作者:Gano, Gretchen L.; Crowley, Jocelyn Elise; Guston, David
作者单位:Yale University; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
摘要:Knowledge utilization studies aim to understand the pathways whereby research moves from a specific set of producers to a specific set of consumers. Broadly speaking, two sets of explanations exist: (1) the engineering model, which focuses on the inevitability of science in advancing knowledge, and (2) the socio-organizational model, which stresses the importance of communication between and among groups as the critical factor in promoting utilization. This study asks both research managers at...
作者:Meier, Kenneth J.; O'Toole, Laurence J., Jr.; Boyne, George A.; Walker, Richard M.
作者单位:Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Cardiff University; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; University of Hong Kong
摘要:Miles and Snow, among others, argue that strategy content is an important influence on organizational performance. Their typology, applied recently to public organizations in the United Kingdom, divides strategic actors into four general types: prospectors, defenders, analyzers, and reactors. This article begins by integrating work on strategy content or strategic management into the O'Toole-Meier formal theory of public management. This study shows that strategy content is a subset of general...