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Rebecca Dalli Gonzi (University of Malta, Malta)

Change and Continuity Management in the Public Sector: The DALI Model for Effective Decision-Making

ISBN: 978-1-78973-168-2, eISBN: 978-1-78973-167-5

Publication date: 24 April 2019

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Gonzi, R.D. (2019), "Index", Grima, S. (Ed.) Change and Continuity Management in the Public Sector: The DALI Model for Effective Decision-Making, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 143-149. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78973-167-520191008

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INDEX

Note: page numbers in italic and bold refers to figures and tables respectively & page numbers followed by ‘n’ refers to endnotes.

accountability
, 34, 39, 60, 79, 81–83, 96, 110, 116, 119, 124

increased
, 39

national
, 81, 83

strengthened top-down
, 34

accountability systems
, 119, 124

accreditation
, 60, 63, 103

accreditation facilities
, 103

actions

benchmark industry
, 64

improvised
, 55

activities

basic
, 57, 97

normal organisational
, 4, 41, 95

value-adding
, 49, 55

activity development
, 96

adaptive capacity systems
, 101

agencies
, 27, 35, 43–44, 46, 52, 57, 59–60, 64, 76, 83, 91, 93–94, 107, 112, 114, 117

executive
, 36

government
, 64, 69

humanitarian
, 54

international
, 107–108

public
, 12, 44, 93, 97

public sector case studies
, 24

supporting
, 26

aggressive risk communication
, 53

Aligning Strategic Thinking
, 6, 8, 47–48

allocation of resources
, 7, 47–48

analysis

business impact
, 56

continuous employee
, 45

documentary
, 20

included
, 28

resource
, 18, 122

Antecedent Conditions, Target Strategies, Measure Progress and Impact (ATM)

