Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the implications of empowerment practices within the disability support service (DSS) sector in New Zealand. The DSS framework is designed as part of the public sector reform process to promote empowerment for people with disabilities so that...

Our focus in this article is on change and the nature of changes in management control systems within a state-owned development financial institution in Fiji (The Fiji Development Bank). A key dialectical theme from Giddens' structuration theory - the duality of structure is drawn upon to...

The purpose of this paper is to explore how the budgetary process is used to manage technical and institutional environments. The study was carried out in two-state-owned organisations in Bangladesh. The conditions in Bangladesh are such that all state-owned enterprises face a bureaucratic...