It has been argued that the accountability and responsiveness problems among service providers are a product of difficult work conditions and an inadequate or non-existent professional service ethos.
Although decentralisation was initiated in 2004, core functions like hiring, deploying and managing staff remained highly centralised [ 41] impeding local responsiveness, a problem exacerbated by slow information and direction from the centre, as was the case in the Ebola outbreak.
L.A. board members were ultimately swayed by the argument that Celerity was operating too secretively and that an independent fiscal team had issues with Magnolia's responsiveness to problems.
Responsiveness is a problem".
There are three organizational scales (senior leadership, resources for safety, and facility characteristics), three workgroup scales (workgroup leadership, workgroup norms, and workgroup recognition), and six interpersonal scales (fear of shame, learning, fear of blame, psychological safety, problem responsiveness, and outcomes).
The scales of "problem responsiveness" (4%), "workgroup norms" (4%) and "senior leadership" (5%) had lower rates of problematic responses and the scales of "fear of blame" (79%), "fear of shame" (41%) and "outcomes" (36%) had higher rates of problematic responses.
When the elite is drawn overwhelmingly from multiply advantaged, segregated groups, their cognitive deficits hurt the disadvantaged, because elites constituted in this way lack awareness of and responsiveness to the problems and interests of the disadvantaged.But what about Mr Bloomberg's claim that schools like Stuyvesant are rightfully intended "for the best and the brightest"?
But she is far from bitter, praising their responsiveness to "teething problems" such as the odd power cut.
Power distance can be regarded as a relevant factor in companies' intent to adopt sustainability practices, because high levels of power distance may lead to a weaker corporate responsiveness to environmental problems (Katz et al. 2001).
Generally, a high masculinity score indicates a slower adoption of costlier environmental technology and practices, reduces companies' responsiveness to environmental problems and thus decreases the capacity for sustainable development (Husted 2005).
