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Baker, Paul J. – Planning and Changing, 2011
This paper presents an array of structural configurations that invite new consideration of the necessary conditions for developing systemic school reform; first by reviewing the current literature, and then by examining thirty-six existing partnerships as structural configurations, an exploratory typology for the analysis of successful…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Systems Approach, College School Cooperation, Models
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Hawkins, Harold L. – Planning and Changing, 1974
The concept of synergistics is presented as a model for organizational behavior. The writer contends that, within a systems approach to education, utilizing the idea of synergistics, which capitalizes on human resources as an input to the system, dramatic changes in education can take place. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Human Resources, Models, Organizational Climate
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Hatley, Richard V.; Miskel, Cecil G. – Planning and Changing, 1973
Asserts that programs to prepare educational administrators need upgrading if they are to maintain credibility and survive. A systemic model is proposed as a guide to the revision of such programs, and its application at the University of Kansas is discussed. (WM)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Educational Change, Educational Programs, Higher Education
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Purrington, Gordon S.; Padro, Susan – Planning and Changing, 1974
New organizational arrangements are required to solve the problems confronting a rapidly changing society. A dynamic, ongoing organization responsive to the requirements of this new era can be designed from a systems approach in terms of inputs, conversion process, and outputs. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Models, Organizational Change, Organizational Development
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Beach, Robert H.; Lindahl, Ron – Planning and Changing, 2004
In 1983, a landmark event occurred in public education in the US: the National Commission on Excellence in Education published its now famous report, A Nation at Risk. The report was generally regarded as the catalyst for decades of public and political pressure for large-scale school improvement or reform. Here, Beach and Lindahl identify a…
Descriptors: Public Education, Excellence in Education, Educational Change, Organizational Change
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Latta, Raymond F.; Papay, James P. – Planning and Changing, 1971
The systems approach is a technique that can be applied to assist in problem solving and planning, but in itself does not solve problems. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Educational Change, Educational Planning, Individualized Instruction