| Description |
pages cm |
| 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 -- Appendix A: Specifying models and determinants -- Appendix B: Methodological considerations involved in using only one case |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Organizational change.
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Public administration.
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Government purchasing.
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Administrative agencies -- Reorganization.
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Government productivity.
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| LC no. |
2005009621 |
| ISBN |
9780815748991 (isbn-13, paper : alk. paper) |
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081574899X (isbn-10, paper : alk. paper) |
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9780815748991 (paper : alk. paper) |
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081574899X (paper : alk. paper) |
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