01228pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002600040245008500066260000900151300001400160362000800174520078700182650003900969650002601008773004801034180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aIlago, Simeon Agustin  aReform as policy theory: the case of public management reform in the Philippines  c2004  ap.249-59.  aJul  aPublic management reforms are important changes desired in a government structure. In the Philippines, bureaucratic reforms are introduced nearly every time there is a change of administration. This article focuses on the last two system wide reforms - the Integrated Reorganization Plan, implemented in 1971 under Marcos' administration and the Presidential Commission on Government Reorganization of Corazon Aquino in 1986. Janet Weiss' policy theory was adopted in analyzing the development of administrative reforms over the years. It consists of three interrelated policy components, namely: theory of the problem, of desired outcome and of intervention. The theories make for an understanding of how the role of government is envisioned and how they should work. - Reproduced.  aAdministrative reform - Philippine  aAdministrative reform  aPhilippine Journal of Public Administration