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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Mismanagement

Mismanagement

  • Inappropriate decision-making
  • Bad management

Broader

Impropriety
Presentable

Narrower

Mismanagement by intergovernmental organization leadership
Excellent
Deficient business leadership
Excellent
Agricultural mismanagement
Excellent
Policy-making delays
Presentable
Mismanagement of food resources
Presentable
Mismanagement of environmental demand
Presentable
Limited approaches to economic planning
Presentable
Intergovernmental organization mismanagement
Presentable
Inappropriate policies
Presentable
Inappropriate management of dams
Presentable
Inappropriate loans
Presentable
Non-inclusive management decisions
Yet to rate
Mismanaged plantations
Yet to rate
Lack of financial control
Yet to rate
Incompetent financial management
Yet to rate
Inappropriate use of innovative management techniques
Yet to rate
Inappropriate management of development projects
Yet to rate
Crisis-oriented funding
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Waste of non-renewable resources
Presentable

Aggravated by

Unethical practices in forestry
Excellent
Depersonalization of responsibility
Excellent
Limited accountability of public services
Presentable
Lack of opportunities for practical training in communities
Presentable
Inadequate management skills in rural communities
Presentable
Unavailability of appropriate expertise
Yet to rate
Poor managerial communications
Yet to rate
Lack of worker participation in business decision-making
Yet to rate
Inflexible management patterns
Yet to rate
Incompetence
Yet to rate
Inadequate management-employee communication
Yet to rate
Difficult grant management
Yet to rate
Contractual constraints on reporting systemic problems
Yet to rate
Absence of organization training
Yet to rate

Strategy

Managing
Yet to rate
Making decisions
Yet to rate
Correcting mismanagement
Yet to rate
Changing management
Yet to rate

Value

Mismanagement
Yet to rate
Indecision
Yet to rate
Inappropriateness
Yet to rate
Badness
Yet to rate

Reference

Persson, B: Surviving Failures: the psychology and politics of project mismanagement: Patterns and case of project mismanagement
Danecki, Jan: Insights into Maldevelopment: reconsidering the idea of progress

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthSustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(B) Basic universal problems
Subject
Content quality
Yet to rate
 Yet to rate
Language
English
Last update
Dec 1, 2022