Institutional Architectures to Improve Systems Operations and Management (2012) / Chapter Skim
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(Within state DOTs, this signifies central office or regional management positions)
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The first may be referred to as regionally developed islands of excellence. In several state DOTs where there is significant decentralization, individual regional/district leadership has been able to develop strong regional-level SO&M programs without significant support on a statewide basis from central office divisions.
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Some of the operational needs involve other parts of the agency with varied mission focus or other agencies, and resources that simply may not be available in the agency context. In state DOTs, the span of control of an operations division or of district management is even more limited.
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New Regional Institutional Configuration A number of substate entities (such as local governments and MPOs) have taken the initiative to establish cooperative regional efforts for interagency collaboration in improving SO&M.
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62 or unit with the responsibility of applying the method with the appropriate units within the agency. The next step is sharing the vision and creating buy-in among the widest possible group of staff that are needed to understand and support the changes.
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