ОРГАНИЗАЦИОНЕН ДИЗАЙН В УСЛОВИЯТА НА КРИЗА: ПОЛИТИЧЕСКИ ВЛИЯНИЯ ВЪРХУ ФОРМУЛИРАНЕТО НА МИСИЯТА И ПРАВОМОЩИЯТА НА НОВИТЕ ОРГАНИЗАЦИОННИ СТРУКТУРИ В СЕКТОРА ЗА СИГУРНОСТ
ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN IN TIME OF CRISIS: POLITICAL INFLUENCES ON SETTING MISSIONS AND LEGAL MANDATES OF NEW ORGANIZATIONAL ENTITIES IN HOMELAND SECURITY

Summary/Abstract: AbstractThe article considers the interdependence between missions, functions, legal mandates and policies in the process of organizational design. and management of the public service is widespread today. We focus on one interesting case - the largest government reorganization in a half-century in the United States, creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The significance of the political influences and bargains may be addressed by a combining the detailed analysis of the different design options process of the DHS with an assessement of the crisis condition on in loosening the constraints of organizational interests and the impact of senior politicians, following their own priorities. An attempt is made to broaden the scope of the analysis, as policy changes and the following organizational design in the area of concern - in our case, homeland security - can be driven by the efforts of politicians trying to affect regulatory and administrative activities and correspondin organizational structures in a different domain.

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