Сучасні дефініції логистики

Метою даної статті є узагальнювання змісту найбільш поширених теоретичних підходів до визначення сутності категорії «логістика», ії морфологічно-семантичний аналіз, та відзначення двох основних аспектів логістики як економічного явища

Company-level Strategies for Raising Basic Skills: A Comparison of Corus Netherlands and UK

■ This article reports findings from a study of the factors that shape workplace training practices and influence workers' participation. A comparison of basic skills training in steel production facilities in the Netherlands and the UK reveals that institutional frameworks matter but also that management attitudes and union activities influence training arrangements and set conditions for participation. Participation in training depends on these conditions as well as on personal characteristics of workers

HRM and social legitimacy in the public sector

There is a dearth of studies of HRM in a public sector context that examine the legitimacy of HRM and its contribution to public service performance. This neglect is striking because public management studies acknowledge that public service performance is a contested concept involving many stakeholders with different views on what good performance is. The chapter describes how the classic bureaucracy and the NPM models of public governance embody different logics of legitimacy that have affected HRM policies differently. The legitimacy of today’s HRM policies and their public service outcomes are examined distinguishing between internal and external stakeholders. The literature review shows a range of significant HRM-related issues, including job insecurity, role overload, and mixed progress in equal-employment opportunities. These affect the internal legitimacy of HRM as perceived by employees but are also endangering the sustainability of various public services, thereby creating severe risks for HRM’s external legitimacy

The distinctiveness of public sector HRM: A four-wave trend analysis

Given the rhetoric that human resource management (HRM) models adopted by public and private organisations are becoming more similar, this study questions whether the traditional distinction between public and private sector HRM is still relevant. Building from institutional theory, we study continuity and change using four-wave data from eight European countries. We find that the traditional public sector investment in employee well-being continues to be distinctive only for HRM practices aimed at equal opportunities. Private sector organisations, on the other hand, make greater use of performance-oriented HRM practices including compensation and benefits, performance appraisal data, and modern development and career management practices. Cross-sector convergence is explained through coercive and mimetic isomorphic change, while persistent differences indicate that time-honoured public sector values are less susceptible to change. This study provides a much-needed update of the public-private comparison and a trend analysis of developments over time

Investigating the Structure and Meaning of Public Service Motivation across Populations: Developing an International Instrument and Addressing Issues of Measurement Invariance

The growth in international research on public service motivation (PSM) raises a number of important questions about the degree to which the theory and research developed in one country can contribute to our understanding of PSM in other counties. To help address this issue, this study revisits the conceptual and operational definitions of PSM to address weaknesses previously noted in the literature. Although some important steps have been taken to both improve and internationalize the PSM scale, this work has been done incrementally. In contrast, this study takes a more systematic and comprehensive approach by combining the efforts of international PSM scholars to develop and then test a revised measurement instrument for PSM in 12 countries. Although the resulting four dimensional 16-item measure of PSM reported here provides a better theoretical and empirical foundation for the measurement of PSM, our results suggest that the exact meaning and scaling of PSM dimensions are likely to differ across cultures and languages. These results raise serious concerns regarding the ability to develop a single universal scale of PSM, or making direct comparisons of PSM across countrie

Managing social issues : a public values perspective

This book examines how governments, non-profit and private organizations, and local networks understand the connections between public values and social issues. Western societies face complex social issues and a growing diversity of views on how these should be addressed. The traditional view focuses on government and public policy but neglects the initiatives that non-profit and private organizations and local networks take. This book presents a broader variety of viewpoints and theories. Looking at various cases, the authors analyse conflicting values and interests, actors' understandings of the public values related to social issues, and their action to create what they regard as public value. Drawing together these perspectives the authors point the way to how government and the private and voluntary sectors can work in tandem to resolve social issues. The study will prove insightful for researchers and students in fields such as governance studies, public administration, public sector management, organization studies, non-profit and voluntary organizations, civil society, public policy, social policy and social issues in management. The policy focus of the book will also draw the interest of policy makers in governmental and non-governmental organizations