scholarly journals Negotiation and Informal Agency Action: The Case of Superfund

1985 ◽  
Vol 1985 (2) ◽  
pp. 261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick R. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Agency Action

Agency Action: Introducing Control and Flexibility

2020 ◽  
pp. 137-146
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Swensen ◽  
Tait D. Shanafelt
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Quality And Safety ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Flexible Work ◽  
Standard Work ◽  
Collaborative Environment ◽  
Degree Of Control ◽  
Good For ◽  
Agency Action ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

There is a healthy tension between standard work, which is controlled, and flexible work. Standardization of processes that improve quality and safety is good for patients. Flexible work in other areas is good for employees’ mental and physical health. Executed properly, standard and flexible work can be complementary. In a collaborative environment, leaders and organizations create increased flexibility for health care professionals when they focus more on outcomes than on specific processes. How decisions are made at all levels of the organization substantially determines the degree of control and flexibility in the workplace.

Strategy as Practical Coping: A Heideggerian Perspective

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 635-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Chia ◽  
Robin Holt
Keyword(s):  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Martin Heidegger ◽  
Human Agency ◽  
Relational Theory ◽  
Strategy Research ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
Strategic Intent ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Adaptive Action ◽  
Agency Action

What strategic actors actually do in practice has become increasingly the focus of strategy research in recent years. This paper argues that, in furthering such practice-based views of strategy, we need a more adequate re-conceptualization of agency, action and practice and how they interrelate. We draw from the work of the continental philosopher Martin Heidegger to articulate a relational theory of human agency that is better suited to explaining everyday purposive actions and practices. Specifically, we argue that the dominant ‘building’ mode of strategizing that configures actors (whether individual or organizational) as distinct entities deliberately engaging in purposeful strategic activities derives from a more basic ‘dwelling’ mode in which strategy emerges non-deliberately through everyday practical coping. Whereas, from the building perspective, strategy is predicated upon the prior conception of plans that are then orchestrated to realize desired outcome, from a dwelling perspective strategy does not require, nor does it presuppose, intention and purposeful goal-orientation: strategic ‘intent’ is viewed as immanent in every adaptive action. Observed consistencies in actions taken are explained not through deliberate goal-orientation but, instead, via a modus operandi: an internalized disposition to act in a manner congruent with past actions and experiences. Explaining strategy in dwelling terms enables us to understand how it is that actions may be consistent and organizationally effective without (and even in spite of) the existence of purposeful strategic plans.

Agency, Action, and Meaning ‘In’ Movement: An Introduction to Three New Terms

1979 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Arnold
Keyword(s):  
Agency Action

Rifkin et al Petition for Agency Action by EPA

1984 ◽  
Vol 3 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 137-138
Keyword(s):  
Agency Action

scholarly journals Interpretive Rulemaking and the Alaska Hunters Doctrine: A Necessary Limitation on Agency Discretion

2004 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan DeMotte
Keyword(s):  
Judicial Review ◽  
National Park ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Federal Regulations ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Procedure ◽  
Fairness And Efficiency ◽  
Fundamental Law ◽  
Agency Administration ◽  
Agency Action

Administrative agencies govern a vast amount of our personal and economic lives. Whether buying groceries or visiting a national park, selling shares of stock or taking medication, individuals are impacted every day by federal agencies and the regulatory regimes they administer. Federal regulations govern many of the significant decisions made by corporations and businesses. Given the immense scope and impact of federal regulation, the public has an important interest in ensuring that agency administration is both fair and efficient. Central to achieving fairness and efficiency in agency administration is the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), the fundamental law governing federal agencies. The APA establishes the basic procedural requirements for agency action, and provides for judicial review.

scholarly journals Toward a Pedagogy of Educated Hope under Casino Capitalism

2018 ◽  
pp. 147-151
Author(s):  
Henry Giroux
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Radical Democracy ◽  
Civic Literacy ◽  
Agency Action

The purpose of this reflection paper is to analyze education and critical thinking as fundamental strategies for the consolidation of radical democracy. Social and political change, together with educated hope, are proposed as the main pillars to allow the construction of a non-authoritarian future. It is argued that critical pedagogy is the possibility for education to be recognized as a civic commitment that favors civic literacy, as well as the capacity for agency, action and change that allows for inclusion and social responsibility. Finally, it is affirmed that democracy becomes deficient when pedagogy is not the center of politics and that informed hope is the possibility of facing the obstacles and concrete realities of domination.

scholarly journals Joint Labor and Environmental Networks’ Chemical Disaster Prevention Recommendations to the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

2022 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 475-483
Author(s):  
Union of Concerned Scientists Earthjustice
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Contamination ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Hazardous Chemicals ◽  
Property Damage ◽  
Chemical Safety ◽  
Site Investigations ◽  
Safety Studies ◽  
Agency Action ◽  
The U.S

More than 180 preventable incidents at hazardous chemicals facilities occur each year, resulting in deaths, injuries, evacuations, shelter in place orders, environmental contamination, and facility shutdowns with permanent job loss. As of June 17, 2021, the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) had nineteen open site investigations of incidents that in total killed thirty-two people, injured at least eighty-seven people, led to thousands of residents sheltering in place or evacuating, and resulted in many millions of dollars in property damage. This document outlines twenty-one practical and measurable actions that the CSB can take to rebuild its investigative and recommendations capacity; set clear priorities for agency action; reform its governance policies; and increase public transparency and engagement. The proposed actions address incident investigations, safety studies, safety recommendations, agency governance, and public transparency and engagement.

Agency, action and acknowledgement in peer mentoring

2020 ◽  
pp. 117-140
Author(s):  
Gillian Buck
Keyword(s):  
Peer Mentoring ◽  
Agency Action
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