Browsing by Author "walhabil"
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An assessment of the distribution of Petroleum products in Nigeria
(E3 Journals, 2012)This study aimed to highlight the concepts of organizational memory and intellectual capital and to investigate the impact of organizational memory on intellectual capital by the staff of Gaza Power Generating Company. ... -
Criticism for Max Weber’s Bureaucracy
(2010)Max Weber’s work about bureaucracy, translated into English in 1946, was one of the major contributions that has influenced the literature of public administration. However, Van Riper (1997) argues that the work of Weber ... -
Empirical research in public administration has been criticized for relaying too heavily on the case study. What is the appropriate role for the case study in public …
The main purpose of this paper is to present the definition of “case study” as a methodology of research. There will be a discussion about its definition as well as the main issues that are related to this approach. The ... -
Ethics between professionalism and individual conscience in public administration
(2011)The main argument is that both professionalism (rational view) and individual conscience (anti-rational view) are very important elements to be considered in terms of establishing a framework for administrative ethics. The ... -
Fiscal federalism in changeable world
(Academic Journals, 2011)The conversations about fiscal federalism, decentralization and devolution have been evolving in the literature since the second half of the 20th century. In the United States and all around the world, the matter of ... -
Governance and government in public administration
(Academic Journals, 2011)More and more public administration and management scholars have referred to the ldquo;new governancerdquo; and argue that the focus of the study of public administration today should be on governance, rather than government. ... -
Impact of Flexible Work Arrangements on Workers' Productivity in Information and Communication Technology Sector: An Empirical Study of the Gaza Strip ICT Firms
(The Islamic University, 2013)This research aimed to highlight the concept of flexibility in work and to study the impact of five types of flexible work arrangements (FWAs) on workers' productivity in information and communication technology sector, ... -
Indigenous Local Governments for Palestine: A Roadmap for Replacing Imposed Institutions to Build Stability and Confidence
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2010)Occupying empires and states and expatriates have imposed structures of local government in the West Bank and Gaza. As a result, Palestinians have little confidence in the existing units of local government. That lack of ... -
Occupations, a Diaspora, and the Design of Local Governments for a Palestinian State
(2008)The forces that shape administrative structures include the goals and objectives of minority and majority groups, modern management principles, and a legacy or history in which domestic political factions have gradually ... -
Organization and Management Theory in Public vs. Private Organizations
(2011)Some people argue that organization and management theory can be used to understand public organizations in essentially the same way as private organizations. Others argue that organizing and managing in the public sector ... -
Positivist and phenomenological research in American public administration
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2011)Public administration suffers from the problem of the logical division between facts and values if modernity is seen as the thoughts of logical positivism and instrumental rationalism. The instrumental rationality of ... -
Positivist and Phenomenological Research in Public Administration نظرية المعرفة العلمية و نظرية المعرفة التفسيرية في حقل الأدارة العامة
(2011)The research discusses what are the major similarities and differences in how a public administrator committed to the positivist perspective and one committed to the interpretivist or phenomenological perspective would ... -
Public Versus Business Administration
Some people argue that organization and management theory can be used to understand public organizations in essentially the same way as private organizations. Others argue that organizing and managing in the public sector ... -
Rationality and irrationality of Max Weber’s bureaucracies
(2011)Abstract Beginning with Max Weber, bureaucracies have been regarded as mechanisms that rationalize authority and decisionmaking in society. Yet subsequent theorists have questioned the rationality of bureaucracies. The ... -
Social Media & its Effects On Decision Making of Senior Management
(2012)Organizations continue to realize the significant impact that information and communication technologies (ICTs) have on their day-to-day business processes. In educational institutions, access to learning resources, real-time ... -
THE ADMINISTRATIVE ETHICS BETWEEN PROFESSIONALISM AND INDIVIDUAL CONSCIENCE
(2011)Based on the book of Unmasking Administrative Evil, this review discusses the tension between professionalism and individual conscience in the context of a dichotomy. It is argued that neither professional standards nor ... -
The American New State of Mary Parker Follett
(Academic Journals, 2011)This research tries to answer one of the major questions that has been discussed in the literature of Public Administration (PA) repeatedly. The question is: Has 21st century American government succeeded in achieving a ... -
The development of the concept of the one best method in public administration
(Academic Journals, 2010)The notion that there is one right way of accomplishing a given task had an influential role in the theory and practice of public administration. This theoretical paper presents the impact of the scientific approach on the ... -
The Effect of Some Organizational Factors on the Knowledge Management Implementation at the Municipality of Gaza
(الجامعة الإسلامية - غزة, 2016)The study aims to study knowledge management as an effective tool for the development of administrative and service performance at the Municipality of Gaza, and to investigate the factor (infrastructure, intellectual ...