The Organizational State
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The Organizational State
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Author : Edward O. Laumann
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 1987
The Organizational State written by Edward O. Laumann and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Political Science categories.
The Federal Government in the United States is a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people." Presidents are elected by popular vote in the nation (filtered through the electoral college), Senators are elected by popular vote in their states, and Representatives are elected by popular vote in their Congressional districts. Cabinet members and agency heads are appointed by the elected president, as are members of the Supreme Court. But this says nothing about politics. Professor Lauman and Knoke have asked, in this book, how policies were made, in the period 1977-1980, in the areas of energy and health. The question is a very different one from the question of how the positions of president and Congress are filled.
The Organizational State
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Author : Edward O. Laumann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1957
The Organizational State written by Edward O. Laumann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with categories.
Governing The Embedded State
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Author : Bengt Jacobsson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Governing The Embedded State written by Bengt Jacobsson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Political Science categories.
Governing the Embedded State integrates governance theory with organization theory and examines how states address social complexity and international embeddedness. Drawing upon extensive empirical research on the Swedish government system, this volume describes a strategy of governance based in a metagovernance model of steering by designing institutional structures. This strategy is supplemented by micro-steering of administrative structures within the path dependencies put in place through metagovernance. Both of these strategies of steering rely on subtle methods of providing political guidance to the public service where norms of loyalty to the government characterize the relationship between politicians and civil servants. By drawing upon this research, the volume will explain how recent developments such as globalization, Europeanization, the expansion of managerial ideas, and the fragmentation of states, have influenced the state's capacity to govern. The result is an account of contemporary governance which shows the societal constraints on government but also the significance of close interaction and cooperation between the political leadership and the senior civil servants in addressing those constraints.
Organizational Behavior
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Author : Jerald Greenberg
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-03-07
Organizational Behavior written by Jerald Greenberg and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-07 with Business & Economics categories.
As scientists toil in the fields of their disciplines, they rarely enjoy opportunities to step back from their work and evaluate where their efforts have taken them. Assessing a field's scientific progress, however, is critical if it is to have any hope of making meaningful advances. The time has come for a systematic self-examination of the state of the field of organizational behavior. Where has it been? Where is it now? And where is it going? The present book poses these questions to raise the self-consciousness of organizational scholars, causing them to question the field's values and its worth as a scientific and practical endeavor. Such a critical self-assessment of the state of organizational behavior is absolutely essential if the field is to prosper and make meaningful advances to behavioral science and to the welfare of individuals and society. This volume is a collection of essays by the field's most highly regarded scholars--experts who have contributed widely to the field, and who were invited to share their thoughts about its past, present, and future. By presenting their ideas about the state of organizational behavior, the discipline as a whole is invited to engage in critical self-reflection. No other book serves this function.
A Theory Of Public Bureaucracy
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Author : Donald P. Warwick
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1980
A Theory Of Public Bureaucracy written by Donald P. Warwick and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Business & Economics categories.
Based mainly on State Department materials, but addressing generic problems of organizational politics as well, this book provides a fresh, intelligent, and lively account of bureaucratic behavior.
State Market And Organizational Form
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Author : Ayşe Buğra
language : en
Publisher: de Gruyter
Release Date : 1997
State Market And Organizational Form written by Ayşe Buğra and has been published by de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Business & Economics categories.
The book presents inquiries into the contemporary world economy, namely, the spectacular economic success of East Asia, political and organizational restructuring in Western, industrialized countries, and the post-communist transformation process ine former centrally planned economies. The contributions share a common concern with societal determinants of economic and organizational activities.
For Formal Organization
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Author : Paul Du Gay
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017
For Formal Organization written by Paul Du Gay and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Business & Economics categories.
This book focuses on the state of Organization Theory, its purpose, object, and practical relevance. In recent years, disquiet has mounted within the field of organizational analysis, broadly defined, about the overly theoretical and a-or anti-organizational state of Organization Theory and its consequent lack of practical purchase, not least in the light of pressing economic, social and political concerns that are often profoundly organizational in nature. The book argues that predominant contemporary modes of theorising within the field, and in particular the stance associated with them, have had the effect of occluding and dissolving Organization Theory's core object - formal organization - and, as a consequence, dissipating its practical focus and reach. The book seeks to contribute to the goal of reviving Organization Theory as a practical science of organizing and rehabilitating its core object -formal organization - through a re-examination and re-assessment of the outlook, comportment and attitude - stance - animating its classical antecedents. This ambition is double edged. For not only does it seek to revive Organization Theory through reconnecting it with the practical orientation framing classical organizational analysis, it also seeks to indicate how the historic products of that orientation or stance still have considerable traction for analysing and intervening in contemporary matters of organizational concern. Not least, this 'classical organizational stance' provides those who adopt it with a method with which to orient themselves both in formal organizational thought and in formal organizational life. It furnishes them with an ethos combining both practical rationality and ethical seriousness. In this sense the book suggest itself both as a guide to doing Organizational analysis and doing practical organization
Governing The Contemporary Administrative State
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Author : Jarle Trondal
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Governing The Contemporary Administrative State written by Jarle Trondal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with categories.
This book examines the transformation of the administrative state, since it was first coined by Dwight Waldo seventy years ago. Empirically, the book assesses how the administrative state is facing endogenous reforms through administrative devolution, as well as exogenous shifts by the rise of multilevel administrative systems and international bureaucracy. Facing dual shifts, the book offers a comprehensive analysis of how the administrative state handles three interconnected challenges: first, a need for innovation and reform as well as stability and robustness; second, administrative autonomy among regulatory bodies as well as political leadership and democratic accountability; and third, nation-state sovereignty as well as international collaboration. It also highlights the robust character of the administrative state by demonstrating profound stability in public governance even during times of profound turbulence. It will appeal to scholars and students of public policy, public administration and global governance, as well as practitioners interested in new developments in public governance. Jarle Trondal is Professor in the Department of Political Science and Management, University of Agder, Norway; Professor at ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway; and Senior Fellow at The Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley, US. His research interests include European public administration, administrative behavior and reform, global governance, and organizational studies.
The Managerial State
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Author : John Clarke
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 1997-05-05
The Managerial State written by John Clarke and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-05-05 with Social Science categories.
This original analysis of the creation of new state forms critically examines the political forces that enabled `more and better management' to be presented as a solution to the problems of the welfare state in Britain. Examining the micro-politics within public service, the authors draw links between politics, policies and organizational power to present an incisive and dynamic account of the restructuring of social welfare. Clarke and Newman expose the tensions and contradictions in the managerial state and trace the emergence of new dilemmas in the provision of public services. They show that these problems are connected to the recurring difficulties in defining `the public' that receives these services. In partic
The Organizational And Political Constraints On Decisions
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Author : George Wayne Millward
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
The Organizational And Political Constraints On Decisions written by George Wayne Millward and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Social policy categories.