1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788937903321

Autore

Gluckman Max <1911-1975., >

Titolo

Order and rebellion in tribal Africa : collected essays with an autobiographical introduction / / Max Gluckman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-136-52849-0

1-136-52856-3

1-315-01722-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (440 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography : Africa ; ; 4

Disciplina

306.2/0967

Soggetti

Anthropology - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Tribes - Africa

Ethnology - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1963.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-261) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; I. An Advance in African Sociology; II. Succession and Civil War among the Bemba - An Exercise in Anthropological Theory; III. Rituals of Rebellion in South-East Africa; IV. The Magic of Despair; V. The Village Headman in British Central Africa (with J. C. Mitchell and J. A. Barnes); VI. Chief and Native Commissioner in Modern Zululand; VII. The Reasonable Man in Barotse Law; VIII. Malinowski's 'Functional' Analysis of Social Change; IX. Malinowski's Contribution to Social Anthropology; X. Malinowski-Fieldworker and Theorist

Index

Sommario/riassunto

These essays are mainly concerned with the development of some of Max Gluckman's ideas about African politics. He regarded frequent rebellions to replace incumbents of political offices (as against revolutions to alter the structure of offices) as inherent in these politics. Later he connected this situation with modes of husbandry, problems of the devolution of power, types of weapons and the law of treason.  He advanced to a general theory of ritual, as well as to general propositions about the position of officials representing conflicting interests within a hierarchy, typified by the Afric



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996218162303316

Titolo

Competency management in the public sector [[electronic resource] ] : European variations on a theme / / edited by Sylvia Horton, Annie Hondeghem and David Farnham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Washington, DC, : IOS Press

Brussels, Belgium, : Co-publisher, International Institute of Administrative Sciences, IIAS

Tokyo, : Distributor in Japan, Ohmsha, c2002

ISBN

1-280-50531-1

9786610505319

600-00-0369-2

1-60129-410-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

International Institute of Administrative Sciences monographs, , 1382-4414 ; ; v. 19

EGPA monograph

Altri autori (Persone)

HortonSylvia

HondeghemAnnie <1960->

FarnhamDavid

Disciplina

352.6/3/094

Soggetti

Civil service - European Union countries - Personnel management

Management by objectives - European Union countries

Administrative agencies - European Union countries - Personnel management

Strategic planning - European Union countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"University of Portsmouth; Instituut voor de Overheid."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title page; Contents; A. The Competency Movement; B. Added Value in Human Resources Management: An Analysis of the Competency Management Process; 1. HRM Competency Frameworks in the British Civil Service; 2. Competency Management in Belgium: The Flemish and Federal Governments on the Move; 3. Competency-based Management in the Dutch Senior Public Service; 4. Competency Assessment in Finnish Higher Education; 5. The Competency Dimension of Leadership: A Study of Top Managers in Swedish Public



Administration

6. Modest Beginnings for Competency Management in German Public Services: Developing Competencies for already Competent Lawyers?7. What Competency Management in the French Civil Service?; 8. The Competencies Required in Public Management: A Case Study in Italy; 9. Competencies for Countries in Transition: A Case Study of the Polish Civil Service; Competency Management: The State of the Art in the Public Sector?; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; About the Contributors; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

Designed for both practitioners and academics, this work seeks to inform the reader about the practice of competency management services in the public sector. It throws light on the origins and meanings of the concept and traces the competency movement from the 1980's in the UK and USA.