{"product_id":"unleashing-change-steven-kelman-9780815748991","title":"Unleashing Change: A Study of Organizational Renewal in Government","description":"\"A Brookings Institution Press and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation publication \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a hopeful account of the potential for organizational change and improvement within government. Despite the mantra that \"\"people resist change,\"\" it is possible to effect meaningful reform in a large bureaucracy. In \u003ci\u003eUnleashing Change\u003c\/i\u003e, public management expert Steven Kelman presents a blueprint for accomplishing such improvements, based on his experience orchestrating procurement reform in the 1990s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKelman's focuses on making change happen on the front lines, not just getting it announced by senior policymakers. He argues that frequently there will be a constituency for change within government organizations. The role for leaders is not to force change on the unwilling but to unleash the willing, and to persist long enough for the change to become institutionalized. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on the author's own personal experience and extensive research among frontline civil servants, as well as literature in organization theory and psychology, \u003ci\u003eUnleashing Change\u003c\/i\u003e presents an approach for improving agency performance from soup to nuts--mixing theory with practice. Its analysis is innovative and empirically rich. Kelman's conclusions challenge conventional notions about achieving reform in large organizations and mark a major advance in theories of organizational change. His lessons will be of interest not only to scholars interested in improving the performance of the public sector, but for anyone struggling to manage a large organization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\"Steve Kelman's creative research, augmented by his own considerable experience as a reform-minded federal official, gives this book unusual depth and authenticity.\"\"--Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School, author of \u003ci\u003eConfidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Kelman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081574899X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815748991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brookings Institution Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Steven Kelman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45065008742655,"sku":"9780815748991","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_97190edf-ab74-462d-875e-f5867164d3b2.jpg?v=1712125390","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unleashing-change-steven-kelman-9780815748991","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}