STRATEGIC CHANGES AND ORGANIZATIONAL REORIENTATIONS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT by Nahum Ben-Elia (Editor) ( 9780333646274 )

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STRATEGIC CHANGES AND ORGANIZATIONAL REORIENTATIONS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
A CROSS-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

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ISBN 10:

0333646274

ISBN 13:

9780333646274

Publisher:

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

Pub. date:

4 December, 1995

Series:

Policy Studies Organization Series

Pages:

160

Description:

This work explores different approaches toward local government reorientation in selected Western countries, as well as the "reinvention" of local government in Eastern Europe. Eight national case-studies, including USA, UK, Russia and Germany, provide the empirical basis.

Synopsis:

Global, national and subnational change (political, economic, social and demographic) are forcing local governments to search, reactively or proactively, for alternative organizational patterns and management styles. This book explores different approaches toward local government reorientation in selected Western countries as well as the 'reinvention' of local government in Eastern Europe. Eight national case-studies (U.S., Canada, U.K., Germany, Norway, Israel, the Czech Republic and Russia) provide the empirical basis. From a theoretical point of view, the book exposes three main critical factors: the range of policy options facing local governments (strategic choice), their organizational capabilities to cope with major environmental shifts (strategic capabilities), and their capacity for organizational learning (including programmed experimentation, innovation and creativity).

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