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The Reforming Organization

Author : Nils Brunsson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135125216X
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book The Reforming Organization written by Nils Brunsson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1993. Organizations have become larger, more professionalized, more differentiated, and wealthier. At the same time, they are often subject to large-scale changes: either as a result of mergers and acquisitions, or simply in response to changed market conditions or new technologies. In this climate the people who run organizations frequently find themselves acting as "reformers". The central concern of this study is to analyze the reforming process within organizations and assess its impact. The authors define reform as the process by which individuals seek to achieve desired goals by changing the structure of their organization: the administrative procedures, chains of command and lines of communication. Drawing on empirical case studies from a range of different sectors, The Reforming Organization questions the relationship between the changes that can be seen occurring in organizations all the time and these conscious internal attempts at reform. This is a different approach to some of the central concerns in organizational theory. The relationship between individuals and structures and the "learning" capacity of organizations. This title will be of interest to students of Business Studies and Management.

The Reforming Organization

Author : Nils Brunsson
Publisher : Handelshojskolens Forlag
ISBN 13 : 9788716134004
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Reforming Organization written by Nils Brunsson and published by Handelshojskolens Forlag. This book was released on 1997-12-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In large modern organizations there is often a strong belief in reform - that it is possible to change organizational structures, processes and ideologies from above through rational choice and design. However, reforms are often the result of attempts at modernization, shifts in administrative fashions, the existence of insoluble administrative problems, and a tendency to forget previous reform experiences. The contents of reforms are determined by rationalistic conceptions of organizations and administrative trends that may stabilize and legitimize present conditions, rather than lead to real changes and better results. The book is based on a large number of studies of attempts at administrative reform in private and public organizations.

The Reforming Organization

Author : Nils Brunsson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780415082877
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book The Reforming Organization written by Nils Brunsson and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In large modern organizations there is often a strong belief in reform - that it is possible to change organizational structures, processes and ideologies from above through rational choice and design. However, reforms are often the result of attempts at modernization, shifts in administrative fashions, the existence of insoluble administrative problems, and a tendency to forget previous reform experiences. The contents of reforms are determined by rationalistic conceptions of organizations and administrative trends that may stabilize and legitimize present conditions, rather than lead to real changes and better results. The book is based on a large number of studies of attempts at administrative reform in private and public organizations.

Reform as Routine

Author : Nils Brunsson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198296703
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Reform as Routine written by Nils Brunsson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large contemporary organizations seem to be in an almost continual state of change. Whether in public or private organizations, managers are trying to implement new organizational forms, introduce new procedures or systems, or change employees' attitudes. In this book, Nils Brunsson considers why reform takes place, and what the consequences are.

To Reform the World

Author : Guy Fiti Sinclair
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198757964
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book To Reform the World written by Guy Fiti Sinclair and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explores how international organizations (IOs) have expanded their powers over time without formally amending their founding treaties. IOs intervene in military, financial, economic, political, social, and cultural affairs, and increasingly take on roles not explicitly assigned to them by law. The proposed book will contend that this 'mission creep' has allowed IOs to intervene internationally, most often in the Global South, in a way that has allowed them to recast institutions within and interactions among states, societies, and peoples on a broadly Western, liberal model. Adopting a historical and interdisciplinary, socio-legal approach, it supports this claim through detailed investigations of historical episodes involving three very different organizations: the International Labour Organization in the interwar period; the United Nations in the two decades following the Second World War; and the World Bank from the 1950s through to the 1990s. The book draws on a wide range of original institutional and archival materials, bringing to light little-known aspects of each organization's activities, identifying continuities in the ideas and practices of international governance across the twentieth century, and speaking to a range of pressing theoretical questions in present-day international law and international relations --Front flap of the book.

The Reforming Organization

Author : Nils Brunsson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780815369509
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (695 download)

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Download or read book The Reforming Organization written by Nils Brunsson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1993. The central concern of this study is to analyze the reforming process within organizations and assess its impact. This title questions the relationship between the changes that can be seen occurring in organizations all the time and these conscious internal attempts at reform.

Reform as Learning

Author : Lea Ann Hubbard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135925488
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Reform as Learning written by Lea Ann Hubbard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking closely at the recent reform efforts in San Diego, this book explores the full range of critical issues pertaining to urban school reform. Drawing on the systemic school reform initiative that was launched in San Diego in the 1990s, this book explores all layers of the school reform process - from leadership in the central office, to work with principals and teachers, to the impact on how teachers worked with students in the classroom. The authors draw on careful ethnographic research collected over the entire four years of the San Diego reforms, in order to identify, not only how teachers, principals and other district educators were shaped by the large-scale reforms, but also the ways in which the reform unfolded. In doing so, the book shows more broadly how actors throughout a school system can change the views of leaders and impact the larger reform process.

