WHAT RELEVANCE DOES ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE HAVE TO LEADERS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES?
One of the most perplexing issues facing leaders within the Department of Defense and other agencies of the federal government can be classified under one rubric-change. Government organizations’ responses to events such as the “re-invention of government”, downsizing and defense conversion, shrinking operating budgets, acquisition reform, and the military’s expanded role in operations other than war are requiring leaders to make course corrections. Leaders in these organizations are being challenged to think differently, to: • Reconceptualize the role their organization plays in government • Reconceptualize, the goals of their organization, and • Reconceptualize how people in their organizations will work together to achieve these goals. The term reconceptualize is emphasized here because the 21st century challenges for strategic leaders in this country involve interpreting what appears to be the same world in radically different ways. For example, not only must the Department of Defe
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