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100 _aSinclair Amanda
245 _aWhat do chief adminstrators do? : findings from Victoria
362 _a52(1) Mar 93, p.12-24
520 _aThis study explores the views of Victorian Chief Administrators(CAs) about their jobs. CAs report that the environment of administration has changed in three broad areas: greater public expectations, a breakdown of the politics administration dichotomy and difficulties reconciling managerial accountability with limited managerial autonomy. In response - with the "what", "why" and "how" of agency operation. First, they attempt to shape the "what"or the ends and values their agency creates. Second, they act to enhance the "why" or their agency's legitimacy and the support it attracts from constituencies. Third, CAs are concerned with "how" to mobilise organisational resources, perticularly by moulding culture t
650 _a Public Administration -- Victoria
650 _aLeadership -- Victoria
700 _aAlford John
700 _aBaird Jeanette
773 _aAustralian Journal of Public Administration
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