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SENIOR MANAGEMENT, THE LOCUS OF DECISION MAKING AND THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
An earlier study (Lucas, 1984), while finding support for the
Hickson (1971) framework for organizational power, found that department
managers in three major industrial firms rated their information services
department as the least critical of five departments, for success in their
industry. This study polled 37 plant managers from the same firms. Plant
managers, like their department manager counterparts, considered the
information services department least critical for success. Centralization
of decision making was found to be positively related to information
services department power. Finally, implications of the study on distributed
versus centralized information processing are discussed.Information Systems Working Papers Serie
SPREADSHEET ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Spreadsheet programs and microcomputers have revolutionized
information processing in organizations. Users have adopted
spreadsheets to solve problems and circumvent the long
delays encountered in dealing with the traditional
information services department. A significant number of
serious errors have been reported through the misuse of
spreadsheet technology. This paper discusses several
different contexts for the development of spreadsheet models
and presents structured design techniques for these models.
The recommended approach to spreadsheet analysis and design
encourages the use of a block structure format for the
worksheet and introduces Spreadsheet Flow Diagrams as a
systems design tool. The objective of this design approach
is to reduce the probability and severity of spreadsheet
errors, improve auditability and promote greater longevity
for spreadsheet models.Information Systems Working Papers Serie
Financial Transaction Tax: Small is Beautiful
The case for taxing financial transactions merely to raise more revenues from the financial sector is not particularly strong. Better alternatives to tax the financial sector are likely to be available. However, a tax on financial transactions could be justified in order to limit socially
undesirable transactions when more direct means of doing so are unavailable for political or
practical reasons. Some financial transactions are indeed likely to do more harm than good,
especially when they contribute to the systemic risk of the financial system. However, such a
financial transaction tax should be very small, much smaller than the negative externalities in
question, because it is a blunt instrument that also drives out socially useful transactions.
There is a case for taxing over-the-counter derivative transactions at a somewhat higher rate
than exchange-based derivative transactions. More targeted remedies to drive out socially
undesirable transactions should be sought in parallel, which would allow, after their
implementation, to reduce or even phase out financialtransaction taxes
Backward bending structure of Phillips Curve in Japan, France, Turkey and the U.S.A.
This work aims to analyse the cointegration and the causality
relationship between inflation and unemployment by using nonlinear
A.R.D.L. and two popular nonlinear causality tests for the period from
1960 to 2016 in Japan, Turkey, the U.S.A. and from 1970 to 2016 in
France. This study complements the previous empirical papers.
However, it differs from the existing literature with simultaneous
use of nonlinear A.R.D.L. and causality methods. Nonlinear A.R.D.L.
determined that there is a long run relationship between inflation
and unemployment; between economic growth and unemployment
for Japan, France, the U.S.A. and Turkey
Recycling bins, garbage cans or think tanks? Three myths regarding policy analysis institutes
The phrase 'think tank' has become ubiquitous â overworked and underspecified â in the political lexicon. It is entrenched in scholarly discussions of public policy as well as in the 'policy wonk' of journalists, lobbyists and spin-doctors. This does not mean that there is an agreed definition of think tank or consensual understanding of their roles and functions. Nevertheless, the majority of organizations with this label undertake policy research of some kind. The idea of think tanks as a research communication 'bridge' presupposes that there are discernible boundaries between (social) science and policy. This paper will investigate some of these boundaries. The frontiers are not only organizational and legal; they also exist in how the 'public interest' is conceived by these bodies and their financiers. Moreover, the social interactions and exchanges involved in 'bridging', themselves muddy the conception of 'boundary', allowing for analysis to go beyond the dualism imposed in seeing science on one side of the bridge, and the state on the other, to address the complex relations between experts and public policy
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