There are two heterogeneous internal organizations: a medical-examination division and an administration division.
In this study, we estimated the dynamic change of efficiency scores of Japanese municipal hospitals in terms of these two divisions (Division 1: administration division; Division 2: medical-examination division).
The Swedish political system is based on a sharp division between politics and administration with a much greater reliance on bureaucratic and academic expertise – of 'what works' – which seems to make philosophical stability more dependent on pragmatic consensus.
In all practices a formal division existed between reception and administration work; the latter was viewed as higher status (in one practice it attracted significantly higher pay), yet it was also seen by staff as more predictable and less stressful than reception work.
The operational officers were recruited from four divisions (commercial, finance, marketing, and administration) using a stratified random sampling approach.
"Our aim was to transcend partisan divisions and view election administration as public administration that must heed the expressed interests and expectations of voters," Bauer and Ginsberg said in a joint statement.
We could not show strong correlation between the efficiency scores of the administration division and medical-examination division.
Second, when we looked at individual hospitals, a DMU with an efficient medical-examination division sometimes had an inefficient administration division, and vice versa.
The DN model makes it possible to have a two-stage production structure in one hospital, that is, both the administration division and medical-examination division.
Mr. Bush's decision to take up the Iraq question with members of Congress comes after weeks of open division and mixed messages from the administration.
