Change in Public Bureaucracies

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

Marshall W. Meyer (Author)

9780521066303, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 June 2008

264 pages
23 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.412 kg

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Sociology & anthropology [JH]