Accountability and Radical Change in Public Organizations

RONALD R. SIMS is the Floyd Dewey Gottwald Senior Professor of Business Administration, College of William and Mary, where he teaches organizational behavior, human resource management, leadership, and management of change. Author of more than 70 articles in the journals of his field, his most recent Quorum books include: Human Resource Management and the Americans with Disabilities Act (with John G. Veres, III) (1995), Changes and Challenges for the Human Resource Professional (with Serbrenia J. Sims) (1994), and Ethics and Organizational Decision Making: A Call for Renewal (1994).

• Preface Accountability and Change Drivers in the Public Sector by Ronald R. Sims Reinvention in Public Housing: The Case of the Norfolk Redevelopment Housing Authority by Andrea B. Bear and Ronald R. Sims Toward 2007: Accountability and Change in Local Government (Steering the Course) by Rona Vrooman and Serbrenia J. Sims Accountability and Change in Higher Education: A Case History by Ralph S. Foster, Jr. Reinventing in the Public Sector: Some Lessons and Limits by Carl E. Lutrin and A. B. (Rami) Shani Reinventing Training in the Public Sector by Ronald R. Sims Can Reengineering Be Transplanted from the Private to the Public Sector? Should it Be? by Arie Halachmi The Promise and Practice of the National Performance Review by Richard F. Cullins Canada and the United States: A Quest for World Class Science Standards by Adriane E.L. Dorrington Public Administration for Results in Latin America: Design and Sustainability in Institutional Development and Civil Service Reform by Rene Salgado In Praise of Incremental Change in Public Sector Organizations: A Consultant's View by John G. Veres, III and Katherine A. Jackson Evaluating Change in Public Organizations: An Alpha, Beta, Gamma Change Perspective by M. Ronald Buckley et al. Staying Sane in an Ever Changing World: A Survival Guide for Public Managers by William I. Sauser, Jr. Index