... work practices in the public sector change with digitization. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on an analysis of the organizational studies literature on how digital technologies lead to changes in public sector organization. The literature comprises a wide range of different case...

...? Change management Leadership Public sector organizations Environmental complexity Public organizations often attempt to implement changes in the governance, design and delivery of public services. These organizational changes typically emphasize improving efficiency and the quality of service...

... from another City Council said that, IT people are just to support the business unit. The IT can't make decisions for the business process. It is the business unit that should take the decision (Respondent22). Change management Group dynamics Eservice Australian local government Public sector...

... that momentum is gained to adapt the existing structure, so that new behaviours are encouraged and regulated within the organisation. Human resource management Organizational change management Public sector organizations Australia Culture change Managing change Change agents Human resource...

...Carla Millar; Patricia Hind; Michel L. Ehrenhard; Dennis R. Muntslag; Celeste P.M. Wilderom Purpose Fiscal sustainability is high on the global political agenda. Yet, implementing the needed performance‐orientation throughout public‐sector organizations remains problematic. Such implementation...

.../value The qualitative findings of the study add to, and help to explain, earlier research findings on the questions of how public sector organizations utilize various activities to implement collaborative networks and their impact on managerial practice. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011...

... different policy areas, each discussed in two comparable policy reports, each written in a different role: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Consultants Legitimizers Devil's advocate Argument Rhetoric Decision making Public sector organizations There are hardly non...

...Gregory D. Hammond; Eric B. Gresch; Dean C. Vitale Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for the employee‐led development of a planned organizational change. Design/methodology/approach The authors, as action researchers, aid a large public sector organization through...

... of the new instrument. The next section proposes a theoretical framework that can help our understanding of these hindrances. Organisational change in private and public sector organizations has been studied from a variety of perspectives (Sashkin and Burke, 1987 ; Woodman, 1989 ; Pasmore and Fagans...

... percent) in the voluntary sector. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Change management Education Public sector organizations Managers Many authors have confirmed that postgraduate business students do attempt to apply the skills acquired at university whilst employed...

... and thought” (Leary, 1990). Additionally, still others consider analogical forms of metaphor as perhaps the most efficient of communicative devices (Hesse, 1966 ; Sellars, 1963). Arthur J. Sementelli can be contacted at: sementel@fau.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Public sector...

...Robert Jones; George Kriflik Purpose The purpose of the paper is to present a theory of the leadership process within the substantive setting of a cleaned‐up bureaucracy. Design/methodology/approach Orthodox grounded theory is employed within the setting of a large public‐sector organization...

... in both Time 1 and Time 2. It appeared that corporate HR's emphasis was still focusing on the efficient and effective delivery of personnel activities. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Bureaucracy Organizational change Public sector organizations Australia More than a simple...

... Publishing Limited 2006 Bureaucracy Organizational change Public sector organizations Canada In this paper, we suggest that organizational transformations can be explained by the mutations and displacement of surveillance created in modernity. Based on a case study, we also demonstrate...