01263pab a2200157 454500008003600000100002600036245006800062520072200130650002300852650002600875700001900901773004800920909001000968999001700978952011000995180718b   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aKronenberg, Vernon J.  aWestern ministries of defence: rules for organisational change.  aThe author describes that much of the comparative polities literature seeks the development of models that can be applied cross-nationally and to other time periods. Cross-national comparisons of five Western countries have been conducted to identify some covarying patterns of changes in top-leveldefence organisations. The fivecountries studied over the 40-year period 1945-85 are Aurstralia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. Two types of change events were identified the outcomes of decentralising decisions. Four rules are lested: in the areas of politics, defence budgets, state of conflict, and coalition formation. Rule 1 posits the existence of a correlation between the type of  a Defence, National  aOrganisational Change  aEarnshaw, Paul  aAustration Journal of Public Administration  a22781  c22781d22781  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hIssue no: 50(4) Dec.91, p.552-68pAR22850r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR