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Chenoweth, Thomas G.; Everhart, Robert B. – 2002
Leadership for school change, this book contends, must be shared. Administrators, teachers, staff, parents, and community members must become more knowledgeable about the change process and more proficient at working through it. This book provides guidance and resources for school leadership teams and practitioners and students of change. The…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Leaders Guides
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Whitmore, Kay R. – Councilor, 1989
Compares the problems faced in public education to those of U.S. industry during the past two decades. Points out that today's educational enterprise requires greater cooperation, communication, and commitment. Calls for the formation of a new partnership among education, business, and community. In place of separate reforms, advocates a new…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Community Problems, Educational Change
Knowles, Tony – 1994
In September 1991, Red River Community College (RRCC) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, decided to embrace the concepts of Total Quality Management (TQM) to provide an operational philosophy, enhance program curricula, and establish business opportunities. RRCC adapted W. Edward Deming's manufacturing philosophy to create its own approach, which focused on:…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
Domenech, Daniel A. – 1989
School administrative decisions must be based on a broad range of input; the power of group thinking is required to ensure that the best decisions are made. The necessary transition from the old, closed autocratic administrative decisionmaking system to a new, open democratic organization requires not a radical leap, but a gradual transition. The…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Martin, James A.; McGee, Mildred L. – 1990
Quality Circle/Site-Based Management (QCSBM) concepts were introduced into educational administrative structures during the early 1980s. The scarcity of comprehensive research that focuses on QCSBM implementation in public school districts was the catalyst for this exploratory study. Fifty-five of 100 administrators and consultants in 24 states…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education