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Johnson, Cynthia S.; Stamatakos, Louis C. – Journal of College Student Development, 1991
Adapted existing management model of organizational growth to student affairs professional associations. Assessed adequacy of that model, the Maturation Model for Professional Associations (MMPA), by using expert panel. Experts believed the MMPA maturation variables seemed to be logical and accurate boundaries for measuring areas of organizational…
Descriptors: Models, Organizational Development, Student Personnel Services, Student Personnel Workers
Mirabile, Richard J. – Training and Development Journal, 1987
The author states that many career development programs lack strategic attention to one or more system components in the model composed of content, process, and structure. He discusses how to fit career development activities into a model that addresses each component. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Models, Organizational Development
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Maples, Mary F. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1980
Presents an adaptation of an organization development approach (OD) used successfully in business and industry. OD can supply counselors in other group settings with a systematic approach to effective conflict resolution. No step can be eliminated or dealt with in a haphazard manner. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Counseling Effectiveness, Group Counseling, Interpersonal Relationship
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Lundberg, Craig C.; Glassman, Alan M. – Group and Organization Studies, 1983
Describes the origins and developmental requirements of the Informant Panel, an inexpensive, time-efficient, retrospective method for obtaining consequently meaningful information needed to guide organizational change projects. The panel combines features of the Nominal Group and Delphi Techniques. (WAS)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Delphi Technique, Evaluation Methods, Models
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Sims, David; Jones, Sue – Group and Organization Studies, 1981
Suggests that organizational development consultants should use more explicit representations of the problems they work on with client teams. Offers an approach to overcome difficulties and provides a strategy for intervening in the processes of problem definition in teams. (Author)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Consultants, Feedback, Foreign Countries
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Jones, Phillip E. – NASPA Journal, 1988
Defines and describes functional coordination, an administrative model designed to create social change through organizational and student development. Notes that functional coordination is applicable for one-time or repetitious short-term projects, program coordination or review, and long-range planning projects; and has intra- and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Higher Education, Models, Organizational Development
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Bass, Bernard M. – Small Group Behavior, 1980
Discusses distribution of capabilities and role assignments on a team and proposes a model linking variables that affect productivity. Research is needed on what interaction processes result from team characteristics and which processes affect team productivity for members with particular capabilities. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Competence, Group Membership, Models, Organizational Development
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Marshall, Judi – Group and Organization Studies, 1982
Charts significant elements of organizational culture centering on four "dimensions of difference": a company's stock of managers, the conceptual job model managers used, significant influences on job performance, and managers' perceptions of freedom. Portrays two organizations in these terms, exploring factors that appear to have influenced their…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Job Performance
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Dickson, Gary L. – NASPA Journal, 1991
Proposes a model of organizational structure based on student development theory, organizational development literature, and responses from student personnel leaders. Surveyed 133 chief student affairs officers and national leaders to identify potential contribution that 12 student service areas might make to each of Chickering's 7 developmental…
Descriptors: Conflict, Cooperation, Higher Education, Models
Newman, Jody L.; Fuqua, Dale R. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1984
Provides an introduction to data-based interventions in the organizational context. Compares four models of data use and discusses how they pertain to student affairs organizations and to staff training and development. (JAC)
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Data Collection, Higher Education, Information Utilization
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Shelhav, Moshe – Group and Organization Studies, 1980
Analyzes the strains that result from an intensive community renewal and development project that was accompanied by intensive process-and-outcome evaluation research. The case study, which took place in an Israeli kibbutz, illustrates a dynamic development of an alternative interaction model with split-role differentiation. (Author)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Development, Foreign Countries, Interaction
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Shalinsky, William – Small Group Behavior, 1989
This article examines polydisciplinary groups in the human services, identifying four types: multidisciplinary, pluridisciplinary, cross-disciplinary, and interdisciplinary groups. Various problems in the use of these groups are then discussed, followed by an exploration of possible solutions. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Group Membership, Human Services, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Powell, Gary N.; Posner, Barry Z. – Group and Organization Studies, 1980
Managers need to be skilled at diagnosing the demands of a situation and flexible in selecting and implementing a change strategy tailored to the demands. A model for selecting appropriate change strategies is presented. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrators, Adoption (Ideas), Attitudes
Mortenson, Lee E.; Berdes, Celia M. – 1980
This document, one in a series developed to provide technical assistance to 22 Long-Term Care Gerontology Centers, describes the current administrative and structural phenomenon of these centers. Precedents useful in assessing both the current climate and actual prospects for development of long term care centers are cited. The first section…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Community Centers, Gerontology, Governance
Johnson, James H.; And Others – 1981
This paper discusses factors that may influence the acceptance of automated counseling procedures by the military. A consensual model of the change process is presented which structures organizational readiness, the change strategy, and acceptance as integrated variables to be considered in a successful installation. A basic introduction to the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Change Strategies, Computer Oriented Programs, Counseling Techniques
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