Change in Public Bureaucracies

Marshall W Meyer author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:31st Oct '79

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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. 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.

ISBN: 9780521226707

Dimensions: 228mm x 152mm x 24mm

Weight: 550g

264 pages