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This book traces the ongoing conflict between partisan ideology and organizational culture formulated during the Kennedy years.--Jacket.

This paper analyzes the collective bargaining process in the Guatemalan public sector through data collected in governmental documents and interviews with key participants in that process. The results reveal a model of "Union Boulwarism" in which public employee unions dominate collective bargaining through tactics of whipsawing, wildcat strikes and the emplazamiento. The paper concludes with recommendations for developing a model to encourage bargaining in good faith.

This article explores the potential for implementing a merit-based personnel system in the developing nation of Ecuador. It describes Ecuadorean efforts beginning in the mid-1960's to reform a traditional personnel system based on personal and political patronage into a merit-based system. The authors examine merit system changes and failures within the Ecuadorean civil service in areas of employee security, position classification, compensation, employee development and growth, and performance evaluation. Data are collected from interviews with Ecuadorean governmental managers, university professors and expert observers. The researchers conclude that administrative reform efforts have led to only partial success in adoption of a merit-based personnel system in Ecuador. Although legislation and infrastructure necessary for merit system implementation are in place, certain political realities common to developing countries limit its scope and potential.