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Sergio Fernandez Indiana University Hal G. Rainey University of Georgia Theory to Managing Successful Organizational Practice Change in the Public Sector Sergio Fernandez is an assistant profes- an governmental organizations change? Theories of Organizational Change sor in the School of Public and Reform initiatives have swept through in Public Organizations Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. Cgovernments in the United States and overseas, e variety of theoretical perspectives summarized in His research focuses on public manage- ment, with an emphasis on privatization again and again bringing news about e orts to reinvent, the online version of this article presents a rather con- and contracting for services, public sector transform, or reform government agencies ( Barzelay fusing picture, but it provides insights into the nature leadership, and organizational change. His research has appeared in the Journal of 2001; Kettl 2000; Pollitt and Bouckaert 2000; Stillman of organizational change, and in particular, the causes Public Administration Research and Theory , 1999 ). Curiously, however, this recurrent theme of of change and the role of managers in the change pro- Public Performance and Management change in government agencies has not induced a high cess. Some of the theories downplay the signifi cance Review , Review of Public Personnel Administration , and Public Administration volume of articles that explicitly address the topic in of human agency as a source of change (e.g., Review .