The Limits of Organizational Change, by Herbert Kaufman. University, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1971. Pp. 124, $5.75
| Published date | 01 January 1973 |
| Date | 01 January 1973 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/027507407300700122 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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the
quintessence
of
administrative
reform.&dquo;
The
author,
possessing
an
optimistic
view
of
history,
holds
that
true
administrative
reform
is
more
than
changes
in
attitudes
and
powers
-
it
is
&dquo;normative,
rooted
in
values,&dquo;
and
it
is
&dquo;the
application
of
the
idea
of
progress.&dquo;
The
Limits
of
Organizational
Change,
by
Herbert
Kaufman.
Uni-
versity,
Alabama:
University
of
Alabama
Press,
1971.
Pp.
124,
$5.75.
This
lucid
and
provocative
little
volume
on
some
theoretical
implica-
tions
of
organizational
durability
and
change
was
the
outcome
of
a
series
of
lectures
on
organizational
theory
delivered
by
Professor
Kaufman
for
the
Southern
Regional
Training
Program.
The
large
overview
of
why
organizations
( both
public
and
private)
change,
die,
or
are
reborn,
accompanied
by
suggestions
on
alternative
reactions,
can
hardly
fail
to
bring
new
insights
to
anyone
concerned
with
administrative
problems.
This
type
of
synthesizing
writing
is
rare
these
days.
The
Youth
Service
Bureau:
A
Key
to
Delinquency
Prevention,
by
Sherwood
Norman.
Paramus,
N.
J.:
National
Council
on
Crime
and
Delinquency,
1972.
Pp.
xii,
244.
Paper,
$6.50.
Policies
and
Background
Information:
Institutional
Construction;
Compensation
of
Inmate
Labor;
The
Federal
Bureau
of
Prisons.
Paramus,
N.
J.:
National
Council
on
Crime
and
Delinqeuncy,
1972.
Pp.
32.
Paper;
copies
available
on
request.
The
increasing
concern
for
crime
and
its
treatment
receives
enlight-
enment
and
help
from
these
publications
of
the
National
Council
on
Crime
and
Delinquency.
The
Norman
volume
would
seem
to
be
an
indispensable
handbook
for
all
persons
engaged
in
some
aspect
of
the
handling
of
juvenile
delinquency
problems
in
communities
throughout
the
nation
-
citizen
planners,
police,
teachers,
parole
officers,
social
workers,
and
others.
It
is
essentially
a
how-to-do-it
manual.
The
basic
theme
underlying
the
National
Council’s
efforts
in
this
realm
is
the
desirability
of
diverting
children
and
youth
from
the
justice
system
into
channels
that
leave
them
with
no
subsequent
delinquency
stigma.
The
pamphlet
on
Policies
gives
the
texts
of
three-policy
statements
adopted
by
the
National
Council
in
April
1972,
together
with
some
back-
ground
information
(alternatives
to
incarceration;
costs;
disestablishment
of
the
U.
S.
Bureau
of
Prisons).
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