Mit der Hierarchie gegen die Hierarchie
In: Wittener Diskussionspapiere 11
In: Wittener Diskussionspapiere 11
In: Handbuch Governance: theoretische Grundlagen und empirische Anwendungsfelder, S. 46-53
Es wird die These vertreten, dass die Bedeutung von Hierarchie durch eine zunehmende Relativierung gekennzeichnet ist. Dahinter steht die Einsicht, dass sich die Verselbständigung funktional spezialisierter Behörden nicht durch eine strikt hierarchische Einbindung rückgängig machen lässt. Es gehört zum Basiswissen moderner Personalführung, dass sich durch Hierarchieverzicht, das heißt durch kooperative und teamförmige Arbeitsstrukturen Effizienzgewinne erzielen lassen, die sich besonders bei komplexen Tätigkeiten und Inhalten einstellen. Auch im Verhältnis von Staat und Gesellschaft haben sich infolge der gestiegenen gesellschaftlichen Partizipationsansprüche stärker kooperative Formen der staatlichen Entscheidungsfindung herausgebildet. Das bedeutet jedoch keineswegs, dass Hierarchie aus dem Verhältnis von Staat und Gesellschaft getilgt worden ist. (GB)
In: Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Märkte und Politik, Abteilung Marktprozesse und Steuerung, Band 2003-27
"This paper reconsiders the comparison between hierarchical contests and single-stage contests. A condition is given that characterizes whether and when the aggregate equilibrium payoff of contestants is higher in the single-stage contest, and when the single-stage contest is more likely to award the prize to the contestant who values it most highly. The outcome depends on inter- and intra-group heterogeneity, and is not driven by free-rider incentives." (author's abstract)
In: Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte. Kanonistische Abteilung, Band 95, Heft 1, S. 101-127
ISSN: 2304-4896
In: van den Brink , J R 2012 , ' On Hierarchies and Communication ' , Social Choice and Welfare , vol. 39 , no. 4 , pp. 721-735 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-011-0557-y
Many economic and political organizations have some relational structure, meaning that participating agents do not only differ with respect to certain individual characteristics such as wealth and preferences, but also belong to some relational structure in which they usually take different positions. Two examples of such structures are communication networks and hierarchies. In the literature, the distinction between these two types of relational structures is not always clear. In models of restricted cooperation, this distinction should be defined by properties of the set of feasible coalitions. We characterize the sets of feasible coalitions in communication networks and compare them with sets of feasible coalitions arising from hierarchies. © 2011 The Author(s).
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In: International series on the quality of working life 1
In: International series on the quality of working life 1
In: Voprosy ėkonomiki: ežemesjačnyj žurnal, Heft 7, S. 31-48
We introduce the concept of collaborative hierarchy, a mechanism of collaboration which combines hierarchical and peer-to-peer interactions. In a collaborative hierarchy, a set of participants informatively "subordinate" to the same coordinator forms a peer-to-peer network producing consensual decisions. The advantages of such mechanisms over peer-to-peer mechanisms are noted. The problem of stability of collaborative hierarchies is investigated. In this case it means that they are protected from turning into power hierarchies based on violence. Stability requires high levels of human capital and civic culture. It is achieved through a number of formal organizational principles, such as the selection of coordinators by the level of collaborativity and their regular turnover. Of particular importance for stability is the requirement of reaching consensus. It is demonstrated that a number of Western countries are trying to overcome the crisis of the welfare state by introducing economic reforms providing for the formation of collaborative hierarchies. Our analysis shows that forming of governance hierarchies is compatible with the tendency of crowding out mechanisms of competition and power by mechanisms of collaboration, demonstrated by the philosophy of collaboration. The significance of the findings for Russia is discussed.
In: Guidance, control, and evaluation in the public sector: the Bielefeld interdisciplinary project, S. 349-386
In: The American interest: policy, politics & culture, Band 9, Heft 6, S. 16-24
ISSN: 1556-5777
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