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Zamfir, Gabriel – Journal of Applied Quantitative Methods, 2007
The purpose of this article is to map the context within which learning could occur, that is, the organizational learning processes and structures that can create or improve learning in a learning organization. Such an approach produces definition for learning organization and integrates the basis concepts into a model of organizational learning…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Learning Processes, Organizational Development, Concept Formation
Finlay, Ian; Hodgson, Ann; Steer, Richard – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2007
In this paper we argue that learning in the workplace can bring considerable benefits for learners and employers. It draws on data from in-depth interviews and secondary sources from eight sites of work-based learning as part of wider research into the effects of five national policy mechanisms within the Learning and Skills Sector. We also have…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Workplace Literacy, Organizational Development, Economic Impact
Peterson, Marvin W. – 1998
This paper argues that establishing a research agenda to study the changing nature of postsecondary institutions as organizations is best done by examining their organization-environment interface, and it suggests an agenda based on historical perspective; a contingency model, or framework, of the organization-environment interaction; and a…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Institutional Research

Fry, Kate – Education + Training, 2001
Describes the rise of electronic learning, size of the market, and activities of provider organizations. Depicts the wide range of providers and alliances that are emerging and discusses the need for evaluation measures and quality benchmarks. Contains 32 references. (SK)
Descriptors: Distance Education, Evaluation Methods, Internet, Organizational Development
Weisman, Iris M.; Marr, John W., Jr. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2002
Discusses five factors affecting college faculty members' sense of belonging-academic hierarchy, satisfaction with interpersonal relations, degree of autonomy, orientation to the institution, and opportunities for professional development. Recommends strategies in each category that help build community among instructors. (Contains 20 references.)…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Individual Development, Job Satisfaction

Clarke, A. D. B. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1991
This paper reviews the history of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Mental Deficiency from the first international conference on the study of mental deficiency in 1960, the birth of the organization in 1964, international congresses of the organization every three or four years since, and official recognition by the World…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Meetings, Mental Retardation, Organizational Change

Donlevy, James G.; Donlevy, Tia Rice – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1998
Reviews the Donlevy template of four perspectives (technological, psychological, ideological, and sociological) in the field of adult education and examines in greater detail the literature authored from a technological perspective. Highlights include adult basic education; staff training and development; continuing education; human resource…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Research, Educational Technology, Human Resources
Tananis, Cynthia A. – 1998
The Regional Math/Science Collaborative (RMSC) of Southwestern Pennsylvania is a grassroots approach to strengthening math and science education through regional planning and evaluation. The Collaborative consists of stakeholders representing educators, students, parents, university faculty, and business and community members. External evaluation…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Baltzer, Jan A. – 1991
Recognizing that the hard part of making the application of technology successful is the development of appropriate management structures and approaches, this paper reviews the research and writings of several top management and communications professionals and correlates these theories to the information technology environment on campus. Six…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Information Management
Murray, John P. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2002
Provides a brief overview of the history of faculty development efforts at community colleges and a summary of the research. States that successful faculty development programs must have administrative support, be formalized, have structure, be goal-directed, have faculty ownership, and be valued by administrators. (Contains 21 references.)…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Individual Development

Sundstrom, Eric; And Others – American Psychologist, 1990
Explores applications of work teams and proposes an analytic framework for team effectiveness. Presents the following applications: (1) advice and involvement; (2) production and service; (3) projects and development; and (4) action and negotiation. Depicts team effectiveness as interdependent with organizational context, boundaries, and team…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Industrial Psychology, Job Performance, Labor Relations

Graham, Charles R. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2002
Reviews the literature related to creating effective learning groups in face-to-face and virtual environments for distance education using research from cooperative learning, computer-mediated communication, organizational development, and group dynamics. Highlights include creating the groups, structuring the learning activities, and facilitating…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Conventional Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Distance Education
Rice, Robert; Coll, Kenneth – 1991
While America's two-year colleges are diverse in function, mission, clientele, and organizational structure, they share a common identity in their commitment to a developmental philosophy. A rarely used, but nonetheless tenable and cost-saving path to development involves exploring strategies which simultaneously contribute to faculty, student,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Philosophy
Miles, Matthew B.; And Others – 1978
The third of a five-volume series, this volume consists of two empirical studies of organization development (OD) in school systems. Part 1 reports on information gathered from over 300 OD consultants in the United States and Canada regarding job title, work base, sex, geographical region, type of training, and nature and extent of OD work in…
Descriptors: Consultants, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Multiple Regression Analysis

Berg, Gunnar – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Discusses the connection between type of control structure for a school system and type of strategy for change that may be chosen. Shows that the mandator-controlled Swedish school system best corresponds to the "Developing the Organization" model of educational change. Describes a Swedish training program based on the model. (SB)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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