scholarly journals Conflictual Accountability: Behavioral Responses to Conflictual Accountability of Agencies

2021 ◽  
pp. 009539972110046
Author(s):  
Thomas Schillemans ◽  
Sjors Overman ◽  
Paul Fawcett ◽  
Matthew Flinders ◽  
Magnus Fredriksson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
General Pattern ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
Strategic Behaviors ◽  
Controlling Behaviors

In contemporary public governance, leaders of public organizations are faced with multiple, and oftentimes conflictual, accountability claims. Drawing upon a survey of CEO’s of agencies in seven countries, we explore whether and how conflictual accountability regimes relate to strategic behaviors by agency-CEO’s and their political principals. The presence of conflictual accountability is experienced as a major challenge and is associated with important behavioral responses by those CEO’s. This article demonstrates empirically how conflictual accountability is related to (a) controlling behaviors by principals, (b) constituency building behaviors by agencies, and (c) a general pattern of intensified contacts and information processing by both parties.

Strategic Knowledge Management in Public Organizations

2011 ◽  
pp. 2159-2167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Public ◽  
New Public Governance ◽  
And Control ◽  
Strategic Knowledge Management

New public management and the more recent concept of new public governance have become the dominant management doctrines in the public sector. Public organizations have become increasingly network-like units with various governance relations with actors from the public, business, and voluntary sectors. Their organization is based more on networks than on traditional hierarchies, accompanied by a transition from the command-and-control type of management to initiate-and-coordinate type of governance.

Strategic Knowledge Management in Public Organizations

2005 ◽  
pp. 2632-2637
Author(s):  
Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Public ◽  
New Public Governance ◽  
And Control ◽  
Strategic Knowledge Management

New public management and the more recent concept of new public governance have become the dominant management doctrines in the public sector. Public organizations have become increasingly network-like units with various governance relations with actors from the public, business, and voluntary sectors. Their organization is based more on networks than on traditional hierarchies, accompanied by a transition from the command-and-control type of management to initiate-and-coordinate type of governance.

scholarly journals Diversity of the DNA Replication System in theArchaeaDomain

Archaea ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Sarmiento ◽  
Feng Long ◽  
Isaac Cann ◽  
William B. Whitman
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Cellular Structure ◽  
General Pattern ◽  
Replication Proteins ◽  
Replication Process ◽  
Replication System ◽  
Cellular Life ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Domains Of Life

The precise and timely duplication of the genome is essential for cellular life. It is achieved by DNA replication, a complex process that is conserved among the three domains of life. Even though the cellular structure of archaea closely resembles that of bacteria, the information processing machinery of archaea is evolutionarily more closely related to the eukaryotic system, especially for the proteins involved in the DNA replication process. While the general DNA replication mechanism is conserved among the different domains of life, modifications in functionality and in some of the specialized replication proteins are observed. Indeed,Archaeapossess specific features unique to this domain. Moreover, even though the general pattern of the replicative system is the same in all archaea, a great deal of variation exists between specific groups.

scholarly journals Spectrotemporal Modulation Sensitivity in Cochlear-Implant and Normal-Hearing Listeners: Is the Performance Driven by Temporal or Spectral Modulation Sensitivity?

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 233121652094838
Author(s):  
Ning Zhou ◽  
Susannah Dixon ◽  
Zhen Zhu ◽  
Lixue Dong ◽  
Marti Weiner
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Speech Recognition ◽  
Cochlear Implant ◽  
Modulation Depth ◽  
General Pattern ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Temporal Information ◽  
Spectral Modulation ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Stimulus Modulation

This study examined the contribution of temporal and spectral modulation sensitivity to discrimination of stimuli modulated in both the time and frequency domains. The spectrotemporally modulated stimuli contained spectral ripples that shifted systematically across frequency over time at a repetition rate of 5 Hz. As the ripple density increased in the stimulus, modulation depth of the 5 Hz amplitude modulation (AM) reduced. Spectrotemporal modulation discrimination was compared with subjects’ ability to discriminate static spectral ripples and the ability to detect slow AM. The general pattern from both the cochlear implant (CI) and normal hearing groups showed that spectrotemporal modulation thresholds were correlated more strongly with AM detection than with static ripple discrimination. CI subjects’ spectrotemporal modulation thresholds were also highly correlated with speech recognition in noise, when partialing out static ripple discrimination, but the correlation was not significant when partialing out AM detection. The results indicated that temporal information was more heavily weighted in spectrotemporal modulation discrimination, and for CI subjects, it was AM sensitivity that drove the correlation between spectrotemporal modulation thresholds and speech recognition. The results suggest that for the rates tested here, temporal information processing may limit performance more than spectral information processing in both CI users and normal hearing listeners.

