Study week on the econometric approach to development planning

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Identifikator:: 1824422792

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-217476

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Title:: Study week on the econometric approach to development planning

Place of publication:: Amsterdam [u.a.]

Publisher:: North-Holland Publ. Co. [u.a.]

Year of publication:: 1965

Scope:: XLVII, 1259 S.; graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Spatial organization and regional planning: Some hypotheses for econometric analysis / Walter Isard, Department of regional Science - University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Penn. - U.S.A.

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1014 PONTIFICIAE ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARVM SCRIPTA VARIA - 26 Just as in demand curve estimation, there are many com- plex problems in the estimation of an average productivity- participation potential curve. We cannot discuss these problems here. Once an average productivity-participation potential curve is estimated, for certain economic-type organizations, can such a curve be converted into an « extra-returns » curve? Can a total output curve be constructed where total output of the organization is in part a function of P? When price of the output is unaffected by changes in total output associated with variation in P, can such changes be multiplied by the constant price to determine the extra-returns (positive or negative) cor- responding to each value of P (relative to some base value of P)? When price of the output falls with increase in total output ,then, given a price-output function, can change in total revenue and thus extra-returns for any increase in P be de- termined? With reference to a defined set of decisions or to decisions on a concrete issue or set of concrete issues, can the extra-returns curve be represented, for example, by a curve such as curve CC in Figure 3? (8). Approach to a Modified Theory of Organization and Management, and CHRIS ARGYRIS, Understanding Human Behavior in Organisations: One Viewpoint, both in Mason Haire (ed), « Modern Organization Theory », John Wiley, New York, 1959. As VROOM states, after reviewing the literature: « When the entire pattern of results is considered, we find substantial basis for the belief that participation in decision-making increases producti- vity. There is both experimental and correlational evidence indicating that high levels of influence by workers in making decisions that they are to carry out result in higher productivity than lower levels of influence. It should be noted, however, that not all the findings are consistent with this generalization. The results of both Lewin, LIPPITT and WHITE (1939) and Morse and REIMER (1956) suggest that, under some conditions higher pro- ductivity may be achieved with use of more autocratic methods ». . VrooM urges careful investigation of the relationships between changes in average participation in decision making and resulting changes in the quality of decisions made, the strength of group standards regarding execu- tion of the decisions and the worker’s « ego involvement » in the decisions. ‘See Victor R. VwrRooM. Work and Motivation, Tohn Wilev. New York forthcoming). (8) Note that in the hierarchical tree-structure which has been assumed, lateral communication is precluded. However, it may be hypothesized that at least un to a point lateral communication is highly desirable and has a ‘121 Isard - pag. 12

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