Project Proliferation and Governance—Implications for Environmental Management
| Autor: | Stefan Sjöblom, Sebastian Godenhjelm |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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business.industry Corporate governance media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Environmental resource management Management Monitoring Policy and Law Adaptability 0506 political science Project governance 0502 economics and business 050602 political science & public administration Economics Project management business 050203 business & management media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 11:169-185 |
| ISSN: | 1522-7200 1523-908X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15239080903033762 |
| Popis: | Over the past few decades the systems of governance have been transformed in response to supra-national as well as national demands. Consequently, the number of informal governance instruments has increased at all administrative levels. Among these instruments temporary project organizations are especially important, serving as informal mechanisms of horizontal as well as vertical co-ordination. Projects have become symbols of efficiency, innovation and adaptability. They are expected to be flexible instruments making it possible to cope with unforeseen situations but they are also expected to provide means of co-ordination and policy coherence. The potential consequences of project proliferation have received surprisingly limited attention in the extensive governance debate. The empirical data available to date is limited and there is a lack of conceptualizations concerning the relationship between permanent and temporary structures. This article scrutinizes the potential consequences of project prolifer... |
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