Cognitive and Behavioral Responses to Acute Exercise in Youths: A Review

2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 348-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip D. Tomporowski
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Motor Activity ◽  
Acute Exercise ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Clinical Disorders ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Impact

A review of the literature indicates that acute bouts of physical activity exert short-term positive benefits on the behavior and cognitive functioning of youths without clinical disorders and on youths who have difficulty focusing attention, controlling impulsive actions, or who evidence high levels of motor activity. Prior research conducted has been largely atheoretical. Information-processing models are suggested to provide a framework for assessing the impact of physical activity and cognition and behavior.

scholarly journals Accounting, transparency and governance: the heritage assets problem

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Biondi ◽  
Irvine Lapsley
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Minimal Level ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Documentary Analysis

Purpose – This paper aims at offering a contribution which addresses one particular issue – heritage assets – as an exemplar of the challenges facing accounting practices in achieving transparency in government and public services. Design/methodology/approach – After having identified three levels of transparency, a documentary analysis is used as the primary research method. Findings – The investigation carried out reveals that the first level, or minimal level, of transparency is unlikely to be achieved for public organizations with heritage assets, mainly due to deep seated, pernicious problems of asset recognition and valuation. Originality/value – This paper contributes to the debate on what constitutes “good public governance” by examining whether accounting can foster or enhance “good governance” through the lens of transparency.

scholarly journals Ruang Terbuka Hijau (RTH) Maron Genteng Banyuwangi dan Pandangan Aspek Keagamaan

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-130
Author(s):  
Ali Mahfud
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
City Government ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Public ◽  
The Government

Abstract: The metamorphosis of public organizations in response to internal and external demands is manifested in the form of reform, revitalization and the formation of government networks. The government is required to always adjust to the development of the environment. This adjustment is an effort to respond to the development of society and the global environment. External factors require public organizations to be more flexible in governance. This article wants to discuss the efforts of the Banyuwangi Regency government and the collaboration that was carried out in order to fix green open space in Banyuwangi Regency, East Java. The approach used in writing this paper is a socio-legal approach that combines normative approaches with research results, assessment results, and other references and is reinforced by empirical research conducted through interviews and observations. This research found the existence of efforts by the city government to develop regulations related to the regulation of green open space as well as various collaborative efforts between government, civil society and the private sector in the implementation of the development of green open spaces in Banyuwangi Regency. The preparation of legal instruments and the establishment of government networks is actually part of the new public governance paradigm that seeks to optimize the roles of government and stake holders in the development of green open spaces. This study also found that the role of the community as a civil society was considered important in promoting democratic governance, the effectiveness of regulations that were oriented to the public interest.  

scholarly journals A Dual-Mode Social-Information-Processing Model to Explain Individual Differences in Children’s Aggressive Behavior

2021 ◽  
pp. 216770262110163
Author(s):  
Rogier E. J. Verhoef ◽  
Anouk van Dijk ◽  
Bram O. de Castro
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Social Information Processing ◽  
Internal State ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
Dual Mode ◽  
Processing Mode ◽  
Reflective Processing

Children differ considerably in the social-information-processing (SIP) patterns underlying their aggressive behavior. To clarify these individual differences, we propose a dual-mode SIP model that predicts which processing steps children will take, which children will take them, and under which circumstances, and how this may lead to aggression. This dual-mode SIP model distinguishes between an automatic and reflective processing mode. The automatic mode is characterized by fast automatic processing and impulsive behavioral responses, whereas the reflective mode is characterized by deliberate processing and controlled behavioral responses. Whether children use the automatic or reflective processing mode is moderated by their level of arousal, which depends on an interplay between child-specific factors (i.e., emotional dispositions, motivational dispositions, and executive functioning) and dynamic factors (i.e., internal state and type of situation). The dual-mode SIP model provides new insights into children’s unique SIP styles and provides possibilities to tailor treatment to children’s individual needs.

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