Marshall W. Meyer, Meyer Marshall W.

Change in Public Bureaucracies

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines in detail the process of change in 240 city, county, and state public bureaucracies responsible for local finance administration. Using the longitudinal method of analysis, the data show organizational structures to be much less stable than conventional stereotypes have suggested. Variables such as organizational leadership, claims to domain, and survival (as opposed to replacement or reorganization) were found to mediate environmental effects on bureaucracies. The book also discusses traditional theories of bureaucracy, theories emphasizing the importance of environment for organizational theory is possible. The concluding chapter draws extensive theoretical implications from the empirical findings of the study.

Table of contents:
Preface; Introduction; 1. Issues in organizational theory; 2. Organizational research; 3. The concept of organizational structure; 4. Some effects of leadership; 5. Organizational domains; 6. The process of bureaucratization; 7. Implications; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

A study of the process of change in 240 city, county and state public bureaucracies, responsible for local finance administration, reveals what influences the change and what direction it is likely to take.

This book examines in detail the process of change in 240 city, county, and state public bureaucracies responsible for local finance administration.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 586g
• ISBN-13: 9780521226707
• ISBN-10: 0521226708
• Artikelnr.: 22083330

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. Issues in organizational theory
2. Organizational research
3. The concept of organizational structure
4. Some effects of leadership
5. Organizational domains
6. The process of bureaucratization
7. Implications
Appendixes
Notes
Bibliography
Index.