Accountability myopia: Losing sight of organizational learning
Accountability myopia: Losing sight of organizational learning
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DOI：
10.1177/0899764004269430
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发表时间：
2005-03-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Ebrahim, A
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作者：
Ebrahim, A
这篇文章挑战了一个关于组织问责制的规范性假设：更多的问责制必然更好。更具体地说，它研究了两种形式的“近视”，以服务为导向的非营利组织之间的问责制的概念的特点：k（a）作为一组不相连的二元关系，而不是作为一个系统的关系和（B）作为短期和遵循规则的行为，而不是作为一种手段，以长期的社会变革的问责制。本文探讨了这些近视的影响，在组织的中央机制的问责制评估，并提出了更广泛的观点，包括组织学习的问责制。阐述了未来的研究和实践方向。
This article challenges a normative assumption about accountability in organizations: that more accountability is necessarily better. More specifically, it examines two forms of "myopia" that characterize conceptions of accountability among service-oriented nonprofit organizations: k(a) accountability as a set of unconnected binary relationships rather than as a system of relations and (b) accountability as short-term and rule-following behavior rather than as a means to longer-term social change. The article explores the effects of these myopias on a central mechanism of accountability in organizations-evaluation-and proposes a broader view of accountability that includes organizational learning. Future directions for research and practice are elaborated.