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100			_aMartin, John
245			_aLeadership in local government reform: strategic direction v administrative compliance
260			_c1999
300			_ap.24-37
362			_aSep
520			_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
650			_aLeadership
650			_aLocal government
773			_aAustralian Journal of Public Administration
909			_a43803
999			_c43803 _d43803