Governance – A Sociological Perspective

Wittek, Rafael; Schimank, Uwe; Groß, Thomas

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-5831-8_3

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“…The technocratic pathway builds on the consequentialist assumption that higher investments in resources relate to higher compliance in implementation (cf. Wittek ; see also Entwistle ). An alternative framework to explain compliant change emphasizes normative legitimation of organizational processes and active bottom‐up involvement of organizational members (Rainey ; Wittek and van de Bunt ).…”

Section: Theory: Implementation Pathwaysmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some commentators make a case for a positive relation between resource availability, incentives, and organizational performance (Jackson ; cf. Wittek ). It is argued, for instance, that sizeable budgets provide flexibility in response to environmental changes, and improve organizational capacity to adopt and implement new policies (Bowman and Hurry ; De Lancer Julnes and Holzer ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Organizational Pathways to Compliant Reform Implementation: Evidence From Mexican Civil Service Reform

Morales

Wittek

Heyse

2015

Public Administration

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A technocratic pathway to public management reform stresses the need for committing sizeable resources to reform implementation. Building on an institutional framework, we argue that there are alternative pathways to compliant implementation for government agencies with limited resources. Our comparative study of 55 Mexican government agencies that were the object of the 2003 Civil Service Reform Act reveals the co‐occurrence of both technocratic and institutional pathways to compliant implementation. The common denominator across pathways in organizations with limited resources was the absence of strong oppositional norms (patronage) and the presence of robust interpersonal trust. We conclude that the role played by available resources in compliant reform implementation is far from straightforward, and depends on different combinations of public organizations' endogenous characteristics.

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Section: Theory: Implementation Pathwaysmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Organizational Pathways to Compliant Reform Implementation: Evidence From Mexican Civil Service Reform

Morales

Wittek

Heyse

2015

Public Administration

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“…Policies to improve commitment are more complex (not as simple as it may seem). There are numerous bases for commitment: deterrence (coercive), remuneration (incentive), associational (social), and moral (normative), and these form the theoretical foundations for most enforcement policies [76] [77].…”

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Environmental Issues of Livestock Production in Developing Countries: Need for Government Intervention Using the Truck Based Approach

2020

JBAH

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Globally, the natural environment faces a range of unprecedented challenges which are require a well-structured strategic approach in solving it. One of these challenges is the ever-increasing greenhouse gas emission. Currently majority of our daily activities directly or indirectly contributes to greenhouse gas emission. An effort was taken to understand better the principal function of livestock production in the pollution of the natural environment and to ascertain mitigation policies to curb the effects on human life.Theories such as the Enforcement Strategic Theory, Utilitarian Commitment Theory, Deterrence Theory, and the Social factors Commitment Based theory were used in this study. Already processed statistics, policy strategies, laws in economics as well as authors intuitive proposals and ideas were used in this study. It was ascertained that population growth, fluctuating economies, food preferences, and urbanization had imposed pressure on livestock production and the agricultural sector, thereby leading to the release of odor, ammonia, pathogens, excess phosphorus and nitrogen harming the natural environment and also contribute to greenhouse gas emission. A more significant proportion of the growth in crop production is anticipated because of a rise in the demand for livestock feed. It was found that most livestock farmers do not have a well-regulated operation in most developing countries. To reduce or eliminate these effects, the "truck-based approach" was therefore propounded and proposed to enhance the smooth movement of the livestock droppings to either the crop farm or to the processing house or to the storage room to reduce or prevent unnecessary dumping.

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“…In pochi casi, tuttavia, la scuola promuove, attraverso il coinvolgimento delle famiglie, «iniziative aperte al territorio», ciò ad indicare che le azioni di governance (Wittek, Schimank, & Groß, 2007;MIUR, 2009;Chiappetta Cajola, 2015;Chiappetta Cajola & Traversetti, 2016b) non sono specificamente finalizzate alla promozione del metodo di studio. Probabilmente, ciò è dovuto al fatto che tale promozione è ritenuta ambito di pertinenza prettamente degli insegnanti e, quindi, compito specifico ed esclusivo della scuola.…”

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Il metodo di studio come «prima misura compensativa» per l’inclusione degli allievi con DSA: progetto per una ricerca esplorativa sulle scelte inclusive della scuola primaria e secondaria di primo grado

Cajola

Traversetti²

2016

ECPS

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The study describes framework, method and first results of an exploratory research conducted to examine how the italian school of full inclusion realizes education for all student, with specific attention to special educational needs. In detail, the research aims to describe the procedures used in primary and lower secondary school to facilitate the acquisition of a personal and flexible study method for students with learning difficulties and their classmates. In letterature, in fact, the study method is considered as the first balance measure for students with learning difficulties; consequently study method improvement is a very important school task. In addition, the school could ensure that the parents are able to support the development of children study method. According to this perspective, the study considers the environmental factors (WHO, 2007) of each school to highlight the interaction between the student individual condition and the context. The research examines four

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Governance – A Sociological Perspective

Cited by 7 publications

References 38 publications

Organizational Pathways to Compliant Reform Implementation: Evidence From Mexican Civil Service Reform

Organizational Pathways to Compliant Reform Implementation: Evidence From Mexican Civil Service Reform

Environmental Issues of Livestock Production in Developing Countries: Need for Government Intervention Using the Truck Based Approach

Il metodo di studio come «prima misura compensativa» per l’inclusione degli allievi con DSA: progetto per una ricerca esplorativa sulle scelte inclusive della scuola primaria e secondaria di primo grado

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