understanding decision making in humanitarian aid NGOs Heyse, Liesbet 1973- creator ProQuest (Firm) text bibliography Electronic books. enk Aldershot, England Burlington, VT Ashgate c2006 2006 monographic eng

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x, 239 p. : ill. Choosing the lesser evil : selecting humanitarian aid projects -- Filling a void in NGO research : understanding diversity in NGO behavior -- Opening the black box of internal NGO dynamics : an organizational decision-making perspective -- Towards the reality of humanitarian aid provision : three sketches of NGO behavior -- Traces of the administrative organization : MSF's organizational features -- Consequentionality in aid provision : MSF's dominant decision-making pattern -- Disagreement, commitment, and constraints : MSF's secondary decision-making patterns -- From consequential to garbage can decision-making : two examples of MSF aid provision to Africa -- The opposite of the administrative organization : ACT Netherlands' organizational features -- Working with 'the family' : ACT's dominant decision-making pattern -- Working outside 'the family' : ACT's secondary decision-making patterns -- Decision-making dynamics in MSF and ACT : comparison and discussion of research results -- A look beyond the horizon : identifying steps towards theoretical generalization -- Complexity reduction through decision-making : intended and unintended consequences in humanitarian aid. Liesbet Heyse. Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-230) and indexes. Medecins sans frontieres (Association). Holland. Action by Churches Together (Organization). Netherlands. Humanitarian assistance Decision making Humanitarian assistance Decision making Case studies Non-governmental organizations Decision making Non-governmental organizations Decision making Case studies HV553 .H49 2006 361.2/60684 9780754683865 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=429743 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=429743 MiAaPQ 060922 20250821104415.0 EBC429743 eng