Creativity exercises, or creater-cizes, can help camp staff generate ideas and solve problems. Common techniques are brainstorming, story-boarding, analogies and metaphors, association and free association, spinning, and lists. Defines and gives examples of each technique. (SAS)

Considers how libraries can build and manage a work force that is sensitive to and mirrors the increasingly diverse population they serve. Defines diversity; describes the experiences of the city of San Diego (California) in developing its "Diversity Commitment" and the involvement of the public library in the program; and provides…

A seminar to prepare students for learning organizations was based on Perry's theory of intellectual and ethical development. Developmental assignments were designed to assist cognitive growth and self-awareness. Challenges arose from differences in group composition (younger or mixed-age students) and the ethics of attempting to alter students'…

Explores both historical and contemporary definitions of action research. Describes the process and goals of action research in the tradition of Lewin. Presents a case study of an action-research project involving two teams in a high-technology corporation that depicts the process in action. (Author/CCM)

Discusses the relative lack of African Americans in organizational development/fund-raising executive positions at institutions of higher education. Notes several new initiatives, including the National Center for Black Philanthropy and a minority division in the National Society of Fund-Raising Executives. Suggests that need for colleges and…

Considers three variables that can help performance technologists work more effectively with different kinds and different generations of people. Discusses recognizing the impace of position and disposition, assuring that feedback occurs, and thinking beyond old ways of operating and motivating. Suggests that the context of human interaction is…

Presents a blueprint from Project ACHIEVE toward effective school discipline, safety, and crisis prevention that provides an example of how school psychologists can expand their role using organizational and strategic planning principles and activities as well as to alert school psychologists as to a field-tested process that addresses the…

Explores methodological and substantive issues relating to school climate, using a dataset derived from 42 Norwegian schools at two points of time and a standard definition of organizational climate. Identifies and analyzes four school-climate dimensions. Three dimensions (collegial communication, orientation to change, and teacher influence over…

Examines administrative processes in higher education institutions, focusing on the different core processes within an institution and the creation of structures to make them more efficient and productive. Proposes a framework of four process-related activities benchmarking, identifying best practices, redesign, and organization alignment to…

Primary care facilities (n=15) were randomly assigned to one of four experimental treatments. Two care practices from each were analyzed. Cardiovascular disease prevention was improved by effective leadership, priority setting, joint planning, resources, and ownership. Hindering improvement were patient load, chaos surrounding reorganization, lack…

Identifies the seven stages of the life cycle for child care centers: entrepreneurial; development; formalization; maturity; stagnation; death; and renewal. Suggests that critical transition points exist for organizational development, and that, if they are aware of and understand each stage of development, administrators may intervene at those…

Considers how ethics have become an imperative within the social-science community. Trace the development of a code of ethics by the National Reading Conference, a group of educational researchers concerned with issues of literacy, in order to learn more about how such statements are formed and what particular ethical issues this professional…

Discusses evaluation in terms of what can be expected, changes in the use of evaluation methods, and the importance of evaluation credibility. Notes that evaluation has improved in practice and in decision-maker support for it; credible evaluations are now typically incorporated into policy and have become a routine organizational practice. (AEF)

Discusses knowledge management (KM), an organizational strategy that makes best practices and ideas widely available. Defines KM and presents two case studies that illustrate how a KM perspective might influence decisions and services in corporations. Discusses what performance and training professionals bring to KM and success factors of KM. (AEF)

Examines how a partnership between an elementary school and a university evolved into a Professional Development School, describing the process by making analogies to the process of constructing a house. The steps are also related to Kagan's (1991) stages of organizational development. Parallels and differences in the processes are explored and…