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Peer reviewedGlaser, Edward M.; Backer, Thomas E. – Administration in Mental Health, 1979
The term "organization development" (OD) encompasses techniques developed to facilitate communication and collaborative problem solving in work groups. This discussion focuses on defining OD, describing its current use in mental health and human service organizations, and assessing potential payoffs and disadvantages of implementing OD programs in…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Mental Health Programs, Organizational Communication, Organizational Development
Birnbaum, Robert – 2000
The three-part book takes a critical look at the rise and fall of management fads in higher education since the 1960s. Part 1 introduces the fad concept and analyzes the development of seven new management systems in higher education. The chapters for Part 1 include: Chapter 1 "Seeking the Grail: The Never-Ending Quest"; chapter 2…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Benchmarking, Educational Administration, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGottesman, Leonard E.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1979
The two papers report a conceptualization of service management and two idealized models for its implementation. Actual experience guided the development of the concept and models. Data are reported regarding the status of service management after technical assistance from the Philadelphia Geriatric Center to the State Office and area agencies.…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Policy, Delivery Systems, Gerontology
Peer reviewedSimmons, Jeanne M.; Laczniak, Gene R. – College and University, 1992
The ideas of Williford (1987) are used to propose a four-stage model describing the evolution of marketing in many colleges and universities. It elaborates on the thinking endemic to strategic marketing management and frameworks drawn from business marketing which will likely become more prominent in higher education. (Author/GLR)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Advertising, College Administration, College Choice
Download full textKerchner, Charles T.; Schuster, Jack H. – 1981
The management strategy of calling attention to problems and labeling them as crises is discussed as a method of coping with prolonged periods of shrinking resources. Part I, "Entering the Realm of Crisis," discusses the importance of defining a crisis, the crisis as an organizational good, and when to declare a crisis. Two types of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Problems, Change Strategies, College Administration
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. Dept. of Evaluation and Research. – 1982
Collected in this report are the Des Moines, Iowa, school district's goals and division objectives for 1982-83 and building objectives for fulfilling these goals. A prefatory statement by the superintendent describes a district planning and management system of continuous goal and objective setting combined with evaluation of progress in improving…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Board of Education Policy, Computer Oriented Programs, Curriculum Evaluation
Wilson, Morris D.; Baldwin, Robert – 1983
As a function of Des Moines, Iowa's, planning and management system for improving educational services through coordinated, continuous planning and evaluation at all levels from superintendent to classroom teacher, this report measures the success of district administration and individual schools in achieving stated objectives for 1982-83. Five…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Board of Education Policy, Computer Oriented Programs, Curriculum Evaluation
