Research Methods
[Mikkelsen, B.] Mikkelsen, B. (2005). Methods for Development Work and Research: A New Guide for Practitioners, 2nd edn. London: Sage Publications. isbn:076193328x
Jones, O. (2005). 'Manufacturing regeneration through corporate entrepreneurship: Middle managers and organizational innovation'. International Journal of Operations & Production Management 25(5/6): 491-511. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?…
Sechrest, L. and S. Sidani (1995). "Quantitative and qualitative methods: Is There an Alternative?" Evaluation and Program Planning 18(1): 77. The social sciences are particularly self-concious about their methodologies, and the distinctio…
Maharatna, A. (2000). "Fertility, mortality and gender bias among tribal population: an Indian perspective." Social Science & Medicine 50(10): 1333. The present paper critically reviews the existing literature on fertility, mortality and i…
Dery, R., M. Landry, et al. (1993). "Revisiting the issue of model validation in OR: An epistemological view." European Journal of Operational Research 66(2): 168.
Quinn, R. E. and J. Rohrbaugh (1983). 'A spatial model of effectiveness criteria: towards a competing values approach to organizational analysis'. Management Science 29(3):363. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=618232111&Fmt=7&clientId=44…
Reuer, J. J., A. Arino, et al. (2006). "Entrepreneurial alliances as contractual forms." Journal of Business Venturing 21(3): 306. Advancing upon taxonomical research on interfirm alliances, we investigate the design of entrepreneurial fir…
Geringer, J. M. and L. Hebert (1989). "Control And Performance Of International Joint Ventures." Journal of International Business Studies 20(2): 235-254. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=583141&sid=10&Fmt=2&clientId=44986&RQT=309&VName=…
Strunk, G., M. Schiffinger, et al. (2004). "Lost in Transition? Complexity in Organisational Behaviour - the Contributions of Systems Theories**." Management Revue 15(4): 481. This paper tries to contribute to potential development areas i…
Coram, R. and B. Burnes (2001). "Managing organisational change in the public sector - Lessons from the privatisation of the Property Service Agency." The International Journal of Public Sector Management 14(2): 94. Whilst organizational c…
Backstrom, T. (2004). "Collective learning: A way over the ridge to a new organizational attractor." The Learning Organization 11(6): 466. A theoretical model of collective learning has been developed based on complex systems theory. The n…
Saltmarshe, D., M. Ireland, et al. (2003). "The performance framework: a systems approach to understanding performance management." Public Administration & Development 23(5): 445. The article presents a framework for better understanding t…
Luiz, J. M. (2003). "The relevance, practicality and viability of spatial development initiatives: a South African case study." Public Administration & Development 23(5): 433. Policymakers have for long had an ambivalent attitude towards s…
Boersma, K. and S. Kingma (2005). "Developing a cultural perspective on ERP." Business Process Management Journal 11(2): 123. The purpose of this paper is to develop an analytical framework through which the organizational cultural dimensi…
[Collins, C.][Omar, M.] Collins, C. D., M. Omar, et al. (2000). "Staff transfer and management in the government health sector in Balochistan, Pakistan: Problems and context." Public Administration And Development 20(3): 207. Despite the e…
[Stoney, C.][Winstanley, D.] Stoney, Christopher and Winstanley, Diana (2001). 'Stakeholding: Confusion or Utopia? Mapping the Conceptual Terrain'. Journal of Management Studies 38(5): 603-626. The paper has three main objectives. The firs…
[Correia, Z.] Correia, Z. P. (2005). 'Towards a stakeholder model for the co-production of the public-sector information system'. Information Research 10(5): Introduction. Proposes a systemic approach to Public Sector Information (PSI), de…
Cracknell, B. E. (1988). "Evaluating development assistance: a review of the literature." Public Administration & Development 8(1): 75. Three phases of development of the subject of evaluation are identified. Up to 1979 it was still in its…
Conyers, D. and M. Kaul (1990). "Strategic issues in development management: Learning from successful experience. part I." Public Administration & Development 10(2): 127. This paper draws general conclusions from a set of case-studies pres…
Conyers, D. (1984). "Decentralization and development: a review of the literature." Public Administration & Development 4(2): 187. As with so many terms in the social sciences, everyone knows roughly what 'decentralization' means, but defi…
Conyers, D. (1981). "Decentralization for regional development: a comparative study of Tanzania, Zambia and Papua New Guinea." Public Administration & Development 1(2): 107. Decentralization has been a common aim in administrative reform a…
Johnson, K. (1984). "Organizational structures and the development project planning sequence." Public Administration & Development 4(2): 111. Variants of the project planning sequence or cycle are widely employed to provide the conceptual …
James, C. (1996). "NGO-State collaboration and the new policy agenda the case of subsidized credit." Public Administration & Development 16(1): 21. This article is intended to contribute to debate over how development agencies should respo…
Jacobs, C. (1990). "Training for change in the Ugandan civil service." Public Administration & Development 10(3): 315. This paper has three objectives:-to describe an example of a bilateral training programme for senior managers in the Uga…
Hailey, J. (1999). "Ladybirds, missionaries and NGOs. Voluntary organizations and co-operatives in 50 years of development: a historical perspective on future challenges." Public Administration & Development 19(5): 467. There has been a dr…
Gordillo, G. and K. Andersson (2004). "From policy lessons to policy actions: motivation to take evaluation seriously." Public Administration & Development 24(4): 305. The purpose of this article is to analyse the institutional aspects of …
Anderson, J. and L. Van Crowder (2000). "The present and future of public sector extension in Africa: contracting out or contracting in?" Public Administration & Development 20(5): 373. Public sector extension has come under increasing pre…
