The Participative Budget consists of a process in which citizens can directly participate in decision-making and regulation of public budget spending. The experience of the City of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) with the Participative Budget is a consolidated e-democratic process in the government and, most importantly, for the population. By exploring techniques provided by Information and Communicat...

This study investigated three issues regarding process interventions in group decision making: (1) how process interventions affect group decision making processes and outcomes; (2) how persistent these effects are, and (3) how the timing (earlier vs. later) and type (directive vs. participative) of process intervention moderate these effects. The key finding was that process interventions had ...

Complementary investment in information technology (IT) and organizational work practices enable a firm to respond strategically to competitive challenges. Specific combinations of these investments, as called for in organizational programs, are implemented in a coordinated manner to bring about a change more consistent with the external environment, resulting in improved firm performance. Whil...

Administrative Motivation, Participative Decision-Making and Academic Staff Management as Correlates of Productivity Tertiary Institution’s Lecturers in Delta State, used the expost-facto design, co￾relational survey method. 4,780 lecturers was population 2,014 sample using stratified random sampling technique. One research question raised, answered one null hypothesis formulated tested. A self...

The field of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) is now mature, with several welldeveloped methodologies, a growing number of real-world interventions and a strong society that joins together researchers and practitioners all over the world. We believe that a new generation of multi-criteria decision analysts is emerging – interested in doing research and/or employing MCDA methodologies int...

Despite the fact that many individuals express a desire for more information and involvement in the health care process, it remains to be seen if they have adopted a more participative approach by becoming involved in decisions made about their health. Research indicates that, in actual practice, individuals are differentially willing or able to be active patients. AIDS patient activists are 1 ...

In order for an organization to thrive and operate well, it is dependent on its ability share knowledge. It consequently well accepted that knowledge sharing in companies a key success factor enhancing company performance sustainability. Therefore, employee participation decision-making are positively associated with perceived organizational support, turnover intention. Notwithstanding, the inh...