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Schmuck, Richard A.; Runkel, Philip J. – 1994
The organizational-development approach argues that major educational innovations require changes in the culture of the school or college. This book demonstrates how strategies based on organizational development (OD) can bring about constructive organizational change in work settings. OD is based on the following assumptions: (1) Groups differ…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Organizational Change, Organizational Climate
Leithwood, Kenneth; Aitken, Robert – 1995
This handbook was designed to help school leaders develop a system of collaborative assessment, strategic planning, and accountability in schools and districts. It offers practical guidelines to help solve three problems central to school leadership: (1) determining a vision; (2) identifying areas requiring change; and (3) demonstrating…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Thom, Douglas J. – 1993
The main goal of this book is to provide an understanding of education and effective educational leadership, now and for the future. Although the book focuses on Canada, it presents widely applicable information. It examines how and why education changes in society, and how it can be effectively managed and led. The changing order in society and…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Educational History
Kofodimos, Joan R. – 1995
Work-Family Programs (WFPs) are among the most popular and publicized workplace innovations of the 1990s. These programs are intended to alleviate employees' work-personal conflicts by addressing issues such as child care assistance, parental leave, elder care, flexible working arrangements, wellness and fitness, and stress management. The problem…
Descriptors: Employee Assistance Programs, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Family Work Relationship
Mink, Oscar G.; And Others – 1979
This volume offers a theory-based approach intended to create organizations that are both adaptable and stable, sensitive to the needs of constituents, and able to achieve goals productively. It is addressed to those who are interested in identifying and releasing organizational potential. The book begins with a practical working model of the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adjustment (to Environment), Administration, Administrator Guides
Rothwell, William J. – 2002
This book explains how work organizations can create a workplace climate that encourages real-time, on-the-job learning and development of competent workplace learners, who are wiling and able to seize the initiative for identifying their own learning experiences and evaluating the results. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
