100 research outputs found
Delta-type senior civil service for the 21st century
No full textO artigo estuda um aspecto da reforma do Estado que, segundo o autor, tem sido
sistematicamente negligenciado pelas atuais propostas que focalizam o modelo da administração
gerencial. Trata-se das funções vitais do governo de tomar decisões críticas e
adotar políticas diante das mudanças provocadas pela revolução global. Segundo Dror, as
tarefas de alto comando (high-order tasks) de definir trajetórias e as novas formas de
governança exigem um ajuste significativo do governo central. Este ajuste refere-se, principalmente,
à concepção e ao desenvolvimento de um novo padrão de funcionários do
primeiro escalão público, o qual contribuiria com conhecimento e perspectivas para
enfrentar as tarefas de alto comando.
O autor estabelece uma tipologia para caraterizar a evolução do perfil do serviço
público, marcando suas fases históricas: a) tipo alpha (status atribuído, fusão de papéis
políticos e administrativos); b) tipo beta (compra de cargos governamentais) e c) tipo
gamma (quase profissionalismo). O novo funcionário sênior, do tipo delta, se concentraria
nas questões de ordem estratégica, deixando as funções gerenciais para servidores do
tipo gamma e para os serviços técnicos.
Após uma breve análise, Dror conclui que o funcionalismo público de primeiro
escalão, na maioria dos países (com exceção de alguns países do Sudeste Asiático),
encontra-se obsoleto, com base profissional inadequada e capacidade insuficiente para
lidar com escolhas críticas.El artículo estudia un aspecto de la reforma del Estado que, según el autor, ha sido
sistematicamente negligenciado por las actuales propuestas que enfocan el modelo de la
administración gerencial. Se trata de las funciones vitales del gobierno de tomar decisiones
críticas y adoptar políticas delante de los cambios provocados por la revolución global.
Según Dror, las tareas de alto comando (high-order tasks) de definir trayectorias y las
nuevas formas de governanza exigen un ajuste significativo del gobierno central. Este
ajuste se refiere, principalmente, a la concepción y al desarollo de un nuevo padrón de
funcionarios de primera jerarquía, lo que contribuiria con conocimiento y perspectivas
para afrontar las tareas de alto comando.
El autor establece una tipologia para caracterizar la evolución del perfil del servicio
público, marcando sus fases historicas: a) tipo alpha: (status atribuido, fusión de papeles
políticos y administrativos); b) tipo beta: (compra de cargos gubernamentales) y c) tipo
gamma: (casi profesionalismo). El nuevo funcionario senior, del tipo delta, se concentraria
en las cuestiones de orden estratégica, quedándose las funciones gerenciales para los
servidores del tipo gamma y para los servicios técnicos.
Tras un breve análisis, Dror concluye que el funcionarismo público de primera jerarquía,
en la mayoria de los países (excepto algunos países del Sudeste Asiático), se encuentra
obsoleto, con bases professionales inadecuadas y capacidad insuficiente para lidar con
opciones críticas.The article alludes to one aspect of the State reform that, according to the author, has
been systematically neglected by present proposals focused on the management
administration model. Government’s vital functions are to make critical decisions and to
adopt policies when facing changes brought about by the global revolution. According to
Dror, the high-order tasks of defining trajectories and new forms of governance demand
a significant adjustment of central governments. This adjustment refers mainly to the
creation and development of a new profile of senior civil servants, who would present
their contribution to high-order tasks with more knowledge and perspective.
The author establishes a categorization to illustrate the evolution of the civil servant
profile, highlighting its historical phases: a) alpha type (attributed status, fusion of
political and administrative roles); b) beta type (purchase of governmental positions);
and c) gamma type (quasi-professionalism). The new delta-type senior civil servant
should concentrate on strategical issues, leaving managerial functions to gamma-type
civil servants and to technical services.
After a brief analysis, Dror declares that the senior civil service in most countries
(exceptions to be made to some East-Asian countries) is obsolete, lacking adequate
professional basis and capacity to deal with critical decisions.Número padronizado: v. 48, n. 2 (1997)
Revista do Serviço Público - RSP, ano 48, n. 2, p. 5-26Administração PúblicaISSN impresso: 0034-9240ISSN eletrônico: 2357-801
Open Access to Research: Changing Researcher Behavior Through University and Funder Mandates
No full textThe primary target of the worldwide Open Access initiative is the 2.5 million articles published every year in the planet's 25,000 peer-reviewed research journals across all scholarly and scientific fields. Without exception, every one of these articles is an author give-away, written, not for royalty income, but solely to be used, applied and built upon by other researchers. The optimal and inevitable solution for this give-away research is that it should be made freely accessible to all its would-be users online and not only to those whose institutions can afford subscription access to the journal in which it happens to be published. Yet this optimal and inevitable solution, already fully within the reach of the global research community for at least two decades now, has been taking a remarkably long time to be grasped. The problem is not particularly an instance of "eDemocracy" one way or the other; it is an instance of inaction because of widespread misconceptions (reminiscent of Zeno's Paradox). The solution is for the world's research institutions and funders to (1) extend their existing "publish or perish" mandates so as to (2) require their employees and fundees to maximize the usage and impact of the research they are employed and funded to conduct and publish by (3) depositing their final drafts in their Open Access (OA) Institutional Repositories immediately upon acceptance for publication in order to (4) make their findings freely accessible to all their potential users webwide. OA metrics can then be used to measure and reward research progress and impact; and multiple layers of links, tags, commentary and discussion can be built upon and integrated with the primary research
Patterns in knot cohomology I
No full textCohomology theory of links, introduced by the author, is combinatorial. Dror
Bar-Natan recently wrote a program that found ranks of cohomology groups of all prime knots
with up to 11 crossings. His surprising experimental data is discussed in this note
Governance: A Garbage Can Perspective. IHS Political Science Series: 2002, No. 84
No full textAs I worked through the revisions of this paper I realized that I was to a great extent returning to the dominant themes from one of the first books I ever published. This was Can Government Go Bankrupt?, written with Richard Rose and published in 1978. That book and this paper both deal with the authority of governments and their capacity to govern. Dror (2001) provides a very detailed analysis of governance capacity, but much of that analysis will actually come down to the presence of legitimacy for the governing system, and the capacity to use steering instruments effectively to reach desired collective goals. The issues to be raised in this paper are concentrated primarily on governance questions at the level of central governments and multi-level interactions, rather than of the international system, but much of the same logic of sovereignty/authority is in operation
The Paley ulnarization of the carpus with ulnar shortening osteotomy for treatment of radial club hand
No full textRecurrent deformity from centralization and radialization led to the development in 1999 of a new technique by the author called ulnarization. This method is performed through a volar approach in a vascular and physeal sparing fashion. It biomechanically balances the muscle forces on the wrist by dorsally transferring the flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU) from a deforming to a corrective force. The previous problems of a prominent bump from the ulnar head and ulnar deviation instability were solved by acutely shortening the diaphysis and by temporarily fixing the station of the carpus to the ulnar head at the level of the scaphoid. This is the first report of this modified Paley ulnarization method, which the author considers a significant improvement over his original procedure
Orders of Nikshych's Hopf algebra
No full textThe first author was supported by grant MTM2014-54439-P from MICINN and FEDER and by the research group FQM0211 from Junta de Andalucía. The second author was supported by the Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF) through the Centre for Symmetry and Deformation. The authors are grateful to Dror Speiser for doing the previous computer calculation and to Bjorn Poonen for a conversation about the number theoretical condition in Theorem 7.1. The authors are finally indebted to the referee for his/her comments and suggestions, which helped to improve substantially the presentation of the results.Peer reviewe
Una introducción al pensamiento sobre las políticas públicas
No full textEl estudio de las ciencias de políticas se inicia formalmente con Harold Lasswell. Este autor retoma y avanza sustancialmente en el plano teórico y metodológico en lo que denominará ciencias de políticas, aquellas disciplinas que tienen por objeto las políticas públicas. Este artículo pretende señalar los alcances y posibles limitaciones de estas disciplinas. Se revisa el pensamiento pionero, así como el de Yehezkel Dror, y otros autores que trabajan que trabajan sobre estos temas, entre ellos algunos mexicanos.The study of political science formally began with Harold Lasswell. This author undertakes a new and makes substantial advances in the theory and methodology of whats was to be known as, political science, those disciplines that have public politics as an objective. This article attempts to show the depth and possible limitations of these disciplines. The thought of this pioneers is reviewed, as well as that of Yehezkel Dror, and other authors that work on these subjects, among them are a few Mexicans
Same, Same, but Different: Algorithmic Diversification of Viewpoints in News
No full textRecommender systems for news articles on social media select and filter content through automatic personalization. As a result, users are often unaware of opposing points of view, leading to informational blindspots and potentially polarized opinions. They may be aware of a topic, but only be exposed to one viewpoint on this topic. However, recommender systems have just as much potential to help users find a plurality of viewpoints. In this spirit, this paper introduces an approach to automatically identifying content that represents a wider range of opinions on a given topic. Our offline results show positive results for our distance measure with regard to diversification on topic and channel. However, our user study results confirm that user acceptance of this diversification also needs to be addressed in tandem to enable a complete solution.Accepted author manuscriptWeb Information SystemsEthics & Philosophy of Technolog
Research on Organizations and the Natural Environment, 1992-Present: A Review
No full textThe literature on organizations and the natural environment, published since 1992, is reviewed, with the purpose of determining if and what the contributions have been to strategy and organizational theory. The author performs the review at three levels—firm, industry, and organizational environment. Subsequently, he discusses empirical and conceptual constraints on the production of quality research and highlights research that successfully overcomes these barriers
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