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Author Keating, T. P. (Tom P.)

Title Institutions in Turbulent Environments : a Study of the Impact of Environmental Change upon Institutions for the Intellectually Disabled
Published Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge revivals
Routledge revivals.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The Literature; Defining Organisational Change; Organisations and Their Environments; Organisational Contingency; Environmental Contingency; Defining Environmental Types; Population Ecology Models; Reconciling Adaptation and Ecology Models; Framework for the Study; 3 Description of the Organisation; The Cultural System; The Political System; The Technological System; Summary; 4 The Environment of the Organisation; The Cultural System; The Political System
The Technical SystemSummary; 5 The Structure of Environmental Change; The Dimensions of Environmental Contingency; 6 Responses of the Organisation; Overview of the Redevelopment; Responses of the Cultural System; Responses of the Political System; Responses of the Technical System; 7 Analysis of Organisational Responses; Analysis of Organisational Responses; Internal Dependencies; Transactional Dependencies; Environmental Dependencies; Summary; 8 Implications for Organisational Theory; Key Findings; Summary -- The Adaptation Perspective; Summary -- The Population Ecology Perspective
Implications for Policy, Practice and EducationAppendices; Bibliography; Index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF file page (EBSCO, viewed December 28, 2018)
Subject People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Australia -- Victoria
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care
Victoria
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429457173
0429457170
0429853947
9780429853944
9780429853937
0429853939