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Unleashing change : a study of organizational renewal in government / Steven Kelman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelman, Steven.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Organizational change.
- Public administration.
- Government purchasing.
- Administrative agencies--Reorganization.
- Administrative agencies.
- Government productivity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (319 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Drawing on the experience of procurement reform in the Reinventing Government initiative of the 1990s, as well as organization theory and psychology, this book presents a comprehensive approach to improving performance in big public sector organizations that addresses both theory and practice"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Organizational change and improving the performance of government
- The traditional procurement system and the difficulties of change
- Discontent on the front lines
- Joining the reform coalition
- Changes at the top and the unleashing of reform
- Initiating change : implications for theory and practice
- How a change effort feeds on itself : theory
- How a change effort feeds on itself : evidence
- From attitude to behavior
- "Deepening" and organizational change
- Consolidating change : implications for theory and practice.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-295) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610813209
- 9781280813207
- 1280813202
- 9780815797760
- 0815797761
- OCLC:
- 475992990
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