Costly authority and transferred responsibility

MIS Systems: The Role of Authority and Responsibility

There are many theories on how to handle the implementation of data processing techniques. There are many more reasons why system projects do not work. This article stresses the need for giving authority commensurate with the level of responsibility to attain success.

Organizational Authority and Professional Responsibility in Clinical Sociology

When, if ever, are clinical sociologists justified in accepting the directives of employers and management sponsors as setting the parameters within which they proceed with their work? In particular, is it ever permissible for clinical sociologists to accept an employer's or a manager-sponsor's definition of a problem to be studied, even though they may not view it as the more fundamental probl...

Turf wars: authority and responsibility for the investigation of mass graves.

Mass graves are complex products of large-scale crimes. Such scenes pose four conceptual challenges to investigators and forensic experts: the individual victim, the crime, the setting, and the statistical. Exhumation and post-mortem examination of mortal remains with associated personal and forensic evidence require integrated management of core forensic personnel including investigators, arch...

The future role of the diabetes specialist nurse--responsibility without authority?

Enterprise Governance and DEMO Guiding enterprise design and operation by addressing DEMO’s competence, authority and responsibility notions

The lack of an organizational competence that embodies the capacity to restrict the enterprise undesirable design freedom and guide the subsequent operation, from a holistic point of view, leads to incoherence and inconsistency among the enterprise elements. The research brings forward the importance of this organizational competence labeled enterprise governance (EG) in defining DEMO’s ontolog...