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Callery, Claude Adam – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This qualitative study identified the best practices utilized by community colleges to achieve systemic and cultural agreement in support of the integration of institutional effectiveness measures (key performance indicators) to inform decision making. In addition, the study identifies the relevant motives, organizational structure, and processes…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Program Effectiveness, Institutional Evaluation, Organizational Effectiveness
Weldy, Teresa G. – Learning Organization, 2009
Purpose: This study aims to explore a relationship between the learning organization and transfer of training as strategies for learning and managing knowledge to make performance improvements and gain or maintain a competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach: Various similarities are identified in the literature that are indicative of a…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Transfer of Training, Program Effectiveness, Organizational Development
Murphy, Joseph – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2008
In this article, we review research from the organizational sciences to develop lessons for educators and policy makers. The approach is an integrative review of the literature. We employ a comprehensive process to unpack and make sense of the turnaround literature from the organizational sciences. We rely on strategies appropriate for document…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Educational Policy
Austin, Manila S.; Harkins, Debra A. – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to measure the effectiveness and practical utility of an organizational learning intervention for an organization that was not progressive, was not specifically chartered as a learning organization, and was situated in an urban, culturally diverse, and under-privileged community. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Intervention, Organizational Change, Organizational Climate
Yoder, Dale; And Others – 1975
The basic mission of the Office of Manpower Utilization (OMU) of the U.S. Marine Corps is to conduct Task Analyses of Marine Corps Occupational Fields. In its desire to maximize its effectiveness, OMU requested an independent evaluation of its program. This report summarizes studies and results of part of that evaluation, Research Area 5,…
Descriptors: Improvement Programs, Labor Utilization, Military Organizations, Organizational Development
Tukel, Oya I.; Rom, Walter O.; Kremic, Tibor – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of learning in a project-driven organization and demonstrate analytically how the learning, which takes place during the execution of successive projects, and the forgetting that takes place during the dormant time between the project executions, can impact performance and productivity in…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Manufacturing, Memory
Johann, Bernard – 1995
This guide offers a comprehensive set of practical tools to lead novice and veteran practitioners through the complexities of business process redesign. This hands-on kit integrates systems theory, economics, and psychology to provide the detailed procedures, checklists, data analysis worksheets, and other resources essential to identify, analyze,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business, Design, Improvement Programs
Coghlan, David; Coughlan, Paul – Learning Organization, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to provide a design and implementation framework for ALAR (action learning action research) programme which aims to address collaborative improvement in the extended manufacturing enterprise. Design/methodology/approach: This article demonstrates the design of a programme in which action learning and action…
Descriptors: Action Research, Experiential Learning, Program Implementation, Cooperation
Sange-Walters, Peggy; And Others – 1987
A collaborative approach to solving school problems in Maryland emphasizes planned change through organization development processes. Organization development, a process of planned improvement in overall functioning, strives for sustained capacity in problem-solving by communication, goal-setting, conflict resolution, and commitment. The…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs