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Download full textMangrum, Faye Gothard; Mangrum, C. W. – 2000
The goal of this ethnography-based study is to investigate informal communication processes in shared governance institutions. Shared governance is academia's version of the corporate world's total quality management philosophy and outlines a system where members at all levels of the institution have a voice in decision processes. The interviews…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Communication Research, Decision Making, Ethnography
Bowker, Lee H.; Lynch, David M. – 1985
Ten management problems for chairs of small departments in small colleges are discussed, along with problem-solving strategies for these administrators. Serious disagreements within a small and intimate department may create a country club culture in which differences are smoothed over and the personal idiosyncrasies of individual members are…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Decision Making, Department Heads, Departments
Gibson, Dudley; Wickham, Derek – 1986
Successful strategies for implementing and operating the Further Education Management Information System (FEMIS) at colleges of further education in the United Kingdom are discussed, along with the development of associated microcomputer-based decision support systems. FEMIS has been targeted at the smaller institutions that do not generally have…
Descriptors: Change Agents, College Administration, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Toombs, William; Sagaria, Mary Ann – 1978
Data collection and analyses of college records and interviewing provided a cross-sectional view of data flow and information transmission in a small college. The micro-analysis of interview data, forms, and reports yielded a picture of functional relationships, clarified loci of decision making, and stipulated functions served by data items.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, College Administration, College Planning
Madden, Margaret E. – 1997
This paper discusses management strategies based on feminist social psychological principles, applies them to the administration of small colleges, and suggests their effectiveness for dealing with intelligent and independent faculty members. The principles cited are: (1) individuals are located in a sociological context that creates differences…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Advisory Committees, Change Agents
