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Strategic Leadership in New York City Public Housing Reform: Blending an Organizational and Institutional Approach in Plan NYCHA: A Roadmap for Preservation

Journal of Leadership and Management

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Title Strategic Leadership in New York City Public Housing Reform: Blending an Organizational and Institutional Approach in Plan NYCHA: A Roadmap for Preservation
 
Creator Terry II, Larry D.; Division of Business and Public Leadership
University of North Texas at Dallas, USA
 
Description The New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) mission since 1934 has been to “provide decent and affordable housing in a safe and secure living environment for low and moderate-income residents throughout the five boroughs” (nyc.gov/nycha) through conventional public housing and other related programs such as Section 8 . However, as the current global economic climate has become the new “normal” and seemingly changed the expectations and capacity of government indefinitely, NYCHA has faced an unprecedented budget shortfall and is finding it more difficult than ever to fulfill its mandate. In order to strategically address issues such as the deterioration of its housing assets or resident perceptions of the safety of their buildings, the Bloomberg Administration developed Plan NYCHA: A Roadmap for Preservation (Plan NYCHA) in 2011 as a means of reforming the nation’s oldest and largest public housing system. This article analyzes the reform strategies developed in the City of New York’s Plan NYCHA, and specifically aims to assess the balance of organizational and institutional approaches used to improve the nation’s largest housing system through its Ten Imperatives. While organizational reforms aim to improve instrumental efficiency, institutional considerations are more inclusive of the organization’s cultural, normative, and cognitive environment and provide a sense of meaning for actors beyond technical demands. As NYCHA works to improve its efficiency and perceptions of its efficacy and legitimacy, understanding this balanced approach may prove to be vital for the success of its reform over the short and long term future.
 
Publisher Institute of Leadership in Management
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2014-08-25
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://leadership.net.pl/index.php/JLM/article/view/19
 
Source Journal of Leadership and Management; Vol 1, No 1 (2014): Journal of Leadership and Management
2391-6087
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://leadership.net.pl/index.php/JLM/article/view/19/27
 
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