Contents include: Perspectives on Change - The Editors; A government Thrusts Towards Change - A J Hunt; Implementing Change: A Personal View - N Lacy; A New Government's Organisational Review - R C Fordham; The Fragmentation of Power - L Shears; The Restructuring: Some Historical Reflections - R J W Selleck; The White Paper Process and Policy Theory - M Frazer; The White Paper and Planned Organisational Change -G Harman; The Dynamics of a Structural Change in the Public Sector - A Rendell; The Implementation Steering Committee and its Contribution to Organisational Change - M Deeley; Designing Detailed Organisational Change: The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Process - M Frazer; The Location of Decision making Responsibility in the New Structure - J F Dunstan; The Socio - political Context of Administrative Change - R J Bates; The Change Process from the Inside - T Moore; Consultative Processes in the Policy Formulation Stage of a Major Review - R L Reed; Organisational Change in Education: The Parent Line - J Kirner; Installing a New Organisational Struture - P J Creed; Difficulties and Achievements in Implementing Organisational Change - N G Curry