Changing Patterns of Local Administration in Sri Lanka: Loose-Coupling between Planning and Implementation

Loosely Coupled Systems: A Reconceptualization

“…The final type of loose coupling, that is, loose coupling between intentions and actions, is described through the following examples. An unpublished manuscript by Salancik (1975) on loose coupling between intentions and actions serves as an anchor for several ideas, including loose coupling between planning and implementation (Withane, 1984), official structures and negotiated orders (Thomas, 1983(Thomas, , 1984, and structural facades and technical cores (Meyer & Rowan, 1977). Similarly, Hagan, Hewitt, and Alwin (1979), who studied loose coupling between the structural facades and technical cores of judicial systems, argued that societal demands for individualized justice were grafted onto the American judicial system in the early 20th century in the form of probation officers' presentenc-ing recommendations (p. 597).…”