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On the Design of Hierarchies: Coordination versus Specialization
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Hart, Oliver; Moore, John – Journal of Political Economy, 2005
We consider an economy that has to decide how assets are to be used. Agents have ideas, but these ideas conflict. We suppose that decision-making authority is determined by hierarchy: each asset has a chain of command, and the most senior person with an idea exercises authority. We analyze the optimal hierarchical structure given that some agents…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Money Management, Vertical Organization, Coordination
Channeling Black Insurgency: Elite Patronage and Professional Social Movement Organizations in the Development of the Black Movement.
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Jenkins, J. Craig; Eckert, Craig M. – American Sociological Review, 1986
Critically evaluates the theory of patronage and professional social movement organizations (SMOs) in interpreting the development of black insurgency between 1953 and 1980. Findings support and contradict the social contract theory. Professionalization was only one of many reasons for the movement's decline. (Author/PS)
Descriptors: Activism, Astronomy, Black Organizations, Black Power
Functional Survey of Personnel Operations in Institutions of Higher Education.
Oberle, Rodney L. – Journal of the College and University Personnel Association, 1985
Results of a national survey of the titles, reporting relationships, staffing levels, budget sizes, assigned responsibilities, and other information about college and university personnel management are reported and analyzed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Administrators, Budgets