relation: https://real.mtak.hu/221139/
title: Formal or Informal? : The Changing Role of Coordination in Local Government Decision Making in Hungary
creator: Belényesi, Emese
creator: Dobos, Ágota
subject: JF1338 Public administration / közigazgatás
description: Top-down formal decision-making approach traditionally prevails in the organizational culture of  Hungarian public administration, but the informal approaches could undoubtedly increase the  efficiency of decisions. While formal decision making is supposed to strictly follow the procedures  and methods prescribed by law, the informal ones could considerably speed up the process. This  dichotomy poses the question: “To what extent can the often-preferred informal ways of  coordination deviate from their formal counterparts?” It is the intent of our exploratory research  to seek responses to this question by invoking grounded theory. The study is based on the findings  of the nation-wide research project in which Emese Belenyesi was one of the lead researchers.  Findings shows that if informal methods are used in local decision making, they are ultimately  channelled into the standard formal procedures, thus facilitating formal decision making rather  than separating them from it, however they considerably increase its efficiency.
date: 2020
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
rights: cc_by
identifier: https://real.mtak.hu/221139/1/FormalorInformalTheChangingRoleofCoordinationinLocalGovernmentDecisionMakinginHungary.pdf
identifier:   Belényesi, Emese and Dobos, Ágota  (2020) Formal or Informal? : The Changing Role of Coordination in Local Government Decision Making in Hungary.  KOŠICKÁ BEZPEČNOSTNÁ REVUE, 10 (2).  pp. 1-16.  ISSN 1338-4880     
relation: http://www.vsbm.sk/revue.html
relation: MTMT:31830729