Professor, University of Lausanne
In a forthcoming book chapter, I discuss the managerial challenges that cultural heritage organizations currently face and how perhaps they (should) address them. First, I define cultural heritage and cultural heritage …
The challenges of managing cultural heritage organizations Read MoreReading E. Fivat’s dissertation proposal made me think about the appropriateness of applying agency theory to public administration. Developed for for-profit corporations in mind (Ross, 1973; Meckling & Jensen, 1976; …
Applying agency theory to public administration (government) Read MoreI very much enjoyed the speech of Minister A.-C. Lyon (“Conseillère d’Etat, Cheffe du Département de la formation, de la jeunesse et de la culture du Canton de Vaud”) today …
Society’s contract with universities: Academic freedom for “truth” Read MoreIn a recent post, I discussed the issue of responsible research (see “On responsible research”). I would like to add the issue of replicability of (scientific) findings which I believe …
On replicability as another dimension of responsible research Read MoreIn reading E. Fivat’s dissertation proposal, one wonders whether creating agencies (“agentification”) is the appropriate solution to make public organizations more effective and efficient. Public bureaucracies have been blamed for not …
Creating public agencies or reforming public bureaucracy? Read MoreIn the context of internal venture development (Burgelman, 1985), last Thursday in my Corporate Strategy class we discussed March’s (1991) idea of the need of organizations and individuals to engage …
How to engage in both exploitation and exploration? Read MoreShould organizations carry out strategic planning? Why? How should a strategic planning process be organized? Who should be included in the process? Should the outcome be communicated to employees? In …
How should a strategic planning process be managed? Participation and communication in strategic planning Read MoreThe last twenty years have witnessed an increasing use of the concept of modularity. Initially used to refer to product design and its underlying technologies (e.g. Baldwin & Clark, 2000; Henderson & …
Modularity, near-decomposability and interdependence: On conceptual parsimony again Read More