Abstract
A lack of understanding of the internal bureaucratic procedures for adapting exists among sociologists. This dissertation consists of a change model, the variables of which are based upon the goals, roles, structure, change agents, resistance, and final product. The model concentrates upon hte internal processes and activities, which enabled the agency to meet the requirements of a higher system. The agency administration designated specific persons (change agents) and structural units for complying. A case study of a large agency was made. The agency was studied for two years -- a period when the agency underwent changes in accordance with the requirements of the national Environmental Protection Act. The Act required governmental agencies to consider the environmental impacts of any proposed action. To fulfill the requirements, agencies developed professional staffs that were assigned the tasks of studying impacts and making recommendations for proposed actions. Once the regulations went into effect, the agency undertook a series of actions designed to provide the means necessary to ensure environmental concerns would be considered. Since the agency's activities largely centered on construction -- highway construction, consideration was given to the hierarchical position of the staff in relation to the decision processes involved in carrying it out.
Bullion, Clyde Alfred (1976). A model for system change : a case study. Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /DISSERTATIONS -475583.