Organisational culture as a function of adaptability and responsiveness in public service agencies

Water Resources Development and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 197-214

  Nyambe, Nyambe ^a   Breen, Charles ^a   Fincham, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Institutions; Managing for change; Organisational culture; Public service agencies; Responsiveness; Southern African Development Community (SADC); Trialogue

Indexed keywords

EID: 39349103520     PISSN: 1614810X     EISSN: 2198316X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-46266-8_10     Document Type: Chapter

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