Are programme resources related to organizational change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11891701 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phillip L Davies (University of Strathclyde), Richard Rose (0000-0002-6603-1067, University of Strathclyde) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73-98 |
| Publication date | 1988-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Political Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4130 • E-ISSN: 1475-6765 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1988.tb00142.x |
| OpenAlex | W2062219605 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
This article joins two public policy approaches often employed separately: the analysis of changes in programme expenditure, and of organizational change. The first section reviews a series of alternative propositions about their relationship: organizations constricting programme innovation, or promoting efficiency or inefficiency; programme changes causing fission or fusion in organizations; increasing programme expenditure by replicating service delivery units rather than re‐organization; and the place of symbolic and ad hoc political priorities. After considering problems of analyzing programme and organizational changes empirically, the article examines changes since 1945 in two major policy areas of British government, health and social security, and trade and industry. The empirical evidence emphasizes the dominance of political priorities, symbolic as well as programmatic: the capacity of organizations to grow at the base, by replicating service delivery units while formally remaining unchanged at the top, and of organizations growing at the top, by formal re‐organization, while programme budgets and service delivery units are unaffected by symbolic reshuffling
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |