Administrative Reform Comes of Age

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE -- 1. Introduction and Perspective -- Theory for What? -- What Is Administrative Reform? -- Administrative Technicians or Societal Reformers? -- So What? -- 2. Administrative Theory and Administrative Reform -- The Ubiquity of Administrative Reform -- The Concept of Administrative Health -- Subjectivity in Administrative Reform -- The Pervasiveness of Administrative Reform -- Conclusion -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES -- 3. Social Change and Administrative Reform -- The Idea of System -- Modernization -- The Assumption of Administrative Change -- The Meaning of Administrative Reform -- Reform and Revolution -- Conclusion -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES -- 4. Perspectives of Administrative Reform -- Differences in Attitude-The Premodern Bureaucratic Empires -- Differences in Approach-The Precontemporary Bureaucratic State -- Unavoidable Reform-The Newly Independent States -- The Anticipation of Reform-Automation -- Conclusion -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES -- 5. The Process of Administrative Reform -- Awareness of Need -- Formulation of Goals and Objectives, Strategy and Tactics -- Implementation of Reforms -- Evaluation -- Conclusion -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES -- 6. Obstacles to Administrative Reform -- Geography -- History -- Technology -- Culture -- Economy -- Society -- Polity -- Pitfalls in Organizational Reform -- Conclusion -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES -- 7. Discovering the Quintessence of Administrative Reform -- Denial of Administrative Reform -- The Relevance of Administrative Reform Theory -- Administrative Reformers -- Reform Strategy -- What Next? -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES -- GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX