The limitations of formal administrative controls in organizations performing complex production tasks have created the need for less obtrusive forms of management control. When formal administrative controls cannot cater to the unpredictability of complex work demands, one strategy is to employ “professionals ” who have been trained to cope with these demands and whose behaviour is primarily controlled through social and self-control mechanisms. There is some question, however, as to the effectiveness of this strategy. There is evidence that integrating pmfessionals into bureaucratic organizations creates the potential for a “clash of cultures”. Conflict emerges when salaried professionals engage in behaviour directed towards increasing th...
M. Tech. Office Management and TechnologyThis dissertation was necessitated by the challenges the pu...
This article aims to examine tensions between hybrid clinician managers' professional values and hea...
Background: In the hospital, authority does not usually comes from a single person nor is it exercis...
The number of professionals working in bureaucratic organisational settings has been increasing. The...
The number of professionals working in bureaucratic organisational settings has been increasing. The...
Literature on the management of professionals has focused on maximizing the work autonomy of profess...
When asked what comes to mind when they think of ``controlling work`` in the office, people may resp...
Professionalism still is on the way up. However, the working methods of managers and professionals d...
In the last three decades, medical doctors have increasingly been exposed to management control meas...
Background It is commonly agreed that organizations are changing due to reinforced managerial struct...
In the last three decades, medical doctors have increasingly been exposed to management control meas...
ii Managers are frequently offered conflicting advice to increase the organisation‟s ability to meet...
The relationship between professionals and the organizations in which they work has been seen over t...
This paper draws on qualitative case-study research to discuss the impact of managerialism on the wo...
The number of professionals is increasing within organizations. This trend questions the traditional...
M. Tech. Office Management and TechnologyThis dissertation was necessitated by the challenges the pu...
This article aims to examine tensions between hybrid clinician managers' professional values and hea...
Background: In the hospital, authority does not usually comes from a single person nor is it exercis...
The number of professionals working in bureaucratic organisational settings has been increasing. The...
The number of professionals working in bureaucratic organisational settings has been increasing. The...
Literature on the management of professionals has focused on maximizing the work autonomy of profess...
When asked what comes to mind when they think of ``controlling work`` in the office, people may resp...
Professionalism still is on the way up. However, the working methods of managers and professionals d...
In the last three decades, medical doctors have increasingly been exposed to management control meas...
Background It is commonly agreed that organizations are changing due to reinforced managerial struct...
In the last three decades, medical doctors have increasingly been exposed to management control meas...
ii Managers are frequently offered conflicting advice to increase the organisation‟s ability to meet...
The relationship between professionals and the organizations in which they work has been seen over t...
This paper draws on qualitative case-study research to discuss the impact of managerialism on the wo...
The number of professionals is increasing within organizations. This trend questions the traditional...
M. Tech. Office Management and TechnologyThis dissertation was necessitated by the challenges the pu...
This article aims to examine tensions between hybrid clinician managers' professional values and hea...
Background: In the hospital, authority does not usually comes from a single person nor is it exercis...