Managing organisational change in the public sector: Lessons from the privatisation of the Property Service Agency

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 94-110

  Coram, Ron ^a   Burnes, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Government agencies; Organizational change; Privatization; Public authority assets; Public sector management

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142277223     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550110387381     Document Type: Article

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