| AdminHistory | Throughout its existence Livingston Development Corporation went through a number of organizational changes, both those which planned and executed within a short time period; and those changes which were unplanned and evolved slowly over many years. As a result senior management, from time to time, decided that their department was no longer shaped to meet its objectives and they initiated a number of audits and efficiency studies with the intention of re-organizing their department. Similarly, junior staff were sometimes unaware of their position within the larger organization and this led to a number of written articulations of aims, objectives, and policies by senior management.
There were two major reorganizations of the housing department. The first came in 1983 when David Kelly replaced Leslie Higgs as Chief Officer. Higgs had been in post for 19 years, and once he was retired a number of changes were instituted according to the vision of the new Chief Officer. Community Development became a more prominent function of the Housing Department in this re-organization.
The second major reorganization came in 1991, when the Housing Department became part of the new Property Services Directorate, and sat alongside Client Services, Landscape and Forestry, and the Direct Labour Organisation. |
| ScopeandContent | 15 files comprising:
1. Board responsibilities, 19/09/1974 - 19/09/1974
2. Management responsibilities, 1982
3. Personnel file (has been weeded to remove sensitive material) - relating to structural re-organisation with the appointment of David Kelly as head of Housing and Community Development, 13/05/1983 - 22/11/1984
4. Student reports on LDC Housing by Kathleen and Bronwen Edwards, 01/08/1984 - 31/03/1987
5. "Housing Department Audit" report by Alan Lindsay student, 01/01/1988 - 08/12/1988
6. "How LDC Works" student paper by Rob Hughes, 1980s
7. Departmental efficiency studies, 1980s
8. Aims and Objectives - Housing, 02/06/1988 - 08/10/1992
9. Housing department - effiiciency audit, 06/10/1988 - 06/10/1988
10. Housing department pre 1994 - various, 18/10/1988 - 31/12/1996
11. Property and housing department structures and job descriptions, 01/01/1992 - 01/04/1994
12. LDC management structure, 1992
13. System Review (part pertaining to housing), 05/10/1992 - 05/10/1992
14. Staff Communication Folder, 1993
15. Property services attempt to restructure 1995 (not carried out), 01/01/1995 - 31/12/1995
A number of files that articulate the aims and objectives of the housing department, delineate the management structure, contain job descriptions, and some files that were created by students on work placements from housing management courses performing mock audits and efficiency studies. |