INTEGRATION ZONE DEVELOPMENT IN BUREAUCRATIC REFORM

Bureaucratic Capacity, Delegation, and Political Reform

We analyze a model of delegation and policymaking in polities where bureaucratic capacity is low. Our analysis suggests that low bureaucratic capacity diminishes incentives for bureaucrats to comply with legislation, making it more difficult for politicians to induce bureaucrats to take actions that politicians desire. Consequently, when bureaucratic capacity is low, standard principles in the ...

Information Technology and Bureaucratic Reform: A Case Study from India

Most governments see the use of information systems as part of a reform strategy to reconfigure relations both among various government departments as well as between governments and other stakeholders. However, there is little empirical evidence to support whether these systems achieve this intended outcome. Therefore, the overarching question that guides this study can be articulated as follo...

Prison Litigation and Bureaucratic Development

Agile development in a bureaucratic arena - A case study experience

The evolving nature of development approaches towards Agile development is viewed with some success. However, evidence suggests that not all development environments have evolved with the same alacrity, thus an organization’s inherent culture may not match the development approach adopted effecting failure. This paper concerns an innovative, real-world Government IS project that is currently be...

Competition and integration in health care reform

There is a growing but still fragile understanding that competition and integration are not necessarily in conflict and can be used together. In one version, this might mean using competition to drive improvements in performance in planned care, and promoting integration to do so in relation to unplanned care and care for people with complex needs. In another, it entails arguing that competitio...