McGregor's Theory Y vs. Bentham's Panopticism: toward a critique of the economic theory of agency
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A project to better understand the limitations of the economic theory of agency and incentives is presented. The different treatments and methods of informational questions regarding transparency or non-transparency in the management of firms or other human organizations are discussed.
Publication Name: Knowledge Technology & Policy
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0897-1986
Year: 2001
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Theory and policy in online privacy
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General statistics depicting the value of privacy to Internet users are provided to introduce the issue and attest to its merit for study. The study concludes that two theories are proffered as paradigms from which the major issues surrounding online privacy are viewed.
Publication Name: Knowledge Technology & Policy
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0897-1986
Year: 2004
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Manipulative tactics in budgetary games: the art and craft of getting the money you don't deserve
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Several theories on financial and budgetary processes are discussed. Abstract economic theories, and political scientists who give fascinating and strictly empirical description of actual events and real life manipulations have dominated theory on budgetary process.
Publication Name: Knowledge Technology & Policy
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0897-1986
Year: 2001
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