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This important and timely book provides a systematic treatment of
temporary organizations - an increasingly prevalent organizational
form in which organizations work together on a joint task - for
example, a movie production, a rescue operation, development of a
new product - for an ex ante limited period of time. Demonstrating
that temporary organizations are increasingly common, the book
provides insights on how they differ from the classical
organization and contributes to our understanding of what makes
temporary organizations effective. Contributions by reputed
organization scholars focus on the impact that this limited
duration has on the way that temporary organizations structure
their activities, organize work, use resources and achieve
outcomes. Moreover, the tenability of various organizational
concepts and theories for temporary contexts is examined and some
unique phenomena inherent to temporariness are explored.
Researchers interested in organizational design and project
management scholars will warmly welcome this book, as will graduate
students in organization studies, management studies, public policy
studies, leisure studies, public administration and students of
project management.
First published in 1997, this volume examines how, in the last 15
years, HIV/AIDS has become a challenge for public health, public
policy and research. Reducing further HIV transmissions as well
reducing the personal and social impact of HIV/AIDS requires a wide
range of activities developed by a wide range of organizations -
the supply of which varies widely between countries, regions and
social groups. The book describes the programmes which seem
particularly effective in dealing with HIB/AIDS and sets out to
explain the disparities in their distribution. It documents and
tries to understand both similarities as well as the variety of
national approaches taken to cope with HIV/AIDS in a number of
European countries. On the basis of the welfare-mix model, six
country studies and an introductory chapter draw particular
attention to the different mixes of public policies and private
non-profit, community-based activities; the functional mixes
between different types of services in the areas of prevention,
care, research, control and monitoring, interest representation,
fund-raising. The mixes between specialized, so-called "exclusive"
HIV/AIDS service organizations and services made available by
general, comprehensive, or so-called "inclusive" institutions which
provide AIDS-specific programmes among other activities will also
be elaborated. The whole range of HIV/AIDS activities, from
professional services to self-help, is analysed in a comparative
perspective. The book is based on data from the European Centre /
WHO Collaborative Study Managing AIDS. It is a comparative policy
study focused on the role of non-profit organizations in public
health and welfare policy, covering several thousands of
organizations and HIV/AIDS programmes in six European countries.
Unexpected similarities and divergence in AIDS service
organizations across Europe were found. The sheer multitude of
programmes offered called a surprise to experts in the field, as
did remaining conspicuous blank spots or deficiencies in services.
Degrees of AIDS policy coherence, prevention efforts, service
density and quality, self-help and professionalization,
medicalization vs. social integration of HIV/AIDS programmes,
sectoral specialization and institutionalization all vary
tremendously, as do the efficiency and effectiveness of
organizational responses to HIV/AIDS. Interestingly, variations in
the supply of activities can hardly be explained by epidemiological
patterns and corresponding demand and needs. AIDS management
requires long-term institutional strategies and information which
cannot be provided by epidemiological or behavioural analysis
alone. An effective struggle against HIV/AIDS also requires
institution-building, inter-organizational development and
policy-field analysis.
This title was first first published in 2002: Understanding the
link between institutional contexts and drug problems is crucial to
the process of developing appropriate drug policies and drug demand
reduction strategies. However, this link is too often taken for
granted, with most drug-related research relying on
epidemiological, bio-medical or clinical approaches, ignoring the
social contexts in which drug use finds its causes and where its
consequences are most visible and hardest felt. This book analyses
the institutional responses to the drug problem in the States of
Central and Eastern Europe, providing conclusive evidence that the
drug problem is a social one and that its causes emerge from a
broad array of social factors. Charting the changing policy
perceptions and attitudes towards drugs and related problems
alongside new organizations designed to counteract drug-related
problems, the book provides important new insights into one of the
most important problems confronting nations around the world.
This title was first first published in 2002: Understanding the
link between institutional contexts and drug problems is crucial to
the process of developing appropriate drug policies and drug demand
reduction strategies. However, this link is too often taken for
granted, with most drug-related research relying on
epidemiological, bio-medical or clinical approaches, ignoring the
social contexts in which drug use finds its causes and where its
consequences are most visible and hardest felt. This book analyses
the institutional responses to the drug problem in the States of
Central and Eastern Europe, providing conclusive evidence that the
drug problem is a social one and that its causes emerge from a
broad array of social factors. Charting the changing policy
perceptions and attitudes towards drugs and related problems
alongside new organizations designed to counteract drug-related
problems, the book provides important new insights into one of the
most important problems confronting nations around the world.
First published in 1997, this volume examines how, in the last 15
years, HIV/AIDS has become a challenge for public health, public
policy and research. Reducing further HIV transmissions as well
reducing the personal and social impact of HIV/AIDS requires a wide
range of activities developed by a wide range of organizations -
the supply of which varies widely between countries, regions and
social groups. The book describes the programmes which seem
particularly effective in dealing with HIB/AIDS and sets out to
explain the disparities in their distribution. It documents and
tries to understand both similarities as well as the variety of
national approaches taken to cope with HIV/AIDS in a number of
European countries. On the basis of the welfare-mix model, six
country studies and an introductory chapter draw particular
attention to the different mixes of public policies and private
non-profit, community-based activities; the functional mixes
between different types of services in the areas of prevention,
care, research, control and monitoring, interest representation,
fund-raising. The mixes between specialized, so-called "exclusive"
HIV/AIDS service organizations and services made available by
general, comprehensive, or so-called "inclusive" institutions which
provide AIDS-specific programmes among other activities will also
be elaborated. The whole range of HIV/AIDS activities, from
professional services to self-help, is analysed in a comparative
perspective. The book is based on data from the European Centre /
WHO Collaborative Study Managing AIDS. It is a comparative policy
study focused on the role of non-profit organizations in public
health and welfare policy, covering several thousands of
organizations and HIV/AIDS programmes in six European countries.
Unexpected similarities and divergence in AIDS service
organizations across Europe were found. The sheer multitude of
programmes offered called a surprise to experts in the field, as
did remaining conspicuous blank spots or deficiencies in services.
Degrees of AIDS policy coherence, prevention efforts, service
density and quality, self-help and professionalization,
medicalization vs. social integration of HIV/AIDS programmes,
sectoral specialization and institutionalization all vary
tremendously, as do the efficiency and effectiveness of
organizational responses to HIV/AIDS. Interestingly, variations in
the supply of activities can hardly be explained by epidemiological
patterns and corresponding demand and needs. AIDS management
requires long-term institutional strategies and information which
cannot be provided by epidemiological or behavioural analysis
alone. An effective struggle against HIV/AIDS also requires
institution-building, inter-organizational development and
policy-field analysis.
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