La letteratura esistente ha comparato le imprese pubbliche e private evidenziando l’importanza della natura delle organizzazioni per la comprensione dei comportamenti e dei risultati ottenuti dalle stesse. Molte ricerche, tratte dall’economia politica e dalla teoria organizzativa, hanno dedicato un’attenzione crescente all’analisi generale delle similarità e differenze esistenti tra questi due tipi di imprese. Contrariamente, sono stati finora condotti pochi studi in relazione alle specificità delle decisioni manageriali nell’impresa pubblica, poiché molto spesso i processi di decisione di tali unità sono stati assimilati a quelli delle imprese private. Questo lavoro, in base alla letteratura corrente nazionale ed internazionale, evidenzia alcuni degli aspetti ritenuti salienti nello sviluppo dei processi di scelta nelle imprese pubbliche, mostrando le difficoltà di attuazione degli stessi aspetti, a motivo della natura pubblica dell’impresa.
Comparative literature on public and private organizations has examined the relevance of organi-zations’ nature in order to understand their behaviour and results. Many issues in political economy and organization theory have devoted increasing attention to analysing general similarities and differences between public and private organizations. On the contrary, only few studies have been so far dedicated to investigate the peculiarities of public decision making since it has been frequently assimilated to that of private organizations. This paper, according to the current national and international literature, will draw up some salient aspects of public decision making and it will show the diffi culties of carrying these features out owing to the nature of organizations.
Comparative literature on public and private organizations has examined the relevance of organi-zations’ nature in order to understand their behaviour and results. Many issues in political economy and organization theory have devoted increasing attention to analysing general similarities and differences between public and private organizations. On the contrary, only few studies have been so far dedicated to investigate the peculiarities of public decision making since it has been frequently assimilated to that of private organizations. This paper, according to the current national and international literature, will draw up some salient aspects of public decision making and it will show the diffi culties of carrying these features out owing to the nature of organizations.
