Newsletter.

Mode of access: Internet.

Nonwhite population changes in Chicago's suburbs.

Mode of access: Internet.

The integration of public schools in Illinois.

Mode of access: Internet.

Duties and characteristics of senior counselors /

"August 3, 1970."

Rehabilitation cost comparisons among cooperative programs during fiscal year 1968-69 /

"Dec. 8, 1969."

Rehabilitation costs for cooperative programs, fiscal year 1969-70 /

"FSS 70-12-1."

California labor market bulletin.

Published: Sacramento, Calif., Feb. 1972-

Farm labor report.

Mode of access: Internet.

Budget supplement for education ... submitted by ... Governor to the California Legislature

Mode of access: Internet.

Laws relating to adoptions and out-of-home care for children.

Compilation of law from Civil code, Welfare and institutions code, Health and safety code, Probate code, Revenue and taxation code, Penal code.

Social and economic aspects of Swedish population movements, 1750-1933,

Mode of access: Internet.

California mental health services act, 1971.

Includes in appendix II a copy of the Community Mental Health Services Act, Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, which "is comprised of two acts : the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act and a revised version of the Short-Doyle Act of 1957."

The impact of organizational culture and reshaping capabilities on change implementation success: The mediating role of readiness for change

It was hypothesized that employees' perceptions of an organizational culture strong in human relations values and open systems values would be associated with heightened levels of readiness for change which, in turn, would be predictive of change implementation success. Similarly, it was predicted that reshaping capabilities would lead to change implementation success, via its effects on employees' perceptions of readiness for change. Using a temporal research design, these propositions were tested for 67 employees working in a state government department who were about to undergo the implementation of a new end-user computing system in their workplace. Change implementation success was operationalized as user satisfaction and system usage. There was evidence to suggest that employees who perceived strong human relations values in their division at Time 1 reported higher levels of readiness for change at pre-implementation which, in turn, predicted system usage at Time 2. In addition, readiness for change mediated the relationship between reshaping capabilities and system usage. Analyses also revealed that pre-implementation levels of readiness for change exerted a positive main effect on employees' satisfaction with the system's accuracy, user friendliness, and formatting functions at post-implementation. These findings are discussed in terms of their theoretical contribution to the readiness for change literature, and in relation to the practical importance of developing positive change attitudes among employees if change initiatives are to be successful.

Do Australian public sector employees have the type of culture they want in the era of new public management?

New public management theory proposes that public sector organisations should be managed more like private sector organisations. It is therefore expected that public sector managers will have preferences for an organisational culture that will reflect the culture of private sector organisations, with an external rather than internal orientation. The current research investigated the idea that managers' perceptions of ideal organisational culture would be different to the bureaucratic model of culture (internally oriented), which has traditionally been associated with public sector organisations. Responses to a competing values culture inventory were received from 925 public sector employees. Results indicated that the bureaucratic model is still pervasive; however, managers prefer a culture that is more external, and less control focussed, as expected. Lower level employees expressed a desire for a culture that emphasised human relations values.