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作者:Visser, JA
作者单位:Western Michigan University
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作者:Boyne, GA; Walker, RM
作者单位:Cardiff University
摘要:Existing classifications of organizational strategy have limited relevance to public agencies. They confuse strategy processes and strategy content, consist of simplistic taxonomies, and do not take sufficient account of the constraints faced by public organizations. in this article we attempt to remedy these problems by developing a strategy content matrix that comprises two dimensions: strategic stance (the extent to which an organization is a prospector, defender, or reactor) and strategic ...
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作者:Hefetz, A; Warner, M
作者单位:Technion Israel Institute of Technology; Cornell University
摘要:Empirical evidence shows local government contracting is a dynamic process that includes movements from public delivery to markets and from market contracts back to in-house delivery. This reverse contracting reflects the complexity of public service provision in a world where market alternatives are used along with public delivery. We develop a methodology to link responses to national surveys and create a longitudinal data set that captures the dynamics of the contracting process. We present...
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作者:Van Slyke, DM; Roch, CH
作者单位:University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
摘要:Devolution and pressures from elected officials and citizens to reduce government involvement in service provision have increasingly led many public agencies to contract with nonprofits for service delivery. in this article we consider the effects of the changing institutional arrangements governing the delivery of publicly funded social services on citizens' satisfaction and ability to hold service providers accountable. Specifically, we consider whether citizens are able to accurately identi...
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作者:Visser, JA
作者单位:Western Michigan University
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作者:Visser, JA
作者单位:Western Michigan University
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作者:Dekker, S; Hansén, D
作者单位:Leiden University - Excl LUMC; Leiden University
摘要:When things in the public domain go wrong, government bureaucracies usually face increased political scrutiny and strong demands for reform. The need for organizational learning is high under such circumstances. Conventional theories, however, conceive political involvement as a constraint on organizational learning. This implies a paradoxical challenge for public organizations. On the one hand, the need to learn from mistakes is highest in times of political scrutiny; on the other hand, under...
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作者:Visser, JA
作者单位:Western Michigan University