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Criticism for Max Weber’s Bureaucracy

Al-Habil, Wasim A. (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 ...

The development of the concept of the one best method in public administration

Al-Habil, Wasim A. (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 ...

Indigenous Local Governments for Palestine: A Roadmap for Replacing Imposed Institutions to Build Stability and Confidence

Rosentraub, Mark S; Al-Habil, Wasim A. (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 ...

Why metropolitan governance is growing, as is the need for elastic governments

Rosentraub, Mark S; Al-Habil, Wasim A. (2009)

Occupations, a Diaspora, and the Design of Local Governments for a Palestinian State

Al-Habil, Wasim A. (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 ...

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 …

Al-Habil, Wasim A.

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 ...

Public Versus Business Administration

Al-Habil, Wasim A.

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 ...

Who Will Govern Metropolitan Regions in the 21 st Century

Rosentraub, Mark S; Al-Habil, Wasim A.

To be sure in some regions–as illustrated in other chapters–political culture and history engendered different perspectives. In St. Louis there were waves of interest in restructuring government–far more than would emerge ...

There has been ongoing debate in business administration regarding the role of explanatory research and its limitations as a method. What is the problem with explanatory …

Al-Habil, Wasim A.

There are many theories that have shaped the methodology of research in the field of business/public administration. These theories have different ways to generate knowledge in order to reach facts or to improve the ...

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Criticism for Max Weber’s Bureaucracy

The development of the concept of the one best method in public administration

Indigenous Local Governments for Palestine: A Roadmap for Replacing Imposed Institutions to Build Stability and Confidence

Why metropolitan governance is growing, as is the need for elastic governments

Occupations, a Diaspora, and the Design of Local Governments for a Palestinian State

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 …

Public Versus Business Administration

Who Will Govern Metropolitan Regions in the 21 st Century

There has been ongoing debate in business administration regarding the role of explanatory research and its limitations as a method. What is the problem with explanatory …