Successful Resource Acquisition‑Induced‑Resource Allocation Failures:

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Other Title
  • シンボルを用いた資源獲得の成功による資源配分の失敗：「バイオマス・ニッポン総合戦略」の事例
  • Case Study of Symbolic Management on “Biomass Nippon Strategy”

Abstract

<p>Based on organization theories, this paper discusses the mechanism of “successful resource acquisition-induced-resource allocation failure” in the policy-making process of Japan. In general, governments prefer priority-driven budgeting, but in Japan, such efforts often end in failure. This is because purposeless projects tend to get budgets by taking advantage of political trends. Mass media sometimes criticizes these kinds of resource acquisitions, calling their budget with a word “binjo (piggyback)” by pointing out actions to protect their own interests.<BR>From the symbolic management perspectives, this paper explores reasons for those failures. Previous researches on resource allocations have clarified failure factors of bottom-up resource allocation, but they have not focused on strategic actions of members in organizations for their resource acquisitions. Using a case of “Biomass Nippon Strategy,” this paper clarifies the reasons for the failures. The result indicates that ambiguous objectives or aims in specific domains attract organizations, which would lose their resources because of the change of allocation policies.</p>

Journal

  • Organizational Science

    Organizational Science 50 (4), 66-81, 2017-06-20

    The Academic Association for Organizational Science

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Details 詳細情報について

  • CRID
    1390282680486382592
  • NII Article ID
    130006309807
  • DOI
    10.11207/soshikikagaku.50.4_66
  • ISSN
    2187932X
    02869713
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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    Disallowed

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