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Smith, Sandra J. – 1985
Noting that advertising agencies have not been examined as a collective industry, this paper looks at the development and structure of the advertising agency industry. The first portion of the paper discusses the development of the agency. The remaining two sections deal with trends in and the structure of the industry including: (1) the growth of…
Descriptors: Advertising, Business, Business Cycles, Industrial Structure
Huse, Edgar F.; Beer, Michael – Harvard Business Review, 1971
By picking and choosing the methods that suit them best, managers can make OD work best for their companies. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Environment, Industrial Structure, Job Satisfaction
Partin, J. Jennings – Training and Development Journal, 1973
An account of structural evolutions to the present, with suggestions for viable approaches in the future. (Editor)
Descriptors: Industrial Structure, Management Development, Organization, Organizational Change
Peer reviewedEdmonstone, John – Employee Relations, 1982
In this article an account is given of work undertaken by an internal organization development (OD) unit within the United Kingdom's National Health Service, in the area of joint consultation within a health authority. Some thoughts are also presented on the relationship between OD practice and the field of industrial relations. (SSH)
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Health Services, Industrial Structure, Labor Relations
Bennis, Warren; Jamieson, Dave – Training and Development Journal, 1981
Warren Bennis discusses the field of organization development and its needs, applications, unresolved problems, and future. (LRA)
Descriptors: Administration, Higher Education, Industrial Structure, Management Development
Download full textTomlin, Michael E. – 1994
This paper argues that public education, as a contemporary industry, is more like business than any other organization. The traditional view of education defines the student as customer, the teacher as worker, teaching and learning as the products, and school boards as overly influential. An alternative paradigm is presented that defines school…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Industrial Structure, Organizational Change
Peer reviewedHarvey, Brian – Environmental Education and Information, 1981
Addresses the potential effects of environmental education on corporate behavior and social and environmental impact by examining connections between human behavior and environmental problems, the role of the modern corporation, a behavioral theory of the firm, and corporate social responsibility. (DC)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Economics, Environmental Education, Higher Education
Dunlap, Diane – OSSC Report, 1985
This report is comprised of brief summaries of various research-based and theoretical concepts and techniques--taken mostly from business management--that might improve educational administration. The topics discussed include (1) a list of successful business practices identified by the book, "In Search of Excellence"; (2) Theories X, Y,…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Educational Administration, Educational Innovation, Industrial Structure
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1986
This document contains five case studies of plants within large enterprises in the automobile industry (Ford, Toyota, Volkswagen, Renault, and Volvo), plus reports of each company's views on human resource development, new technology, and changes in work organization and skill formation. The document is composed of five narrative sections,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Industrial Structure, Job Training
Peer reviewedSashkin, Marshall, Ed. – Group and Organization Studies, 1983
Examines the role of the internal organizational development consultant from the consultant's viewpoint. This special section presents an article in diary form attempting to derive learnings from a consultation project and a comment on that report which includes an action model. Three data-based case studies follow. (JAC)
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Case Studies, Consultants, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedBeer, Michael; Walton, Elise – American Psychologist, 1990
Discusses how a competitive environment has given rise to a paradigmatic transformation in how corporations organize and manage people. Discusses the following topics: (1) the field of organization development; (2) how corporations transform their culture; (3) the role of effective change leaders; and (4) the role of the consultant. (JS)
Descriptors: Business Administration, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Competition
Direct linkThompson, Scott; Clem, Joe; Battino, Wendy; Richter, Kurt; Reigeluth, Charles; Doll, Marcelle; Moore, Julie; Hoo, Janet; Malopinsky, Larissa V. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
This section describes the systemic change experiences in Norfolk Public Schools, Chugach School District, Indianapolis Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township, Ditmas Educational Complex, Georgia Systemic Teacher Education Program, Sun Microsystems, and Azerbaijan. It provides a description of the change process and discusses the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, School Districts, College School Cooperation, Technology Uses in Education
DuFour, Richard P. – 1985
Principals wish to foster both staff motivation and student achievement in their schools, yet research reveals a seeming contradiction between these two goals. Fredrick Herzberg found in the late 1950's and 1960's that in various occupations, employees' motivation depended primarily on their sense of: the significance of their work, achievement,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education
Leavitt, Harold J. – 1974
The idea of using groups, rather than individuals, as the basic building blocks for an organization is suggested in this paper. Although this idea is not new in theory, it is new in practice. To design an organization from scratch around groups appears to violate the American value of individualism. Groups, however, have advantages over…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Employer Employee Relationship, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
Hayton, Geoff; Loveder, Philip – 1992
This book provides practical suggestions on conducting a skills analysis that identifies the skills required for each job or a skills audit that identifies the skills held by the individual. Chapter 1 describes the contribution of these two types of skills projects to the implementation of major industrial changes in Australia. Chapter 2 defines…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries, Industrial Structure