Leadership and Change in Public Sector Organizations

Author : James D. Ward
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351806181
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Leadership and Change in Public Sector Organizations written by James D. Ward and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Successful change in the public sector can be supported or hindered by political and administrative leadership, individual and group motivation, and the public’s perception of the effectiveness of public officials and government structures. But do the very characteristics of public sector organizations present obstacles to successful transformative change? This book assesses the current state of the literature on leadership and change in government and public policy, and introduces the reader to innovative new ways to demonstrate leadership in times of change. Contributions from accomplished scholars in the field cover the traditional public administration areas of performance and management, as well as the diversity of issues that surround public leadership and change, both domestic and global. Chapters on public sector innovation, performance leadership, governance networks, complexity in disaster management, change initiatives in educational systems and local government, citizen advisory bodies, and gender and race equality, to name but a few, provide important case studies throughout the volume. Leadership and Change in Public Sector Organizations will be required reading for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in public administration/management, leadership, and public policy analysis.

The Reform Bulletin

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 840 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Reform Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reforming the International Financial System for Development

Author : Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231527276
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Reforming the International Financial System for Development written by Jomo Kwame Sundaram and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-17 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1944 Bretton Woods conference created new institutions for international economic governance. Though flawed, the system led to a golden age in postwar reconstruction, sustained economic growth, job creation, and postcolonial development. Yet financial liberalization since the 1970s has involved deregulation and globalization, which have exacerbated instability, rather than sustained growth. In addition, the failure of Bretton Woods to provide a reserve currency enabled the dollar to fill the void, which has contributed to periodic, massive U.S. trade deficits. Our latest global financial crisis, in which all these weaknesses played a part, underscores how urgently we must reform the international financial system. Prepared for the G24 research program, a consortium of developing countries focused on financial issues, this volume argues that such reforms must be developmental. Chapters review historical trends in global liquidity, financial flows to emerging markets, and the food crisis, identifying the systemic flaws that contributed to the recent downturn. They challenge the effectiveness of recent policy and suggest criteria for regulatory reform, keeping in mind the different circumstances, capacities, and capabilities of various economies. Essays follow ongoing revisions in international banking standards, the improved management of international capital flows, the critical role of the World Trade Organization in liberalizing and globalizing financial services, and the need for international tax cooperation. They also propose new global banking and reserve currency arrangements.

An Organizational Approach to Public Governance

Author : Morten Egeberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192558668
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Book Synopsis An Organizational Approach to Public Governance by : Morten Egeberg

Download or read book An Organizational Approach to Public Governance written by Morten Egeberg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change, economic crises, migration, and terrorism are among the many problems that challenge public governance in modern societies. Many of these problems are spanning political and administrative units; horizontally, vertically, and both. This makes public governance particularly challenging and turbulent. Since public governance mainly takes place through public organizations, like international organizations, ministries, and regulatory agencies, this book examines what difference organizational factors make in the governance process. The volume launches a general organizational approach to public governance. It outlines key theoretical dimensions that cut across governance structures and processes horizontally as well as vertically, thus paving the way for integrating separate empirical analyses into a coherent theoretical whole. Moreover, the organizational (independent) variables outlined in this book represent classical dimensions in the organization literature that are generic in character. This allows for generalizations across time and space. The volume also examines (organizational) design implications: By building systematic knowledge on how organizational factors shape governance processes on the one hand, and how organizational factors themselves might be deliberately changed on the other, the book offers a knowledge base for organizational design.

International Organization in Time

Author : Tine Hanrieder
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198705832
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book International Organization in Time written by Tine Hanrieder and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title investigates the effects of reform programmes on international organisations (IOs). Such reforms are often perceived as failing but they do nevertheless drive organisational change. The book argues that reforms trigger path dependent processes in IOs, yielding increasing returns to the winners of historical bargains. Path dependence explains why a seemingly dysfunctional organisational process, namely fragmentation, is hard to reverse but easy to reinforce through organisational reform.

A Passion for Leadership

Author : Robert M. Gates
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307949648
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book A Passion for Leadership written by Robert M. Gates and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having led change successfully at three sprawling, monumental organizations—the CIA, Texas A&M University, and the Department of Defense—Robert M. Gates offers the ultimate insider's look at how leaders can transform large organizations and companies. For many Americans, bureaucracy and corporate structure are code words for inertia. Gates knows that it doesn't have to be that way. With stunning clarity, he shares how simple plans, faithfully executed, can cut through the mire of bureaucracy to reform organizational culture. And he shows that great leaders listen and respond to their teams and embrace the power of compromise. Using the full weight of his wisdom, candor, and devotion to duty, he empowers leaders at any level to effectively implement his leadership strategies.

