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Download full textBaldridge, J. Victor – 1974
This paper argues that research on innovation and organizational change should shift its focus from the impact of individuals to that of organizational structure and environmental factors. The results of two research projects carried out in 1968-69 and 1969-70 on organizational change in school districts are presented to support the premise that…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Environmental Influences
Baldridge, J. Victor; Burnham, Robert – 1973
Three organizational characteristics of public school districts were studied in order to determine their effects on the adoption of innovations. The sample was 184 school districts in Illinois. A list of 20 innovations was compiled, and the number actually implemented was reported by district superintendents. The ratio of the number of innovations…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Diffusion, Educational Innovation, Environmental Influences
The Analysis of Organization Change: A Human Relations Strategy versus a Political Systems Strategy.
Baldridge, J. Victor – 1971
This paper removes one of the major drawbacks to understanding change by offering a definition of organizational change which specifies the system levels that are subject to change and explains the nature of the relationship between these various levels and the overall goals of the organization. Two strategies for studying organizational change…
Descriptors: Organization, Organizational Change, Political Power, Social Psychology
Baldridge, J. Victor – 1971
This paper for educational administrators and researchers, and theorists begins with a discussion of the role of intellectual paradigms in the development of science, and outlines some of the general social science paradigms that have been dominant in organization theory. A classification scheme is constructed, based on Udy's organizational…
Descriptors: Educational Sociology, Group Dynamics, Models, Operations Research
Baldridge, J. Victor – 1970
This bibliography deals with a wide variety of organizational dynamics and is related to the definition of organizational change developed by the Stanford Center's Organizational Change project. This definition, discussed in detail, focuses on deliberate change instituted to reformulate official policy. A topical outline of the bibliography is…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Change, Bibliographies, Bureaucracy
Baldridge, J. Victor; Johnson, Rudolph – 1972
The purpose of this research was to study the link between effective management strategies and the impact of educational research and development. The 19 R & D Centers and Regional Laboratories of the United States Office of Education were selected as the focal organizations for analysis. Using document analysis and interviews, the researchers…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Administration, Educational Development, Educational Research
