Understanding policy implementation processes as self-organizing system

Public Management Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 421-440

  Butler, Michael J R ^a   Allen, Peter M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Change management; Complexity; Policy implementation; Receptivity; Self organizing systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149097704     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030802002923     Document Type: Article

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