Transactional Authority and Bureaucratic Politics

Bureaucratic politics research couched within the new institutionalism paradigm has largely focused on principal authority rooted in formal (institutional) mechanisms that are ultimately both devised and chosen by politicians. A nascent literature has emerged over the past two decades whose underpinnings reflect increasing gravitation towards a transactional authority perspective, one that is c…

Bureaucratic Politics Arising From, Not Defined by, a Principal–Agency Dyad

We contrast two archetypal modes of research in principal-agency theory and in public administration: an aggregated mode which regards the agency as a unified whole, and a disaggregated mode attending to individuals. We argue for the virtues of the latter approach in that mechanisms are clear, verifiable, and specific. The aggregated approach may also be clear, at the cost of submerging interna…

Institutional Effects of Changes in Political Attention: Explaining Organizat…

All democratic countries have ministries for issues like foreign affairs, defense, transportation, education, and social affairs. Yet, we know little about what determines the number and issue content of ministries. Why do some policy issues have their own ministry while others do not and when are new ministries created? The article offers a theoretical argument for how creation and termination…

A Conceptual Framework for Analysis of Goal Ambiguity in Public Organizations

Prominent authors have claimed that government organizations have high levels of goal ambiguity, but these claims have needed clarification and verification. We discuss the complexities of organizational goals and their analysis, and review many authors’ observations about public agencies’ goal ambiguity and its good and bad effects. Then, we propose a conceptual framework to organize and make …

This Could Be the Start of Something Big: Linking Early Managerial Choices wi…

The influence of early events in the history of a country, a social phenomenon, or an organization on later developments has received significant attention in many social science disciplines. Often dubbed “path dependence,” this influence occurs when early events influence later outcomes even when the original events do not reoccur. “Path dependence,” however, has received little theoretical or…

Local Government Management and Performance: A Review of Evidence

Local governments play a critical role in delivering services to the public. Over recent decades scholars have begun to empirically examine the relationship between the management and performance of local governments, locating this in economic, contingency, and resource-based theoretical frameworks. In this study, we undertake a comprehensive assessment of what is currently known about the mana…

Administrative Burden: Learning, Psychological, and Compliance Costs in Citiz…

This article offers two theoretical contributions. First, we develop the concept of administrative burden as an important variable in understanding how citizens experience the state. Administrative burden is conceptualized as a function of learning, psychological, and compliance costs that citizens experience in their interactions with government. Second, we argue that administrative burden is …

Predicting Public Sector Accountability: From Agency Drift to Forum Drift

Principal-agent theory has been the dominant theory at the heart of public sector accountability research. The notion of the potentially drifting agent—such as independent public agencies, opaque transnational institutions, or recalcitrant street-level bureaucrats—has been the guiding paradigm in empirical accountability research. The aim of this article is first of all to signal the limits of …

Kapita selekta dan beban biaya sosial korupsi

Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK), menyadari bahwa sebagai institusi yang diberi kewenangan memberantas tindak korupsi di negeri ini tak akan mampu berjalan sendiri. Terlebih ke depan, kita lebih mengedepankan upaya pencegahan di samping penindakan yang selama ini dilakukan. KPK butuh dukungan seluruh elemen bangsa untuk sama-sama mengetaskan bangsa ini dari cengkeraman tindakan busuk para kor…

Pengaduan masyarakat terindikasi tipikor

Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK), menyadari bahwa sebagai institusi yang diberi kewenangan memberantas tindak korupsi di negeri ini tak akan mampu berjalan sendiri. Terlebih ke depan, kita lebih mengedepankan upaya pencegahan di samping penindakan yang selama ini dilakukan. KPK butuh dukungan seluruh elemen bangsa untuk sama-sama mengetaskan bangsa ini dari cengkeraman tindakan busuk para kor…

Pengantar gratifikasi

Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK), menyadari bahwa sebagai institusi yang diberi kewenangan memberantas tindak korupsi di negeri ini tak akan mampu berjalan sendiri. Terlebih ke depan, kita lebih mengedepankan upaya pencegahan di samping penindakan yang selama ini dilakukan. KPK butuh dukungan seluruh elemen bangsa untuk sama-sama mengetaskan bangsa ini dari cengkeraman tindakan busuk para kor…

Pengantar laporan harta kekayaan penyelenggara negara

Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK), menyadari bahwa sebagai institusi yang diberi kewenangan memberantas tindak korupsi di negeri ini tak akan mampu berjalan sendiri. Terlebih ke depan, kita lebih mengedepankan upaya pencegahan di samping penindakan yang selama ini dilakukan. KPK butuh dukungan seluruh elemen bangsa untuk sama-sama mengetaskan bangsa ini dari cengkeraman tindakan busuk para kor…

Pengantar kelembagaan anti korupsi

Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK), menyadari bahwa sebagai institusi yang diberi kewenangan memberantas tindak korupsi di negeri ini tak akan mampu berjalan sendiri. Terlebih ke depan, kita lebih mengedepankan upaya pencegahan di samping penindakan yang selama ini dilakukan. KPK butuh dukungan seluruh elemen bangsa untuk sama-sama mengetaskan bangsa ini dari cengkeraman tindakan busuk para kor…

Creating Business Plans

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9781625272225

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viii, 141p.; 18 cm

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658.4 HAR c

Social Psychology

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9780393913231

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xxii, 621p.; 27 cm

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300 GIL s

HBR guide to persuative presentations

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978-1-4221-8710-4

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xvii, 227p.; 23 cm

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Lanskap otonomi daerah : analisa dan kritik

Sejak awal, hadirnya UU No. 32/2004 sudah terlihat betapa pihak yang paling diuntungkan adalah elit lokal dan nasional. Semangat UU ini lebih banyak dalam bidang distribusi kekuasaan dan pembagian keputusan ketimbang memberikan otonomi kearah kemandirian daerah. Ini tetap saja intinya menyangkut pemerintahan, serta bukan otonomi dalam artian yang lebih luas. Hany saja, apa yang disebut pemerint…

Pemilihan langsung kepala daerah: transformasi menuju demokrasi lokal

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xiii, 139p.; 21 cm

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352, DJO, p

The Art of Product Design: Changing How Things Get Made

Embrace Open Engineering and accelerate the design and manufacturing processes Product development is a team sport, but most companies don't practice it that way. Organizations should be drawing on the creativity of engaged customers and outsiders, but instead they rely on the same small group of internal "experts" for new ideas. Designers and engineers should be connecting with marketing, s…

John P. Kotter on what leaders really do

Widely acknowledged as the world's foremost authority on leadership, John Kotter has devoted his remarkable career to studying organizations and those who run them, and his bestselling books and essays have guided and inspired leaders at all levels. Here, in this collection of his acclaimed Harvard Business Review articles, is an astute assessment of the real work of leaders, as only John Kotte…