Is top-down control the only way to guarantee security?

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In line with Brito and Watkins, I argued that relying on assumptions of infrastructural, social, and economic fragility leads to bad policy that is focused on top-down control and one-sized-fits-all solutions that are largely ineffective at mitigating crisis when it does occur.

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We will work with doctors, nurses, teachers and other professionals because we recognise that they want to be able to respond to the individual needs and choices of their patients and pupils, but central targets and top-down control are preventing them from doing so.

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When firms reorganize around Scrum teams, but still focus on delivering with big plans, heavy processes, top-down command-and-control leadership, the potential gains are constrained.

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The top-down, centralized control exerted by school reformers was a glaring contrast to the choice and experimentation advocates of school reform purported to be after.

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Top-down programmes attempted to control the total size of national populations.

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One of the more shocking bits of research I have come across was a study by the Boston Research Group, which surveyed thousands of employees at all levels across the US. The study showed that close to 97 % 0f employees felt they operated in top-down, command and control systems.

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And it explains the world's top-down, command-and-control approach to environmental policymaking.

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Positioned to the right of the e-paper panel: a top button scrolls up, a smaller center button makes selections and the control on the bottom scrolls down -- through messages, menus or tracks while controlling music playback.

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