Offers suggestions for understanding and interpreting ethical behavior in administrative decision making. (LMI)

Sorority members in nine college sororities completed a modified version of the Organizational Culture Profile. Two groups of sorority rushees provided their organizational value preferences using the same instrument. Results indicate that female students join sororities whose values closely match their own. Information sources used by the rushees…

"Crucial conversations" are about issues such as poor performance. How a camp director handles them can have a profound influence on a camp. Tips for succeeding at crucial conversations include; recognizing when you're having a crucial conversation; holding the right conversation; starting with your intent, not your content; starting with facts,…

Describes challenges affecting educational providers and correctional staff at Nebraska Correctional Youth Facility and how the joint effort of the staffs resulted in a structure that is characterized by improved communication and collaborative decision making. (Contains 21 references.) (JOW)

Discusses how the economic downturn crushed a promising plan to improve higher education in Missouri. (EV)

Presents a taxonomy of organizational characteristics that was developed as part of a large-scale job analysis project that reviewed 315 organizations. A hierarchical taxonomy of organizational characteristics was developed with six construct domains: organizational structure, leadership, human resources systems and practices, goals, and…

Assesses nine professional development initiatives by the Philadelphia Education Fund to understand why such initiatives achieve only partial implementation at the school level. Entrenched policies and practices, unsupportive principles, faculty team disruptions, and union work rules affecting teacher transfers and faculty work time were all…

Examines sustained use and non-use of online services within organizations using an open-systems view that overcomes limitations of traditional approaches that led to over-estimates of use. Focuses on the informational environments of firms in three industries: law, real estate, and biotech/pharmaceuticals; and discusses insights from an intranets…

Identifies the prerequisites for creating an institution-wide culture of hope and opportunity that helps encourage, nurture, and support scholarship. Discusses the intrainstitutional partnerships that promote scholarship, and lists some of the benefits accruing from the resulting holistic structure. (EV)

Presents findings from a case study of a social service organization suggesting that organizational politics influenced the validity of data provided by managers and subordinates during a training needs analysis. Provides a framework for recognizing the influence of organizational politics and maps political dimensions that have an impact on…

Reviews three recent books (by Gessner, Calvert, and Nowlen) that investigate how the changing economic, political, and social context affects continuing professional education. The focus of each book on individualistic responses to professionalism suggests that professional continuing educators need to be sensitive to the culture of their…

Consistent differences are identified in the organizational environment and managerial activity of data processing organizations between the public and private sectors. A public organization's environment reflects greater interdependence and accountability, leading to more red tape. (Author)

Discusses trends that will shape the last years of the twentieth century: (1) the U.S. economy should grow at a steady pace; (2) service industries will dominate the economy; (3) the work force will grow slowly, becoming older, more female, and more disadvantaged; and (4) new jobs will require higher skills levels. (JOW)

A study to determine if there are features within Japanese organizations that could be adapted to improve organization and working relations of schools of accountancy found university departments could not function with the job rotation found in Japanese organizations. However, there are other aspects of Theory Z management that could be adopted…

Identified taxonomy of humor that was developed during seven weeks of participant observation in a small, family-owned business. The various types of humor were found to help minimize differences in status and alleviate workplace tension. Humor also had implications for socialization of employees and appeared to create bonds among employees. (TE)