This paper refutes the conventional wisdom, bolstered in the wake of the Asian financial crisis that governments should not become too friendly with the private sector but, instead, should remain neutral and at arms-length distance. The empirical findings presented here indicate that countries in which governments have forged close and cooperative working relationships with the private sector h...

This research paper lays stress on philosophies of human desire. All the human being has some psychical need in addition to physical needs. And to satisfy the psychical needs, there is a need for stimulants, more in case of exclusive pedestrian precincts. Having exclusively Pedestrian precincts/Cores in city design draws its inspiration from the fact that public zones, accessible to majority of...

This article focuses on the electronic documents in Czech eGovernment. The utilization of so called data boxes for communication between public administration and third parties (citizens, juristic persons) means significant step of the complex project. Aim of this project is – the pure electronic performance of Czech public administration. The prepared and realized technological changes in Czec...

This study analyses and profiles public ancillary funds (PubAFs), charitable trusts that act as intermediaries between donors approved nonprofit beneficiary organisations. PubAFs are an important part of Australia's philanthropic landscape given their benefit purpose, yet little is known about this sector's characteristics identities. paper examines PubAFs, analysing online databases reports Pu...

The compensatory model of work motivation and volition synthesizes some previously unrelated lines of research. The structural components of the model are implicit motives, explicit motives, and perceived abilities; the functional processes are volitional regulation (compensating for inadequate motivation) and problem solving (compensating for inadequate perceived abilities). Propositions that ...

Descartes developed an elaborate theory of animal physiology that he used to explain functionally organized, situationally adapted behavior in both human and nonhuman animals. Although he restricted true mentality to the human soul, I argue that he developed a purely mechanistic (or material) ‘psychology’ of sensory, motor, and low-level cognitive functions. In effect, he sought to mechanize th...