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Counting on Change : = A Quantitative Evaluation of the Relationship of Continuous Improvement to Organizational Performance Outcomes at United States Public Sector Clean Water Utilities.

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Title/Author:	Counting on Change :/
Reminder of title:	A Quantitative Evaluation of the Relationship of Continuous Improvement to Organizational Performance Outcomes at United States Public Sector Clean Water Utilities.
Author:	Cousar, Regina Dobson.
Description:	1 online resource (203 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-09(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-09A(E).
Subject:	Educational leadership. -
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ISBN:	9781369714982

Counting on Change : = A Quantitative Evaluation of the Relationship of Continuous Improvement to Organizational Performance Outcomes at United States Public Sector Clean Water Utilities.
Cousar, Regina Dobson.

Counting on Change :A Quantitative Evaluation of the Relationship of Continuous Improvement to Organizational Performance Outcomes at United States Public Sector Clean Water Utilities. - 1 online resource (203 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-09(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Northeastern University, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references

As of 2016, existing United States clean water infrastructure has continued to age and faces challenging times in the future. Organizational leaders need improvement tools to support and sustain water assets and services for healthy communities. Continuous improvement mechanisms that could potentially induce desired performance outcomes point to strategic themes, such as management practices. These strategic themes are attributes of the Burke-Litwin causal model of organizational performance and outcome (Burke & Litwin, 1992) and can be examined using a realistic program evaluation approach (Pawson & Tilley, 1997). This retrospective quantitative study applied these two theoretical pillars to evaluate the relationship of continuous improvement to performance outcomes at public sector U. S. clean water utilities considering internal mediating factors and moderating external settings.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9781369714982Subjects--Topical Terms:

585508
Educational leadership.
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554714
Electronic books.

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