Chapter 7 Administrative reform
Public Administration Singapore-style
ISBN: 978-1-84950-924-4, eISBN: 978-1-84950-925-1
Publication date: 14 April 2010
Abstract
In his pioneering book, Gerald E. Caiden defined administrative reform as “the artificial inducement of administrative transformation against resistance” (Caiden, 1969, p. 1). Caiden's definition has three implications: (1) administrative reform is artificially stimulated by man and is not accidental, automatic, or natural; (2) administrative reform is a transformatory process; and (3) resistance is a concomitant of the process of administrative reform (Dey, 1971, p. 560).
Citation
Quah, J.S.T. (2010), "Chapter 7 Administrative reform", Quah, J.S.T. (Ed.) Public Administration Singapore-style (Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 19), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 127-146. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0732-1317(2010)0000019012
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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