Chapter 7 Administrative reform

In his pioneering book, Gerald E. Caiden defined administrative reform as “the artificial inducement of administrative transformation against resistance” ( Caiden, 1969, p. 1 ). Caiden's definition has three implications: (1) administrative reform is artificially stimulated by man and is not accidental, automatic, or natural; (2) administrative reform is a transformatory process; and (3) resistance is a concomitant of the process of administrative reform ( Dey, 1971, p. 560 ).