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THE MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE IN WHITEHALL: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE FMI
Author(s) -
GRAY ANDREW,
JENKINS BILL,
FLYNN ANDREW,
RUTHERFORD BRIAN
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.313
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-9299
pISSN - 0033-3298
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9299.1991.tb00781.x
Subject(s) - institutionalisation , politics , government (linguistics) , change management (itsm) , political science , financial management , public relations , business , public administration , finance , marketing , law , philosophy , linguistics , lean manufacturing
The Conservative government announced the Financial Management Initiative in 1982. This article is based on research into the genesis, development and impact of the FMI. The findings suggest that the FMI has contributed significantly to the institutionalization of resource management in general and cost awareness in particular. Implementation has been influenced, however, by the differentiation of departmental tasks and contexts, the inevitable tension between management and politics, and the difficulty of meeting the conditions for the successful engineering of cultural change.