[2] State of Wyoming Joint Legislative-Executive Efficiency Study Committee, A Study in State Government Efficiency, (Cheyenne, 1988), p. 8.

[3] Dalton E. McFarland, Management Principles and Practices (New York: The MacMillan Company, 1962), p. 164.

[4] Ibid., p. 178.

[5] Peter F. Drucker, Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (New York: Harper & Row Publishing, Inc., 1974), p. 601.

[6] McFarland, p. 166.

[7] Special Committee on Delivery of Human Services in Texas, The Potential in the Patchwork: A Future Pattern for Human Services in Texas, (Austin, 1980).

[8] Sunset Advisory Commission, Final Report: Health and Human Services Coordinating Council, (Austin, 1990).

[9] Health and Human Services Coordinating Council, Strategic Partnerships: Health and Human Services for the Future, (Austin, 1988).

[10] Ibid.

[11] Wyoming Joint Reorganization Council, Centennial Challenge: Accountability and Efficiency in State Government, (Cheyenne, 1991).

[12] James K. Conant, "In the Shadow of Wilson and Brownlow: Executive Branch Reorganization in the States, 1965 to 1987," Public Administration Review, (September-October 1988), p. 893.

[13] H.B. 961, signed by Governor Richards on May 19, 1991 makes Children's Trust Fund a separate state agency.

¹⁴ Texas Department on Aging, Legislative Appropriation Request: Second Submission (Austin, Texas, October 1, 1990), pp. 87-88.

¹⁵ Texas Policy Academy, Families and Children at Risk, Final Report, Volume 1, (Austin, 1991), p. 7.

¹⁶ Texas Performance Review, Health and Human Services Team Round Table Discussions held in Dallas April

[14]

[15] 24, 1991 and El Paso April 30, 1991. Participants included health and human services workers, clients and advocates.

[16] Texas Policy Academy, p. 8.

[17] Minnesota Department of Administration Management Analysis Division, Minnesota's Human Service Delivery System, A New Look at Old Issues, (St Paul, 1990), p. 1.

[18] Address before the 1990 California State Senate Fiscal Retreat by Lewis Butler, President, California Tomorrow, "California's Health and Human Services: Meeting the Increasing Needs of a Growing Population," (sponsored by the California Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review and the California Policy Seminary, University of California, (February 1-3, 1990), p. 7.

[19] The 1990 California State Senate Fiscal Retreat, panel discussion: "The Crises in Health and Human Services Needs," p. 9.

[20] Special Committee on Delivery of Human Services in Texas, The Potential in the Patchwork: A Future Pattern for Human Services in Texas, (Austin, 1980), p. 75.

[21] Committee on the Future, Texas Association of Regional Councils, Changes and Challenges for Regional Councils of Government: The Cutting Edge of Public Policy (Austin, 1987), p. 16.

[22] William P. Clements, Jr., Governor of Texas, Regional Councils in Texas, Annual Report and Directory, (Austin, 1989), p. 7.

[23] 1990-91 Texas Almanac, (Texas Monthly Press), p. 381.

[24] Texas State Directory, (Texas State Directory, Inc. 34th Edition), pp. 338 and 368.

[25] The Council of State Governments, Human Resources Agencies: Creating a Regional Structure, (Lexington, Kentucky, The Council, 1975), p. 5.

[26] Deborah L. Cohen, "Collaborative Efforts Found to Improve Quality of Services," Education Week, (Volume X, Number 18, January 23, 1991), p. 19.

[27] Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, "Full Service Schools," (Briefing Paper, April, 1991).

[28] Deborah L. Cohen, "San Diego Agencies Join to Ensure 'New Beginnings' for Families," Education Week, Volume X, Number 18 (January 23, 1991), p. 1.

[29] Sandra Maley Schnall, "How Big Business Can Help the Human Services--and Vice Versa," Public Welfare, Volume 47, Number 3 (Summer 1989), pp. 6-17.

[30] Scott Chazdon Community Development Project, Responding to Human Needs: Community-Based Social Services, Volume 2, (Denver: National Conference of State Legislatures, January 1991), p. 3.

[31] "State School Chief to be 'Lightning Rod,'" Dallas Morning News (May 19, 1991), p. 9J.

[32] Families and Children at Risk, p. 24.

[33] David Osborne, Laboratories of Democracy (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1990), p. 123.

[34] Joan W. Allen et al., The Private Sector in State Service Delivery (Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute Press, 1989), p. 2.

[35] Ibid., p. 3.

[36] Human Resources Agencies: Creating a Regional Structure, p. 3.

37 Ibid., p. 11.

[38] Les Garner, "Managing Change Through Organization Structure," The Journal of State Government (Council of State Governments, July/August 1987), p. 191.

[39] Arthur Andersen, State of New York, Productivity Enhancement Initiative Feasibility Study, (March 12, 1990), p. 25.

[40] David M. Austin, "The Politics and Organization of Services Consolidation and Integration," Public Welfare (Summer 1978), p. 28.

[41] "State School Chief to be Lightning Rod," Dallas Morning News.

[42] State of New York Productivity Enhancement Initiative Feasibility Study, p. 11.

[43] State Auditor, A Review of Contract Management of Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Centers, (Austin, 1991), pp. 26-33.