Reforming the Public Sector

Author : Giovanni Tria
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815722885
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Reforming the Public Sector written by Giovanni Tria and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many countries are still struggling to adapt to the broad and unexpected effects of modernization initiatives. As changes take shape, governments are challenged to explore new reforms. The public sector is now characterized by profound transformation across the globe, with ramifications that are yet to be interpreted. To convert this transformation into an ongoing state of improvement, policymakers and civil service leaders must learn to implement and evaluate change. This book is an important contribution to that end. Reforming the Public Sector presents comparative perspectives of government reform and innovation, discussing three decades of reform in public sector strategic management across nations. The contributors examine specific reform-related issues including the uses and abuses of public sector transparency, the "Audit Explosion," and the relationship between public service motivation and job satisfaction in Europe. This volume will greatly aid practitioners and policymakers to better understand the principles underpinning ongoing reforms in the public sector. Giovanni Tria, Giovanni Valotti, and their cohorts offer a scientific understanding of the main issues at stake in this arduous process. They place the approach to public administration reform in a broad international context and identify a road map for public management. Contributors include: Michael Barzelay, Nicola Bellé, Andrea Bonomi Savignon, Geert Bouckaert, Luca Brusati, Paola Cantarelli, Denita Cepiku, Francesco Cerase, Luigi Corvo, Maria Cucciniello, Isabell Egger-Peitler, Paolo Fedele, Gerhard Hammerschmid, Mario Ianniello, Elaine Ciulla Kamarck, Irvine Lapsley, Peter Leisink, Mariannunziata Liguori, Renate Meyer, Greta Nasi, James L. Perry, Christopher Pollitt, Adrian Ritz, Raffaella Saporito, MariaFrancesca Sicilia, Ileana Steccolini, Bram Steijn, Wouter Vandenabeele, and Montgomery Van Wart.

The Internal Management of United Nations Organizations

Author : Yves Beigbeder
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349139580
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book The Internal Management of United Nations Organizations written by Yves Beigbeder and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book reviews key management areas of United Nations organizations now under attack: the political selection of executive heads, the role of inspection bodies, the financial crisis, charges of corruption and fraud, the 'overpaid' staff, sex discrimination in the secretariats, the impact of the Administrative Tribunals' judgements. Reform proposals are reviewed and assessed. While executive heads are accountable for their agency's performance, Member States have the ultimate responsibility for ensuring that reform is actually carried out. Do they really want UN organizations to be more effective?

International Organization in Time

Author : Tine Hanrieder
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019101625X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book International Organization in Time written by Tine Hanrieder and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Organization in Time investigates why reformers often pledge to unify international organizations (IOs), but end up fragmenting them instead. The book reconstructs the institutional history of the World Health Organization (WHO) since its creation in 1946. It theorizes the fragmentation trap, which is both a cause and a consequence of reform failure in the WHO. A comparison between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) illustrates the relevance of path dependence and fragmentation across the United Nations (UN) system. As the UN approaches its 70th anniversary, this book helps to understand the path dependent dynamics that reformers encounter in international organizations.

Organizational Change in an Urban Police Department

Author : BRENDA J. BOND-FORTIER
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780367530907
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Organizational Change in an Urban Police Department written by BRENDA J. BOND-FORTIER and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This in-depth case study of a mid-sized police department captures the dynamics, struggles, and successes of police change, revealing the positive organizational and community outcomes that resulted from a persistent drive to reinvent public safety and community relationships. The police profession in the United States faces a legitimacy problem. It is critical that police are prepared to change constantly, be adaptive, and adopt openness to self-reflection and external comparison, moving beyond their comfort zone to overcome the inevitable cultural, structural, and political obstacles. Using previously unpublished longitudinal data examining a 25-year period, Bond-Fortier offers a rich account of the complexity of police management and change within one particular mid-sized city: Lowell, Massachusetts. The multidisciplinary lens applied provides crucial insights into how and why police organizations respond to a changing environment, set certain goals, and make decisions about how to achieve those goals. The book analyzes the community and organizational forces that stimulated change in the Lowell Police Department, describes the changes that enabled the department to achieve national model status, and builds a nexus between influencing forces, interdisciplinary theory, and the creation of an adaptive 21st-century police organization. Organizational Change in an Urban Police Department: Innovating to Reform is essential reading for academics and students in criminal justice, criminology, organizational studies, public administration, sociology, political science, and public policy programs, as well as government executives, crime policy analysts, and public- and private-sector managers and leaders engaged in professional development and leadership courses.