Open AccessGlobal Is Local: Recycling Familiar Components
Author(s) -
Rolf Solli,
Peter Demediuk
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of business systems, governance and ethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1833-4318
DOI - 10.15209/jbsge.v3i4.144
Subject(s) - function (biology) , economic geography , regional science , political science , global change , business , process management , public relations , sociology , geography , climate change , ecology , evolutionary biology , biology
We have observed that management strategies change places and sometimes proceed in the opposite direction in different locations. At the same time, all ideas appear to be represented throughout many organisations. We claim that what are normally referred to as global ideas actually represent the local recycling of old ideas. Management strategies change names, speed and are combined in different ways and global trends function as catalysts. This study, which has been carried out for over ten years, summarises our experiences from a comparative study of the development of reforms in Australian and Swedish municipalities.