1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910794272003321

Autore

Modrzynski Pawe

Titolo

Local government shared services centers : management and organizations / / Pawe Modrzynski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, England : , : Emerald Publishing, , [2020]

2020

ISBN

1-83982-260-0

1-83982-258-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 pages)

Collana

Emerald Points

Disciplina

320.809438

Soggetti

Local government - Poland

Public administration - Poland

Shared services (Management) - Poland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Idea and purpose of creating a shared services centre -- Chapter 2: Development of the shared services market -- Chapter 3: Development of the market of shared services in the local government sector in Poland -- Chapter 4: Benefits and threats to the implementation of the shared service market model in local governments -- Chapter 5: Use of IT infrastructure by self-government shared service centers.

Sommario/riassunto

Shared Service Centers (SSCs) support the management of administratively complex enterprises. Originating in the private sector, SSCs have increasingly been adopted in the public sector in an effort to reduce administrative costs, improve the quality of public services, reduce the risk of management error and make better use of human resources. The first book to thoroughly examine the organization, development and effectiveness of the shared service market in local governments across Poland, this study explores the process of creating SSCs, the key elements of unit management, the barriers and threats to both the creation and operation of SSCs, and the strategic technological solutions that local governments have utilized in shared service provision. The author argues that the implementation of SSCs



represents the initial stage on the way to improving the effectiveness of public and local government administration, while stressing that further organizational changes and standardization processes are needed to achieve greater effectiveness, in a conclusion which makes essential reading for both practitioners in local government and scholars across the fields of public management, administration and economics.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826433403321

Titolo

The art of siege warfare and military architecture from the classical world to the middle ages / / edited by Michael Eisenberg, Rabei Khamisy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxbow Books, Limited, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-78925-407-8

1-78925-409-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

355.44

Soggetti

Military architecture - History

Siege warfare - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

"The papers in this book present, for the first time, the world of warfare, both defensive and offensive, from the Classical periods to end of the Middle Ages in one collection. These scholarships have attracted ancient writers and generals and nowadays historians, archaeologists and researchers poliorcetics. Military historiography and ancient manuals are well familiar from the Classical period throughout the Hellenistic great battlefields until the end of the Middle Ages, the chronological scope of this codex. The current book is the first to encompass this long array of time while trying to enrich the reader with the continuity, development and regression in the different periods and



spheres of the ancient poliorcetics and beyond; the papers presented here are focusing on the physical fortifications, besieging and defense techniques, development and efficiency of ancient projectiles and sieging machinery, battlefields and the historiographical evidence. The X papers of the book are written by some of the best scholars in their field, presenting here for the first time the results of their research, in the west and in the east"--