Journal Articles

The Life and Death of Public Organizations: A Question of Institutional Design?

---

Why do some public organizations grow old and others die young? Since Herbert Kaufman first posed this question, considerable research has been devoted to answering it. The findings of that research suggest that the design of new public organizations affects, to a significant degree, their survival chances. In this article, we test whether and how “design factors” affected the durability of the so-called New Deal organizations initiated under FDR's first term. Our findings confirm that design factors do matter, but their effects change over time. We draw out some potential implications for institutional design and sketch a renewed research agenda to determine why some public organizations survive environmental pressure whereas others succumb to it.

---

Availability

No copy data

Detail Information

Series Title

Governance

Call Number

-

Publisher

Hoboken, United States : Wiley-Blackwell., 2010

Collation

-

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

14680491

Classification

-

Content Type

-

Media Type

-

Carrier Type

-

Edition

Volume 23, Issue 3, July 2010, pages 385–410

Subject(s)

Public Organization

Specific Detail Info

-

Statement of Responsibility

-

Other version/related

File Attachment

Comments

---

You must be logged in to post a comment