Politics and Management Development

People Development Management and Knowledge Management

Background: This paper aims at examining the effect ofpeople development management (PDM) on knowledge management cycle. Although PDM and KM have been studied several times separately; however, this research for the first time is testing the effects of PDM on KM. Objective: The paper investigates how people development management (PDM) may affect the performance of knowledge management (KM) in ...

Systems Development and Organizational Politics

Historically information systems development projects have been viewed as an exercise in technical change, rather than socio-technical change [2][3][8] . Accordingly, most IS analysis tools focus more on technical systems analysis than for example, on the impacts of the new developments on the political systems of organizations during information systems developments. Although the development o...

The Politics of Sustainable Development

1. The Problematique 2. Current Context 3. Barriers to a Politics 4. A Canadian Experiment 4.1. Round Table Process 4.2. Operating Structure 4.3. Open or Closed Process 4.4. Sphere of Influence 5. Retrospective 5.1. Lessons Learned 5.2. The Importance of Values 5.3. Issues of Standing 5.4. Appointment Process 5.5. Decision-making 5.6. Modus Operandi 6. Building on the Canadian Experience Acknow...

Development Effectiveness and the Politics of Commitment

International aid agencies have experienced a ‘political turn’ over the past decade, with political economy analyses becoming increasingly numerous as a means to drive development effectiveness. Yet aid agencies have so far failed to shift their aid modalities in response. The problem lies in an inadequate conceptualisation of ‘politics’. Most donors continue to see development as a public good...

The Politics of Learning and Sustainable Development