01142pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001700040245009100057260000900148300001200157362000800169520073500177650001500912650002100927773004800948180718b1999   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMartin, John  aLeadership in local government reform: strategic direction v administrative compliance  c1999  ap.24-37  aSep  aThis paper reports on a survey across 26 Victorian local councils which assessed the impact of local government reform - boundary restructuring - compulsory competitive tendering, across-the-board rate cuts and rate capping, on the management and organisation of local government organisations in that state. It highlights the fact that leadership, planning and performance management is essential in responding to these reforms. It also reveals that some councils have been able to assist employees to make the shift to an outcomes-oriented deliverer of local services while others have made much less progress and are still focused on the traditional, compliance-oriented culture of local government administration. - Reproduced  aLeadership  aLocal government  aAustralian Journal of Public Administration