¿Uno o varios tipos de gobernanza? Más allá de la gobernanza como moda: la prueba del tránsito organizacional.

the concept of governance seems to urgently require a broader and more skeptical view: it is currently a concept in need to become less normative and more empirical. In this paper we present two linked discussions: one on the need to discuss governance in a less normative way and more in an empirical one; and second on the limits of the concept from certain discussion coming from organizational theory. the main idea is to emphasize the importance of considering the omnipresence of organizational actors that are actually a set of pluralistic differentiated agents acting on social settings where power and conflict are indisputable aspects of their interaction. this is a challenge for a concept of governance that rests on the misunderstanding of organizations being substituted by networks. And also based on a misconception of the nature of a more horizontal way of governance where these organizational particularities seem to disappear. the conclusion support to improve the research on governance to a more empirical status, more skeptical in nature therefore, looking to test and prove both advantages and disadvantages of different types of governance structures.el concepto de gobernanza parece necesitado de una discusión más amplia y escéptica: es un concepto en busca de contenido más empírico y menos normativo. en este artículo se presentan dos discusiones enlazadas: una que muestra al concepto de gobernanza muchas veces vacío de contenido, demasiado normativo en muchos sentidos, y otra que discute los límites desde la teoría de la organización de un concepto sobre idealizado de gobernanza democrática. Particularmente, en este último punto, se enfatiza el hecho organizacional de la acción de actores plurales en marcos de poder desigual como un reto a una perspectiva que asume al proceso de gobernanza más horizontal como deseable y efectivo en cualquier circunstancia o contexto. Se discute la falla de concepción que lleva a asumir que las redes sustituirán a las organizaciones y por tanto donde estos agentes organizacionales plurales y conflictivos pasan a segundo plano. Se concluye con un llamado a elevar el rango de investigación sobre gobernanza a una lógica más empírica, escéptica y que pruebe, más que asuma, las ventajas y desventajas de distintas formas de gobernanza

Mexico’s Professional Career Service Law: Governance, Political Culture and Public Administrative Reform

Less than three years after the historic election of President Vicente Fox in July 2000, Mexico passed a professional career service reform law (Ley de Servicio Profesional de Carrera, 2003) for national government ministries. This law, and the linked transformations in governance and political and administrative culture that underlie it, have stimulated public administrative reform at all levels of Mexican government – national, state and local. This paper: (1) presents a conceptual frame for the evolution of public personnel systems in developing countries, (2) describes Mexico’s professional career service law (LSPC) and the historical conditions that led up to it, (3) places the LSPC in the context of underlying changes in Mexican governance, political culture and institutions, and (4) uses selected economic, social, political and administrative indicators to benchmark the impact of the LSPC and these related changes on public administrative reform in Mexico today

Modelo de simulación de gestión estratégica de empresas públicas Geedap.

A partir de la preocupación sobre el aprendizaje e incorporación el pensamiento estratégico, es que se decidió construir un modelo de simulación en computadora que ayudara a comprender la complejidad de las decisiones estratégicas, incorporando la especificidad de una Empresa Publica en América Latina

Legitimidad y transparencia de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil en México: ¿Actores neutrales o interesados?

Using a random sample of 200 Civil Society Organizations in Mexico, this article studies the degree of clarity which with these organizations report their sources of financing and their basic rules of functioning (i.e., membership). Based on information found online, results show that the degree of transparency in this sense is quite low: few organizations report the persons, organizations, and interests they represent, the way they are financed, and the results they obtain. This article argues for the importance of so-called non-profit organizations becoming more transparent in terms of making their interests and funding sources explicit and public. Other experiences (like the one in usa) seem to show that this transparency is critical for the long-term political and social strength of these organizations.A partir de una muestra aleatoria de doscientas Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil (OSC) en México, se analiza la transparencia con que dichas organizaciones reportan sus fuentes de financiamiento y sus reglas básicas de funcionamiento, como la membresía. Los resultados apuntan a que la transparencia con que las OSC en México hacen explícitos los intereses de personas u organizaciones que representan o las financian es muy baja. El artículo argumenta, con base en estos resultados y en la experiencia de este sector de organizaciones en otros países (se utiliza el caso de eua), que cuando el grado en que los intereses de los miembros y los financiadores se hacen explícitos y públicos, redunda en una mayor solidez social y política, a largo plazo, para las propias OSC

Ideologies implicated in IT innovation in government: a critical discourse analysis of Mexico’s international trade administration

We develop a perspective of IT innovation in the public sector as a process that involves three complementary areas of ideology and concomitant dispute: first, the widespread view of e-government as a transformative force that leads to major improvements of public sector functions for the benefit of society at large; second, ideologies concerning the substantive policies enacted by public sector organizations; and third, ideology regarding public sector modernization. Our research examines how the objectives of IT projects and their actual effects in government are influenced by such ideologies and contestations that surround them. We develop our theoretical contribution with a critical discourse analysis that traces the ideological underpinnings of two consecutive IT projects for the administration of international trade in Mexico. This analysis associates the objectives of the IT projects with the emergence and ensuing contestation in Mexican politics of two ideologies: the first ideology concerns free international trade as imperative for economic development; the second ideology concerns public sector modernization that sought to overcome historically formed dysfunctionalities of public administration bureaucracies by adopting management practices from the private sector. The analysis then identifies the effects of the ideologically shaped IT projects on two key values of public administration: efficiency and legality. The insights of this research on the role of ideology in IT innovation complement organizational perspectives of e-government; socio-cognitive perspectives that focus on ideas and meaning, such as technology frames and organizing visions; and perspectives that focus on politics in IT innovation

