The Centralization-decentralization Conundrum: Organization and Management in the Canadian GovernmentThe Government of Canada has made efforts in recent years to achieve a greater degree of managerial deregulation and administrative decentralization. This study examines these efforts in light of the evolution of the executive-bureaucratic arena over the three decades since 1960, the theoretical issues involved in organization design and behaviour, and the practical context of administrative reform. |
Contents
Organizational Design for the Management | 37 |
Organizational Design for Departmental | 59 |
Centralization | 89 |
The CentralizationDecentralization | 115 |
Members of the Institute | 127 |
Related Publications Available | 133 |
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