AON Consulting
, 57

applications
, 21, 46, 114

approach

systematic
, 7, 47

typical-case
, 22

areas

core
, 68

high-priority
, 13

life-saving
, 54

loaded
, 9, 68

main
, 27, 56–57, 76, 85, 100

required
, 67

secondary
, 51, 88, 102

selecting
, 51

strategic
, 4

treatment
, 53

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
, 64

assessment
, 3, 7, 48, 58, 60, 63, 65, 78, 92, 98, 102

assessment facility
, 65

assistance
, 64, 74–76, 88, 99–101, 103, 109, 120, 124

foreign
, 99–100

humanitarian
, 74

medical
, 75, 101

rapid
, 99

attributes of crisis
, 22, 61–62, 88, 95

attributes
, 81, 95, 97, 104, 108

authority
, 4, 6, 17

central
, 58

hierarchical
, 58

lower-level
, 59, 98

preserve
, 6, 66

public
, 46

rescue
, 78–79

single
, 5, 42, 93

autonomy
, 5, 42–43, 101

awareness

employee
, 62

generating
, 56

maintaining situations
, 57

Balanced Scorecards
, 7, 47

BCM continuity standards
, 61

BCM strategies
, 55–56

BCM Survey
, 56

BCM systems
, 57

behavioural patterns
, 37

budget availability
, 38

budget allowances
, 71, 78

budget constraints
, 82

budgets
, 23, 32, 36, 38, 46, 48, 61–62, 78, 82–83, 91, 102

constrained
, 91

extreme
, 62

reduced
, 46, 91

restrictive
, 48

building

explanation
, 11

solution
, 5–6, 10

building situational awareness
, 2

bureaucracy
, 1, 33, 49, 101, 110

centralised
, 34

public
, 33–34

vertical
, 6, 38

bureaucratic paths, normal
, 9

bureaucratic public sector organisations
, 33

Business
, 13–14, 19, 34, 44, 55–56, 61, 63–64

activities
, 55–57

analysis
, 19

as usual
, 13–14, 32, 46, 81, 83, 110

centres
, 63

change managers
, 81

community
, 64

Continuity Framework
, 56., see also response mechanism

continuity guides
, 61

Continuity Institute
, 55

continuity literature
, 97

Continuity Management (BCM)
, 12, 49, 54–55, 63, 97, 109, 112

Continuity Management Institute
, 55

continuity management systems
, 63

continuity measures
, 64

continuity planning focus
, 55

continuity planning
, 55

continuity plans
, 61

continuity provision
, 52

continuity systems
, 102, 123–124

continuity
, 55–56, 63–64, 97, 102, 110

criticality
, 55

maintaining
, 13, 74

personal
, 2

process reengineering
, 35

processes
, 35

research
, 19

recovering
, 56

resumption
, 64

Resilience Certification Consortium International
, 55

Resumption Plans (BRPs)
, 35, 64., see also Reengineering

by-process protocols
, 15

by-process routes
, 119

capabilities
, 6–8, 32, 37–38, 40, 48, 50, 52, 54, 61, 63

capability planning
, 7

capacity
, 2–3, 8–9, 12–13, 16, 24, 26, 28–29

adjusting
, 9, 68

institutional
, 5, 42

minimum service
, 17

organisational
, 5, 9, 33, 42, 54, 68

resource
, 8, 10, 13, 16, 67, 95

strategic
, 8, 48

surplus
, 9

cardinal elements
, 34

case characterisation
, 11, 24, 78, 82, 84, 87

case development
, 11

cases
, 11, 14, 20–22, 24–25, 27–29

explanatory
, 20

final
, 22

multiple
, 19–21

representative
, 22

case study access
, 24

case study approach
, 20–21

case study strategy
, 20–21

catalyst for conceptualisation
, 11

catastrophes
, 4

categories
, 4, 28–29

core
, 29

initial
, 28

objective
, 19

categorisation
, 28, 62

causal relationships
, 20

Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI), The
, 62

change agents
, 13, 50, 93–94, 98, 116

change event
, 4, 13, 38–39, 41, 43–44, 52, 54, 65, 71, 76, 82, 88, 91, 93, 95–96, 99, 106, 110–111, 114, 124

change jolts
, 2

change management
, 6, 12, 40, 66, 91, 114

change project
, 13, 66

change programme
, 38, 67, 83, 96, 111, 116

change scenarios
, 11–13, 43, 94, 96, 116, 118, 120, 122–124

change situations
, 31, 40, 65

change-over strategy
, 81, 111

Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS)
, 56

civil protection
, 26, 74, 75, 95, 107

civil protection interventions
, 26

Civil Protection Mechanism
, 26

compulsory competitive tendering (CCT)
, 45

conflict mediation
, 74

contextual environments
, 22

Continuity of Operations (COOP), The
, 62

‘continuity procedures’
, 109

‘coping zone’
, 9, 12, 68

cost-cutting approach
, 1

credentialing regulations
, 53, 120

crisis
, 119, 121, 124

levels
, 126

literature emphasise
, 52, 88

management instruments
, 74

management plans
, 126

management
, 12, 50–52, 59, 61, 65, 74, 98, 100, 104, 126

mode
, 77, 95

period
, 48, 74

point
, 4, 40, 41, 76, 88–89, 100

response mode
, 87

response team
, 77

response
, 117

standards of care
, 119, 121

standards
, 17, 52–54, 88, 119, 121

team
, 118

critical functions
, 55

critical services and products
, 55

cross-functional team-based working
, 9

cross-sectional studies
, 27

cross-sector policy change
, 94

cultural change
, 1, 32, 37

cultural disturbances
, 4

cutback strategies
, 36

DALI Model Structure
, 3

DALI Response Model
, 116

Data Analysis
, 11, 28, 88, 110

decision-making

level
, 93–94

needs
, 92, 94

purposes
, 94

structures
, 71, 98–99

decision-taking
, 4, 12, 15, 59, 76, 104, 126

deductive approach
, 20

delivery of service
, 1, 8, 31–32, 45, 76, 79, 91., see also cost-cutting approach, re-assessment internal process

