Sentence examples for by rationalisation from inspiring English sources

By rationalisation, Weber understood first, the individual cost-benefit calculation, second, the wider, bureaucratic organisation of the organisations and finally, in the more general sense as the opposite of understanding the reality through mystery and magic (disenchantment).

There are divergent logics and tensions within different aspects of quality, where patient-centredness requires specific attention to individual needs, and efficiency which can be supported by rationalisation and mass production.

Long before the 20th century's explosions of demagoguery, Max Weber, as he observed Germany's hectic industrialisation, presciently speculated that individuals, unmoored by socioeconomic turmoil and alienated by bureaucratic rationalisation, could become vulnerable to a despotic leader.

It includes eco-taxes levied on polluters and a basic income for all, paid for by the rationalisation of the economy.

As it is, the country has found itself strained by fighting three wars at a time of tight defence budgets, as well as by the rationalisation of regiments and defence bases at home.

These will now be seen through the lens of the patients' best interests; there have been times when a puritanical pursuit of choice and competition has seemed divorced from the long-term interests of patients by inhibiting rationalisation of services.

But public-sector unions can prosper simply by opposing rationalisation: Buffalo, in New York state, has as many public workers in 2006 as it did in 1950, despite the fact that the city has lost half its population.Public-sector unions combine support for higher spending with vigorous opposition to more accountability.

The process was driven by "shareholder-value" rationalisation and outsourced/outhoused production - and by a house-construction boom dependent on resource scarcity, not quality of product.

He also didn't want any retrospective rationalisation by interviewees, either.

P&G's acquisition of Gillette (see article) and SBC's purchase of AT&T (see article) were driven by cost-saving rationalisation within an industry.

"Its unique lemon flavour was the creation of Miltitz Chemical Works …" or Ketwurst, "devised by the Gastronomic Rationalisation and Research Centre in 1978".