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Direct linkNorqvist, Lars; Ärlestig, Helene – Journal of Educational Administration, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand how leaders within a school district system understand their own and others' leadership positions from the perspectives of systems thinking and systems thinking skills. Design/methodology/approach: The findings are based on interviews with superintendents, area managers (deputy superintendents),…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Instructional Leadership, School Administration, School Districts
Wilson, John P.; Beard, Colin – Learning Organization, 2014
Purpose: Marks and Spencer's Plan A environmental strategy is an ambitious one which addresses economic, social and environmental considerations. As part of this process it recently used a sustainable learning store strategy to develop, capture and disseminate learning before, during and after construction so that learning could be transferred to…
Descriptors: Retailing, Sustainability, Workplace Learning, Futures (of Society)
Warmington, Paul – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2011
This article draws upon, but also critiques, activity theory by combining analysis of how an activity theory derived research intervention attempted to address both everyday work practices and organisational power relationships among children's services professionals. It offers two case studies of developmental work research (DWR) interventions in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Systems, Social Theories, Data Analysis
Walker, Nathalie – CURRENTS, 2011
Many universities, colleges, and independent schools face the reality of geographically expanding alumni bases, likely combined with constant or decreasing budgets for alumni activities. Well-intentioned colleagues understand the potential power of a geographically diverse alumni network but do not always grasp the time and complexity associated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Alumni, Geographic Location, Global Approach
van Eijnatten, Frans M.; van Galen, Maarten C.; Fitzgerald, Laurie A. – Learning Organization, 2003
A decision to don the chaos lens, adopt dialogue as its primary mode of communication, and to recognize the power of the organizational mind has fundamentally and irreversibly changed the way a Dutch capital-equipment manufacturer operates in its rapidly complexifying global marketplace. Beginning in September 1999, the focus of an ever widening…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Business Administration, Organizational Change, Organizational Communication
Download full textDetlor, Brian – 1998
This paper outlines a qualitative research investigation of intranets and their capacity to facilitate organizational knowledge work. The study calls for an alternate view to intranet systems development and evaluation, one that tempers a predominant focus on information content and technology concerns with an awareness of the information needs,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Cooperative Programs
