This paper describes an exploratory study of configurations and coordination mechanisms for IT governance in European-based transnational companies. IT governance is traditionally defined as the formal allocation of IT decision-making authority. Rooted in organisation design theory, a research framework is proposed and comparative case study research is conducted in three large financial servic...

Legal and institutional structures fundamentally shape opportunities for adaptive governance of environmental resources at multiple ecological and societal scales. Properties of adaptive governance are widely studied. However, these studies have not resulted in consolidated frameworks for legal and institutional design, limiting our ability to promote adaptation and social-ecological resilience...

OBJECTIVE To explore the use of external approaches to quality improvement in health care organizations, through a descriptive evaluation of the process and impact of external reviews of clinical governance arrangements at health care provider organizations in the National Health Service (NHS) in England. DESIGN A qualitative study, involving the use of face-to-face and telephone interviews w...

Introduction: Shared governance considered a framework for developing independent decision making in professional nursing practice, standards, policies, and procedures. It's evident that shared governance enhances professional nursing practice, communication, professional collaboration, a positive work environment, quality decision making, and patient care outcomes. Purposes: the purposes of th...

Top-performing enterprises succeed in obtaining value from IT where others fail, in part, by implementing effective IT governance to support their strategies and institutionalize good practices. IT governance involves specifying decision rights and accountabilities for important IT decisions. The goal is to encourage “desirable behaviors” in the use of IT. In studying the IT governance of more ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate healthcare professional perceptions of local implementation of a national clinical governance policy in New Zealand. DESIGN Respondent comments written at the end of a national healthcare professional survey designed to assess implementation of core components of the clinical governance policy. SETTING The written comments were provided by respondents to a survey d...

Hydroclimatic risks and adaptive capacity are not distributed evenly in large river basins of federal countries, where authority is divided across national and territorial governments. Transboundary river basins are a major test of federal systems of governance because key management roles exist at all levels. This paper examines the evolution and design of interstate water allocation instituti...

The paper outlines a new pluralistic method for analyzing, assessing and improving corporate governance structures in their traits relevant both for financial and for human capital providers. The framework seeks to enlarge the rather universalistic approach to governance structures ‘ranking’ used in the economic (principal-agent) approach, introducing sensitiveness to some relevant contingencie...