The process of organizational transformation in a bank included a training program for managers to prepare them for changing role behaviors. Training emphasized role clarity, coping with role pressures, team building, raising expectations, and interpersonal dynamics. (Contains 20 references.) (SK)

AS A RESULT OF COOPERATIVE PLANNING BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE AND A LARGE INSURANCE COMPANY, 57 TOP MANAGERS WERE GIVEN A TWO UNIT MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. GROUP B BEGAN TRANING FIVE MONTHS AFTER GROUP A. THE WORKSHOP SESSIONS INCLUDED DISCUSSIONS, CASE STUDIES, BUZZ GROUPS, AND ROLE PLAYING. IN PHASE ONE,…

Researchers used a cognitive-reflective-interactive model for administrator development to help school administrators recognize their own personal constructs (implicit assumptions that affect decision-making). This recognition brings a clarification of self-understanding which, in conjunction with reflection and interaction with colleagues,…

School administrators in the 1980's must learn to provide stronger instructional leadership to improve student achievement and restore public confidence in education. School improvement will occur, however, only as a result of changes in attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors. Only when teachers have worked out their own concerns regarding a given…