NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT: THE RIGHT WAY TO MODERNIZE AND IMPROVE PUBLIC SERVICES?
Falko Walther University of Giessen ABSTRACT This study discusses whether the customer-centered service and New Public Management (NPM) approach is applicable to public services and can market-driven systems be implemented in the public sector. NPM refers to a group of strategies and concepts for public administrations to improve public services by implementing private sector and […]
ENGAGING SENIOR EXECUTIVES IN COMMUNITY-WIDE NATURAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLANNING: THE TIME FOR A NEW PUBLIC POLICY
James L. Morrison University of Delaware ABSTRACT Based on a survey of managers in the private sector, senior executives are perceived as being somewhat removed from community-wide natural disaster preparedness planning. Since these executives have significant resources and knowledge that can be useful in assisting communities in putting into place plans to reduce the destructive […]
STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLANNING FOR SMALL PRIMARY CARE PRACTICES IN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ERA: A HEURISTIC MODEL
Hendrikus van Bulck USC Sumter ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to present a heuristic model to guide small primary care practices and solo physicians in making strategic business choices. There is widespread concern among independent primary care physicians that they may not be able to survive the far-reaching implications of the Affordable Care […]
AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT CULTURE HAS ON MOTIVATION IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES
Rickey Casey University of the Ozarks Jay Robbins Ouachita Baptist University ABSTRACT This study of the Job Characteristics Model centers on companies in both manufacturing and service industries in all countries, and government (in Mexico only) located in North America (U.S.) and Central and South America (Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, Costa Rico, Belize, Honduras, Ecuador, El […]
THE RE-ENTRY OF INTERNATIONAL BANKS INTO THE IRANIAN FINANCIAL MARKETS: GREETINGS OR RESISTANCE?
Farrokh Safavi Western Washington University Tehran University ABSTRACT In a recent survey of banking executives in Tehran, Iran, the participants expressed their views towards the possible impact of international banks on the Iranian banking system. The economy has been experiencing a global sanction, and the presence of international banks would have been perceived as a […]
STRATEGIES FOR SELF-LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: AN EXAMPLE OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY
Alina M. Zapalska Tyler Kelley Nicholas Zieser U.S. Coast Guard Academy ABSTRACT The study discusses how student learning and development of 21st century leaders can be achieved both inside and outside the classroom to ensure that the graduates are prepared to meet the challenges they will face throughout their professional careers and lives. The study […]
A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF COGNITIVE MORAL DEVELOPMENT AND VOICE BEHAVIOR IN AN ORGANIZATION
Katelin Barron University of Texas of the Permian Basin ABSTRACT This study used Kohlberg’s (1966, 1969) cognitive moral development theory to analyze the relationship between an individual’s moral development level and his/her voice behavior. But the analysis of this study takes a deeper look into voice behavior in the context of cognitive moral development. Therefore, […]
A FIRESIDE CHAT ON MEANS-TESTING FOR SOCIAL SECURITY: THE EMPIRICAL CASE
Robert E. Rosacker The University of South Dakota Minnesota State University Mankato Kirsten M. Rosacker Minnesota State University Mankato ABSTRACT Means-testing is a reasonable posture, fully and completely in line with the underlying foundations of the historical development of the Social Security system – in fact, means-testing already exists to some degree in current tax […]
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND FRACKING
Pamela S. Evers University of North Carolina Wilmington ABSTRACT The power of eminent domain to take property has been used historically for a recognized public use, such as schools, parks, and other government infrastructure. However, since the 2005 Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. City of New London, eminent domain has been used to take […]
STRATEGIC FUNDING OF THE NIGERIAN MILITARY AND CONTEMPORARY SECURITY CHALLENGES: A SUGGESTED WAY FORWARD
A. I. Muraina Chartered Management Practitioner & A Retired Major General (Nigerian Army) ABSTRACT The political leadership in Nigeria has been constrained to see justification for military funding. In their perception, the military has no direct economic utility and contribution to the nation’s economic growth; thus, the raison d’être for further funding is usually fraught […]