demands

changing
, 10, 15, 52, 67, 69, 77, 88, 112

critical
, 13, 87

high
, 71, 87

demographic changes
, 86

deployment of resources
, 59–60, 93, 98, 103, 112

deployment
, 98, 102

rapid
, 93, 102–3, 112

design
, 92, 98, 103, 108

Design By-Process routes
, 103

Detention Specialists
, 107

development system
, 80

diplomatic measures
, 74

Diplomatic tools
, 74

disorder initiatives
, 78

displaced people
, 74

disruptive events
, 82

duplication
, 55, 80

of efforts
, 83

of resources
, 102

of services
, 7, 36, 47

duty systems
, 78

dynamic analysis
, 81

Dynamic Recovery planning
, 62

decisionmaking entities
, 120

economic interdependence
, 4, 41

economic-rationalist model
, 36

Economist Intelligence Unit
, 7, 47

eight-point response tool
, 98

Emergency Department Overload (Malta, EU)
, 71

emergency departments (ED)
, 53

Emergency Response Management Strategies
, 57

Environment, Political, Informatic, Social, Technological, Economic and Legal (EPISTEL)
, 7

episodic change
, 40

EU Civil Protection Mechanism
, 26

Europe’s cold fall (EU)
, 4

European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) model
, 45

Eurozone Changeover project (Malta)
, 22

exchange mechanisms
, 103

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
, 64

Federal State Department of Health (DOH), The
, 53

financial crisis (European Union)
, 22

Fire and Rescue Case Study
, 93, 99, 102, 104, 110–111

Fire and Rescue Re-structuring (Scotland, UK)
, 71, 78

formality of operations
, 6

front-line,

activity
, 99

delivery
, 7, 47

engagement
, 115

implementation
, 104, 106

operations
, 8

process
, 101

responders
, 55, 92–94

response
, 51, 92–94, 98, 101

service delivery
, 59, 126

service structures
, 6

services
, 6, 22–23, 32, 35, 49, 59, 71, 82, 120, 126

structure
, 102

‘frame bending’
, 4, 41

FRS operational guidance
, 81

future management
, 7

Futuristic structures
, 5

General Response Source
, 114

generic risk assessments
, 78

Government capacity
, 116

government response
, 92, 114

groups
, 10, 16, 40, 59–60, 64, 69, 104, 111, 120, 126–127

emergent
, 16, 59, 120

informal
, 60

stakeholder
, 10, 69, 104

strategic
, 126

working
, 40, 64, 111, 127

guidance
, 13, 17, 54, 61, 78, 81–82, 84, 89, 111, 117, 121, 125

continuity
, 61

flexible
, 81, 111

operational
, 13, 17, 54, 78, 81–82, 84, 89, 111, 117, 121

printed
, 54, 121

temporary
, 111

hierarchical organisational cultures
, 33

hub formation
, 92, 94

humanitarian aid
, 9, 74, 105

humanitarian assistance
, 74

humanitarian crisis
, 73, 76

humanitarian project
, 9

Incremental change
, 34, 40, 42

inductive approach
, 20

information exchange
, 58, 60, 92, 111, 114, 117

institutional structure
, 4, 22, 42, 61–62, 95

integrated risk management planning process
, 78

intensive care unit (ICU)
, 53

issue management
, 7, 47

key agencies
, 93

large-scale natural disasters
, 4, 41, 95

lean management
, 10, 46

Libya Crisis Case Study
, 71-78, 95, 99–101, 103

Libyan Crisis (Malta)
, 4

life-altering changes
, 50

literature and data analysis
, 88

London Riots (UK)
, 4

longer-term stress-support
, 51

MacMillan Matrix
, 7, 47

macro-economic policy
, 36

managerial activity
, 11, 19, 22–26, 28, 71–72, 76, 93, 95, 114

mechanistic structures
, 6, 37

migration- and trade-related activities
, 74

military and civilian operations
, 74

multidirectional communication channels
, 10, 69, 103

National accountability system
, 83

national framework
, 78, 111

‘neo-liberalism’
, 34

Network Team (NT)
, 12, 15–16, 29, 59–60, 104, 107–108, 116, 121, 125

networking structures
, 98, 127

New Public Management (NPM)
, 33

‘New Right’
, 34

New Right ideology
, 36

NHS organisations
, 109

non-hierarchical solutions
, 40–41

non-routine problems
, 40–41

