Edited by Eleanor D. Glor

Section I: Central Agency Innovation

Sections I and II of Is Innovation a Question of Will or Circumstance? outline the administrative methods and process innovations of the Blakeney government. They provide the primary material that becomes the basis for the analysis done in Section III.

The central agencies played a key role in the Blakeney government in planning, funding, coordinating and evaluating the government's innovative program plans. They also contributed significantly to improving administration and accountability, and creating good government.

• Chapter 1
  Changes in Central Management
  D. Murray Wallace
• Chapter 2
  Planning, Financial Management, Accountability and Administration
  Eleanor Glor
• Chapter 3
  Managing Change in Economic Development
  Eleanor Glor
• Chapter 4
  Central Secretariat-Based Change: The Potash Take-Over
  John Burton