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Fantini, Mario D. – Education and Urban Society, 1981
Outlines the author's participation in several programs designed to effect change in educational institutions. Observations regarding school decentralization, community participation, and staff development programs are presented. (APM)
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Community Involvement, Decentralization
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Derr C. Brooklyn; Demb, Ada – Education and Urban Society, 1974
Discussed is the concept of "organizational development," which is a process of planned change that is organizationwide and iterative in its examination of problems, design of strategies, and evaluation of outcomes. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Educational Problems
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Gabarro, John J. – Education and Urban Society, 1974
This article has attempted to: (1) describe several dimensions of organization-environment fit; (2) describe some concepts which can be used in diagnosing the degree to which a school system's organization matches the demands and needs of its environment; (3) present some implications of such a diagnosis for OD [organizational development]…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Educational Problems
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Schmuck, Richard A. – Education and Urban Society, 1974
Discusses the concept of "organizational development," which is a process of planned change that is organizationwide and iterative in its examination of problems, design of strategies, and evaluation of outcomes, but considers two components that previous OD interventions omitted: parents and students. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Educational Problems
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Hornstein, Harvey A. – Education and Urban Society, 1974
Discusses the concept of "organizational development" (OD) and its relationship to educational change and reviews the five articles in this issue of the journal in the preceding pages 135-238. (SB)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Educational Problems
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Newberg, Norman A.; De Lone, Richard H. – Education and Urban Society, 1981
Presents an overview of ways in which urban school bureaucracies constrain and can impede educational change, and attempts to illuminate some principles for working effectively for change. (APM)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Change Agents