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100 1 _aCOE, Barbara A.
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245 1 0 _aOpen focus :
_bimplementing projects in multi-organizational settings
260 _aNew York :
_bMarcel Dekker,
_c1988
520 3 _aMost managers charged with implementing projects in a complex, public/private partnership setting can cite cases of drastically changed, delayed, or thwarted community projects that at the outset seemed likely to proceed without a hitch. Although the specific context and project affect outcomes, the management approach toproject implementation also influences the degree of implementation difficulty and success. Implementation problems are likely to be compounded if the management approach is based upon a “traditional” hierarchical, stable organizational model. If, however, the arena is seen as the open, dynamic, amorphous, complex, “metaorganization” that it is, and management strategies appropriate to this arena are adopted, success is more likely. From the findings of a case study of project implementation in such a setting and interviews with more than forty community leaders emerged a conceptual model for this situation. This model, called the “Open Focus” model, is characterized by openness to the metaorganization, linking cormnunication, evocative leadership, and collaborative vision
773 0 8 _tInternational Journal of Public Administration - IJPA
_g11, 4, p. 503-526
_dNew York : Marcel Dekker, 1988
_xISSN 01900692
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_cCarolina
999 _aConvertido do Formato PHL
_bPHL2MARC21 1.1
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