TY - JOUR
T1 - Freedom of Information and Scottish Local Government
T2 - Continuity, Change, and Capabilities in the Management of Information
AU - Burt, Eleanor
AU - Taylor, JA
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The Freedom of Information [Scotland] Act 2002 (FOISA) offers opportunities to local governments to generate strategic and operational level organisational change centred around the management and flow of information. Our research findings show, however, that while FOISA is perceived to contribute to change it is not perceived as a catalyst for radical strategic transformation in its own right. Instead, the tendency is towards its absorption within the existing bureaucratic-administrative culture and organisational arrangements embedded within Scotland's local governments.
AB - The Freedom of Information [Scotland] Act 2002 (FOISA) offers opportunities to local governments to generate strategic and operational level organisational change centred around the management and flow of information. Our research findings show, however, that while FOISA is perceived to contribute to change it is not perceived as a catalyst for radical strategic transformation in its own right. Instead, the tendency is towards its absorption within the existing bureaucratic-administrative culture and organisational arrangements embedded within Scotland's local governments.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70449347099&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03003930902742872
DO - 10.1080/03003930902742872
M3 - Article
SN - 0300-3930
VL - 35
SP - 181
EP - 196
JO - Local Government Studies
JF - Local Government Studies
IS - 2
ER -
