Title: Unleashing change : a study of organizational renewal in government /
Authors: Kelman, Steven.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Organizational change.; Public administration.; Government purchasing.; Administrative agencies Reorganization; Government productivity.
Abstract: "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.