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1 Online-Ressource (ix, 251 pages)
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ISBN:
9780511983771
Content:
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
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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 -- 1. Questionnaire items used in constructing variables -- 2. Cities, counties, and states covered in 1966 and 1972 surveys of finance agencies -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521226707
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521066303
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521226707
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511983771
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