Fourteen years after the demise of the last serious attempt to revise California’s much maligned Constitution, the effort has been renewed again. California Forward, a foundation funded bipartisan coalition, has proposed a slate of structural reforms that could be adopted as either legislative...

To counter the power of pro-development interests, growth opponents in American communities have increasingly turned to the institutions of direct democracy. This study analyses the effects of one type of direct democracy-voter requirements for new development-on municipal growth. Analysing data...

This article assesses the potential for expanding regional planning by asking local government officials their perspectives on the potential for increasing regionalism in their communities, and the most promising approaches to achieving greater regionalism. The study involves analysing data from...

Describes a three‐year collaborative initiative between Northern Regional Health Authority and Durham University Business School which seeks to help 24 clinical directors, already heavily burdened with professional responsibilities, to assume quickly and perform effectively in new strategic...

Discusses the nature of strategic decision making in organizations. Explores the process of implementation and poses questions about how to evaluate decision success. Discusses links between decisions and corporate strategies and emphasizes the importance for organizational members of being...

The second part of a two‐part article, the first part of which described the clinical directors′ management devel‐opment programme designed and run during 1991‐93 by the Northern Health Authority and Durham University Business School. Focuses on the second, action learning, period of the...

This article critically examines issues of gender in relation to the ‘professionalization’ of management, with particular reference to the National Health Service (NHS). It focuses on the Master of Business Administration (MBA) qualification and the role this plays in professional...

In the past, citizens could take it for granted that California communities would provide public libraries for their citizens. However, due to new fiscal circumstances and a generational shift in how California voters view the role of government, libraries must increasingly take their case for...