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Waagen, Christopher L. – 1982
William Ouchi's Theory Z, a theory that focuses on the identification of both management and labor with the company's goals, emphasizes communication structures and styles. Ringi is a Japanese procedure for decision making in which all levels of management participate. In Ringi, a manager's task is to communicate. In quality control (Q-C) circles,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Employer Employee Relationship, Organizational Communication, Organizational Development
Peer reviewedMcLinden, Daniel J.; Jinkerson, Darryl L. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
Two case studies, a study of retention of health care personnel and a study of internal organizational communication, are presented that illustrate the application of multidimensional unfolding (MDU) and mapping to organizational concerns. This approach to multivariate analysis allows clients and stakeholders to picture the results of complex…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Runkel, Philip J.; Burr, Ann – 1977
The sources annotated in this bibliography contain ideas that the school administrator can use to enable organizational change to happen more surely, with less frustration. Most of the entries deal with processes or structures in schools or their environments. Many describe projects of organizational change. Some sources concerning other kinds of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Citizen Participation, Decision Making, Educational Change
Download full textLambright, W. Henry; And Others – 1980
Local school districts must strengthen their innovative capacity in order to respond effectively to the problems facing them. Success depends on both an organization's technical capacity to match problems with appropriate solutions and its political capacity to move an innovation through the process from adoption to incorporation. Research shows…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Fryer, Thomas W., Jr.; Lovas, John C. – 1990
Designed to help community college leaders direct the power of decision making and communication to fulfill the institution's mission, this book draws from on-site interviews and a survey of hundreds of community college leaders to identify and describe models of effective governance. "Leadership in governance" is defined as the creation of…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Community Colleges, Decision Making
Hamlin, James; And Others – 1979
It is proposed that the study of higher education must provide the student and future administrator with opportunities to explore both traditional and new administrative roles in management of institutions. A curriculum was designed with this purpose, using a systems approach to organizational structure and functions. Ten learning objectives,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Objectives
Mihm, J. Christopher – 2001
The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined selected experiences that six government agencies implemented to help empower or involve frontline employees. The agencies reviewed were as follows: the Federal Aviation Administration; the Federal Emergency Management Agency; the Internal Revenue Service; the Office of Personnel Management; and the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Decision Making, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices
Buono, Anthony F., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 11 papers that explore knowledge and value development in the field of management consulting, with particular emphasis on trends and techniques in the practice of management consulting and the current theory and dynamics of management consulting. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Anthony F. Buono);…
Descriptors: Administrators, Change Strategies, Consultants, Cooperative Learning
