... management of uncertainty through time, the approach developed by the IOR School as a guide to flexible facilitation practice in supporting developmental decisions – the so‐called Strategic Choice Approach – could be seen as one significant pointer towards this alternative management philosophy. Meanwhile...

... is also entrenched in industrialised, democratic societies. Corruption is especially harmful in developing countries because these countries tend to have fewer resources, and need to use these scarce resources in the most effective manner (Camerer, 1997). The developmental approach of the 1960s associated...

... of formal processes was conducted at six departmental and sub‐unit meetings of the State mail service. This was, however, supplemented by the daily observations of informal organisational processes. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Knowledge Self‐managing teams Development Continuous improvement...

..., is to assist in development. Some models, for example Victoria’s (Office of the Public Service Commissioner, undated), are in a developmental stage. The extent to which existing models are implemented or used within government agencies as reference points for selection to positions, for performance management...

... the development of electronic links between government functions, across departmental boundaries and, even, across tiers of government. Increasingly, it also involves electronic data exchange with customers and suppliers. Contextualizes these changes in the managerialist agendas of contemporary government...

... in the development of the four Tigers’ economies, the Bank suggests, was markedly greater than the role exhibited in the NIEs; economies following an otherwise similar developmental path to the NICs but “where policy choices have been less interventionist”[ 1 , p. 86]. Accordingly, the Bank’s message for countries...

.... Developing countries will face a major challenge over the next decade as they attempt to develop policies and administrative structures which will allow the successful introduction of agrobiotechnologies while minimizing the socio‐economic disruptions which may accompany rapid technological change. Attempts...

...Ebenezer O. Aka, Jr Reviews the development of town and country planning and administration in Nigeria from the colonial period to the present. The British colonial administration, with its religious and missionary zeal,created the cultural, social and ideological premisses of modern town...

... review and evaluation in every sphere of state activity which has continued to date. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Bureaucracy Development History Public sector Turkey Administrative Development and Reform in Turkey: A Historical Overview (Part II) Talib Younis Glasgow Polytechnic, Scotland...

... Sector Management, Vol. 4 No. 2, developmental tasks and shift towards immediacy of application and problem, 1991, pp. 14-22. © MCB University Press, 0951-3558 rather than subject, centredness[l]. The implications of this shift in theory were enormous. Reflecting a similar orientation Carl Rogers...

.... fulfilling their commercial role. In his study of finance for the developing countries, Kitchen discusses the tension which arises between these roles and the problems which arise in identifying projects which are both "bankable" and "developmental". He strongly advocates that development banks should...

...David Hulme The way in which a single simulation exercise, the Green Revolution Game,can be adapted to meet the professional needs of different groups of development planners and managers, is described. It is argued that simulations and gaming exercises should play a greater role in the training...