TY - BOOK ID - 873142 TI - Change in public bureaucracies PY - 1979 SN - 0521226708 0521066301 0511983778 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Public administration KW - Sociology of organization KW - 35 KW - Bureaucracy KW - Local finance KW - Organizational change KW - #SBIB:316.334.2A500 KW - Administration, Public KW - Delivery of government services KW - Government services, Delivery of KW - Public management KW - Public sector management KW - Political science KW - Administrative law KW - Decentralization in government KW - Local government KW - Public officers KW - Change, Organizational KW - Organization development KW - Organizational development KW - Organizational innovation KW - Management KW - Organization KW - Manpower planning KW - County finance KW - Finance, Local KW - Township finance KW - Finance, Public KW - Grants-in-aid KW - Interorganizational relations KW - Organizational sociology KW - Administratief recht. Bestuursrecht. Openbaar bestuur --(algemeen) KW - Organisatiesociologie: algemeen KW - Bureaucracy. KW - Local finance. KW - Organizational change. KW - Public administration. KW - 35 Administratief recht. Bestuursrecht. Openbaar bestuur --(algemeen) KW - 35 Public administration. Government. Military affairs KW - Public administration. Government. Military affairs KW - Social Sciences KW - Sociology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:873142 AB - 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. ER -