adoption of general systems theory concepts and changes in the complexity and pace of change of organizational environments. This paper explains the evolution of those concepts and their application across a broad variety of management fields. Two critically important emerging...
Organizations undergo change to enhance their productivity. Changes can be effected in several areas of the organization including culture, strategy, and organizational structure. Organizational Development OD is a framework that defines the role, responsibilities, and performance of human resources in the organization. The paper examines management of organizational change and...
Organizing is a management function that involves allocation of organizational resources towards achievement of long-term organizational goals. Organizational Structure OS is the framework that defines how different tasks are divided between different personnel of the organization. OS facilitates in providing a definite direction and smooth flow to the organizational strategy....
Several members of the European Union are doubtful about the authority and impartiality of the European Court of Justice. The court is accused of promoting federalism at the cost of national sovereignity. The court is also overloaded and has little power Several members of the European Union are doubtful about...
Organizational change is an ongoing process in order to bring the organizational systems and processes in line with the factors prevailing in the external and internal environment of the organization. The forces of organizational change include internal and external forces. Organization Development OD refers to the framework consisting of planned-change...
Organizational achievement is a yardstick to measure the success of an organization in managing change. There are three tools used in achieving such success. They are strategic planning, organizational development, and organizational learning. Strategic planning is imperative in proactively managing change. Organizational development focuses on participative management in carrying out...
"As mobile communication becomes more pervasive, there is an increasing need to study the potential uses of wireless organizational communication. The difficulty in analyzing information and communication technology ICT in organizational communication is the unintentional split between information processes perspectives and human communication perspectives in the discussions of workplace...
This paper describes an ontology-based organizational knowledge representation framework focused on the specification of a two kinds of ontologies: the top level ontology containing concepts characterizing the typical organizational background and COKE ontologies representing so called core organizational knowledge entities. The framework constitutes a representation of organizational knowledge providing a...
The organizational routine defined here as a coordinated, repetitive set of organizational activities is an important element of organizational learning and knowledge management. Some scholars even consider routines to be the only source of sustainable strategic advantage for firms. This paper helps fill this gap in the literature by examining...
This article analyses the relationship between organizational complexity, robustness, and performance. Structures that are more complex are not necessarily more profitable, but are less robust. One of the least complex structures always performs worst. Superior organizational performance may vanish completely due to misallocated agents. Organizational performance can be enhanced through...
This article serves as an introduction to the special issue on organizational longevity published in the organizational change management. The issues of researching and writing about organizational longevity are described and the content of the special issue is related to a theoretical perspective that focuses on the nature of technological,...
In recent years, there have been several major transportation accidents which have brought significant attention to the role that organizational factors play in motivating operator safety within high-risk systems, yet very little has been studied regarding the direct contribution organizational factors play in accidents. The purpose of the study presented...
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