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Effective and Efficient Organisations? [electronic resource] :Government Export Promotion in Germany and the UK from an Organisational Economics Perspective / by Iris A. Hauswirth.

by Hauswirth, Iris A [author.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Contributions to Economics: Publisher: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2006.Description: XII, 251 p. 15 illus. online resource.ISBN: 9783790817317.Subject(s): Economics | Economic policy | Economics/Management Science | Economic PolicyDDC classification: 338.9 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
The context -- Efficient and effective organisations — Approaches in organisational economics -- Incentives, knowledge and adaptability -- The research design -- The organisation of trade fair support in Germany -- The organisation of trade fair support in the United Kingdom -- Organisation matters.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Using organisational economics theory, the author develops a conceptual framework for analysing the effectiveness and efficiency of public services delivery. In applying the framework to case studies of export support organisations in Germany and the UK , the research establishes the causal links between organisational structures and outputs. The decisive variables are knowledge and incentives of the actors, and adaptability of the organisation. Since there are trade-offs between the variables, the findings help to explain why one organisation may be different from, but equally effective and efficient as another, and why, despite ongoing re-structuring of public and private sector organisations, no panacea for an effective and efficient organisation has been found. The analytical framework also provides a means for examining existing organisations and blueprints of future organisations, allowing for conclusions about improvability and the implications of change.
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The context -- Efficient and effective organisations — Approaches in organisational economics -- Incentives, knowledge and adaptability -- The research design -- The organisation of trade fair support in Germany -- The organisation of trade fair support in the United Kingdom -- Organisation matters.

Using organisational economics theory, the author develops a conceptual framework for analysing the effectiveness and efficiency of public services delivery. In applying the framework to case studies of export support organisations in Germany and the UK , the research establishes the causal links between organisational structures and outputs. The decisive variables are knowledge and incentives of the actors, and adaptability of the organisation. Since there are trade-offs between the variables, the findings help to explain why one organisation may be different from, but equally effective and efficient as another, and why, despite ongoing re-structuring of public and private sector organisations, no panacea for an effective and efficient organisation has been found. The analytical framework also provides a means for examining existing organisations and blueprints of future organisations, allowing for conclusions about improvability and the implications of change.

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