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100	1		_aHALASZ, Michael E. _928434
245	1	0	_aNih : _bdeconstruction of a grand synthesis?
260			_aThousand Oaks : _bSAGE, _cMarch 1997
520	3		_aStructural evolution of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is studied with organizational theory. NIH's transition from a functional to a market divisional structure as the agency's client biomedical research community underwent segmentation is described using as case examples the formation of two institutes. Strategies followed by professional groups seeking to influence an executive agency are illustrated. How a structure focused on servicing particularmedical constituencies may compromise the study section review of research grant applications on which NIH credibility rests is examined. NIH response to the more dynamic recent environment (AIDS, molecular biology) by recourse to matrix form is considered. Prospects for survival of the agency's unique administrative synthesis are evaluated
773	0	8	_tAdministration & Society _g29, 1, p. 97-112 _dThousand Oaks : SAGE, March 1997 _xISSN 00953997 _w
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998			_a20061127 _b1202^b _cNatália
998			_a20100805 _b1541^b _cCarolina
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c19993 _d19993
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