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Download full textLouis, Karen Seashore; And Others – 1979
Several aspects of unplanned system change in schools are investigated in this paper. Researchers relied heavily on current theoretical perspectives on the nature of educational systems, particularly those that emphasize the "loosely coupled" nature of educational organizations. Two hypotheses were tested. The first is that natural…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Correlation, Organizational Change, Organizational Theories
Rosenblum, Sheila; Louis, Karen Seashore – 1981
The organizational characteristics of school systems that affect the process and outcomes of planned change activities are examined in this monograph, which analyzes the Rural Experimental Schools Program (RESP), a set of long-term education field experiments sponsored by the National Institute of Education in 10 geographically dispersed school…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
