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Nieuwenhuis, Loek F. M.; Van Woerkom, Marianne – Human Resource Development Review, 2007
There is conflicting empirical evidence regarding the learning potential of the workplace. Some studies conclude that workplaces should be seen as strong learning environments, whereas others show evidence of the ineffectiveness of the workplace as a learning environment. In this article, we argue that this disagreement might be caused by…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Education Work Relationship, Work Environment, Human Resources
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Kramer, Gary L.; Peterson, Erlend D. – NASPA Journal, 1983
Describes a method for evaluating academic advisement which includes the staff in the evaluation process. The college Advisement Center Self-Study Guide creates an opportunity for program changes and improvements to be developed internally, with its major strength as preventative research. Advisement accreditation standards are outlined. (JAC)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Models
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Lipton, Laura; Greenblatt, Ruth – Journal of Staff Development, 1992
Discusses the need for coordinated efforts between an organization and its staff development support that are congruent with the articulated goals of the district, the school sites, and individual members of the organization. Strategies are presented for changing the role of staff developers in renewal efforts that support a learning organization.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Cooperation
Snyder, Karolyn J. – 1986
This paper describes two conceptual models for addressing long-range development needs of principals. The first, a job competency model for managing productive schools, presents a comprehensive view of the central job tasks of the principal for stretching the school's capacity to influence achievement norms. Changing the school's work norms…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Responsibility, Change Strategies, Competence
Duke, Chris – 1992
This book examines the changing role of institutions of higher education within the context of bids made by British universities to the Universities Funding Council for funding, the changed organizational structures of British polytechnics, and the increasing importance of continuing education. Emphasis is on the new role of the university as a…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Continuing Education, Educational Change, Faculty Development
Brown, Lynne Branche; Stanley, Nancy Markle – 1995
This paper chronicles ongoing alterations to the organizational structure of the acquisitions department at Pennsylvania State University using the tenets of total quality management (TQM). The movement toward reorganizing for process improvement began in late 1992 when the associate dean of libraries called the acquisitions department together to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Departments, Employee Attitudes