LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Strateginių pokyčių valdymas; Savivaldybė; Vietos valdžios efektyvumas; Lietuva. Keywords: Management of strategic changes; Municipality; Efficiency of Local Government; Lithuania.
ENAuthors of the paper propose the hierarchical model for management of strategic changes in municipalities and applicate it in their empirical research. Th e model explains the relations between the goals and volume of strategic changes, designates the type of changes and also indicates the management level of the municipality in which the appropriate decisions have to be made. 25 Lithuania’s municipalities were investigated. Heads of municipality administration and their deputies expressed their opinion about implementation of strategic changes in a political and administration level of municipality performance as well as assessed the municipality work quality in the volume of functions delegated by the State. [From the publication]