Public Sector Reform and Governance for Adaptation: Implications of New Public Management for Adaptive Capacity in Mexico and Norway

Although many governments are assuming the responsibility of initiating adaptation policy in relation to climate change, the compatibility of “governance-for-adaptation” with the current paradigms of public administration has generally been overlooked. Over the last several decades, countries around the globe have embraced variants of the philosophy of administration broadly called “New Public Management” (NPM) in an effort to improve administrative efficiencies and the provision of public services. Using evidence from a case study of reforms in the building sector in Norway, and a case study of water and flood risk management in central Mexico, we analyze the implications of the adoption of the tenets of NPM for adaptive capacity. Our cases illustrate that some of the key attributes associated with governance for adaptation—namely, technical and financial capacities; institutional memory, learning and knowledge; and participation and accountability—have been eroded by NPM reforms. Despite improvements in specific operational tasks of the public sector in each case, we show that the success of NPM reforms presumes the existence of core elements of governance that have often been found lacking, including solid institutional frameworks and accountability. Our analysis illustrates the importance of considering both longer-term adaptive capacities and short-term efficiency goals in public sector administration reform

The Jumonji-C oxygenase JMJD7 catalyzes (3S)-lysyl hydroxylation of TRAFAC GTPases

Biochemical, structural and cellular studies reveal Jumonji-C (JmjC) domain-containing 7 (JMJD7) to be a 2-oxoglutarate (2OG)-dependent oxygenase that catalyzes (3S)-lysyl hydroxylation. Crystallographic analyses reveal JMJD7 to be more closely related to the JmjC hydroxylases than to the JmjC demethylases. Biophysical and mutation studies show that JMJD7 has a unique dimerization mode, with interactions between monomers involving both N- and C-terminal regions and disulfide bond formation. A proteomic approach identifies two related members of the translation factor (TRAFAC) family of GTPases, developmentally regulated GTP-binding proteins 1 and 2 (DRG1/2), as activity-dependent JMJD7 interactors. Mass spectrometric analyses demonstrate that JMJD7 catalyzes Fe(ii)- and 2OG-dependent hydroxylation of a highly conserved lysine residue in DRG1/2; amino-acid analyses reveal that JMJD7 catalyzes (3S)-lysyl hydroxylation. The functional assignment of JMJD7 will enable future studies to define the role of DRG hydroxylation in cell growth and disease.Fil: Markolovic, Suzana. University of Oxford; Reino UnidoFil: Zhuang, Qinqin. University Of Birmingham; Reino UnidoFil: Wilkins, Sarah E.. University of Oxford; Reino UnidoFil: Eaton, Charlotte D.. University Of Birmingham; Reino UnidoFil: Abboud, Martine I.. University of Oxford; Reino UnidoFil: Katz, Maximiliano Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Buenos Aires. Fundación Instituto Leloir. Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: McNeil, Helen E.. University Of Birmingham; Reino UnidoFil: Leśniak, Robert K.. University of Oxford; Reino UnidoFil: Hall, Charlotte. University Of Birmingham; Reino UnidoFil: Struwe, Weston B.. University of Oxford; Reino UnidoFil: Konietzny, Rebecca. University of Oxford; Reino UnidoFil: Davis, Simon. University of Oxford; Reino UnidoFil: Yang, Ming. The Francis Crick Institute; Reino Unido. University of Oxford; Reino UnidoFil: Ge, Wei. University of Oxford; Reino UnidoFil: Benesch, Justin L. P.. University of Oxford; Reino UnidoFil: Kessler, Benedikt M.. University of Oxford; Reino UnidoFil: Ratcliffe, Peter J.. University of Oxford; Reino Unido. The Francis Crick Institute; Reino UnidoFil: Cockman, Matthew E.. The Francis Crick Institute; Reino Unido. University of Oxford; Reino UnidoFil: Fischer, Roman. University of Oxford; Reino UnidoFil: Wappner, Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Buenos Aires. Fundación Instituto Leloir. Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Chowdhury, Rasheduzzaman. University of Stanford; Estados Unidos. University of Oxford; Reino UnidoFil: Coleman, Mathew L.. University Of Birmingham; Reino UnidoFil: Schofield, Christopher J.. University of Oxford; Reino Unid

New Public Management between reality and illusion: Analysing the validity of performance-based budgeting

Drawing from the theoretical insights of pragmatic constructivism, this paper aims to explain the difficulties faced by organizational actors in the translation of performance-based budgeting (PBB) into practice. The dichotomy of reality and illusion at the centre of pragmatic constructivism sheds light on the limitations and shortcomings that characterize the implementation of a business-like practice introduced as a component of the reform movement known as New Public Management (NPM). The paper investigates the case of an Italian Ministry through the analysis of interviews, policy documents, and governmental reports. The analysis shows that a failed integration of communication, values and aims between actors and an illusionary analysis of factual possibilities constrain the construction of causalities, hence jeopardizing the successful implementation of the performance-based budgeting reform. Rather than engaging in a co-authoring process, the actors are left with illusionary constructs that, while providing the appearance of a compliant organization, fail to produce the desired changes