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
, 22

on-the-spot training programmes
, 112

on-time resources
, 105

operating methods and systems
, 39

operational

activity
, 93–94

efficiency
, 31, 39, 114

efficiency and effectiveness
, 39

guidance
, 13, 17, 54, 78, 81–82, 84, 89, 111, 117, 122

procedures
, 11, 19, 22, 28, 42, 65, 98, 102, 127

workers
, 6

organisational

capacity
, 5, 9, 33, 42, 54, 68

components
, 92

design
, 6

management
, 33

methods
, 95

strategy
, 4, 8, 48–49

structures
, 5, 32, 35, 37, 44, 103

transition
, 5, 40

units
, 33–34

Output level of service (OT)
, 12, 14, 16, 105

Policy Feedback (PF)
, 29, 94, 111, 116, 122

political asylum
, 75

Political, Economic, Social, and Technological (PEST) analysis
, 7

proactive change
, 5, 40

proactive strategic moves
, 5

problem-solving strategies
, 14

process improvement
, 3, 12, 29, 89, 101, 109–110, 112, 116, 123–126

productivity improvement
, 46

Progressive Approach
, 37

public sector

literature
, 44, 49

management
, 9, 12, 44, 51–52, 57, 61, 115

organisations
, 8, 32–34, 38–39, 45, 48, 67, 109

reforms
, 33

structures
, 6, 38

public

administration structures
, 32

service organisations
, 33, 35, 37, 45, 57

service provision
, 31–32, 96, 124–125

structures
, 31

qualitative

approach
, 19–21

data process
, 26

methodology
, 20

research
, 20, 24–25

quantitative data
, 20

Radical change
, 1, 5, 21–22, 31, 35, 39–41, 43, 47–52, 61–62, 65, 76, 82–83, 88, 95–97, 115, 125., See also ‘episodic change

’Radical organisational change
, 4, 41., see also ‘frame bending’

Rate transition plan
, 83

real-time strategic response
, 7, 47

Reengineering
, 35, 45

recovery plan
, 55, 61, 63

research philosophy
, 15, 19

research strategy
, 20

Resource

capacity
, 8, 10, 13, 16, 67, 95

demand
, 8

management
, 8, 12, 27, 46, 49, 52, 61, 67, 91, 95, 98, 104, 112

utilisation
, 10, 68–69, 102

resource-based school
, 8, 48

resources management
, 51

response mechanism
, 12, 27, 52, 56, 59, 60, 73, 88, 98, 106

response model
, 11, 28, 54, 77, 88, 101–102, 112, 117

response strategy
, 5, 14–15, 24–26, 43, 55, 88, 98–100, 102–105, 107, 109, 111–112, 117, 123

responsive change plan
, 2

Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
, 7

Scenario planning
, 7, 47

Scotland Fire and Rescue Service (FRS), The
, 78

Scottish Government National Performance Framework (NPF)
, 79

Self-organising networks
, 104

semi-structured interviews
, 11, 24–25, 82

service delivery
, 1, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14–15, 16–18, 31–32, 35–36, 39, 47–48, 105, 112, 119, 127

chains
, 36

demands
, 43

short-term overloads
, 49

Societal security context
, 63

solution building
, 5–6, 10

standard operating procedures (SOP)
, 95

STEER analysis
, 7, 47

strategic

change
, 7, 43, 47, 93, 97

decision-makers
, 111

dimension
, 98

level
, 49, 51, 92–93, 105

management
, 6–8, 47–49, 76, 92, 94, 98, 112

response
, 7, 47, 49, 76, 94, 99, 101–102, 105

thinking
, 6, 8, 47–48, 103

strategy and capability planning
, 7, 47

strategy design
, 8, 48

strategy making tools
, 8, 48

structural capacity
, 36, 39, 43, 114

structural formation (SF)
, 12, 13, 26, 29, 76, 93, 103, 116, 119, 125

structural team
, 98

systematic management
, 7, 47

Thematic analysis
, 11, 28

theoretical framework
, 10

theoretical propositions
, 21

‘theoretical saturation’
, 26

top-down management
, 49, 93

Total Quality Management (TQM)
, 45

Traditional Approach
, 37

traditional structure
, 31

Training Procedures (TP)
, 29, 112, 116, 122, 126

Transactional change
, 42

Transformational change
, 6, 34, 40, 42, 66, 96

typical-case approach
, 22

UN Security Council
, 72–74

Unscientific Approach
, 37

value-adding activities
, 49, 55

value-stream mapping
, 9, 67