Describes the origins and transformation of the Israeli youth movements. Touches on their educational programs, political affiliations, and inculcation of leadership values. Discusses their role in meeting adolescents' psychological and social needs, providing ideological continuity, influencing collective conceptions, strengthening patriotism,…

Describes and analyzes the search conference--a participatory planning methodology--by exploring its roots in direct realism and characterizing it as a theory-building activity. Develops a classification matrix based on the nature of the task (problem solving or futures creative) and type of system (organizations, communities, ecologies,…

The importance of and necessary procedures for evaluating noninstructional personnel are outlined. A performance appraisal system developed and implemented at Clemson University to help decentralize management of state personnel is described that uses communication and direction to establish personnel goals and expectations. (MSE)

Based on case study data from five federal agencies, a tentative theoretical model of the life cycle of federal agencies is presented. It is concluded that for most agencies, decline, once begun, will be continuous, but for a few the hope of congressional rescue may provide motivation for improved management. (Author/RM)

Extracts from proceedings of the International Labor Conference (Geneva, June 1975) concerning organizations of rural workers and their role in economic and social development. Includes convention recommendations concerning the role of such organizations, means of encouraging their growth, legislative and administrative measures, education and…

New Visions for Public Schools' New Century High Schools Initiative in New York City highlights a strategy of school-level partnerships between educators from the New York City Department of Education (DoE) and non-profit organizational staff. The strategy aims to support the transformation of chronically low-performing large high schools…

A panel of 11 human resource development (HRD) practitioners (2 session chairs and 9 panelists) participated in an innovation session devoted to critical thinking in HRD. The session objectives were as follows: (1) share knowledge, views, and beliefs about the relevance of critical management theory and research to the HRD community; (2) provide a…

This is one in a series of reports to the President and Congress developed by the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) on key contemporary issues in information technology. This report highlights findings and recommendations on how the government can provide leadership by solving key information technology challenges,…

As downsizing of government and business organizations has become widespread, many managers are seeking to increase productivity by empowering the workforce. When effectively and appropriately implemented, empowered workforce structures can cut costs and improve quality and safety. Yet resistance to such changes arises from a patriarchal…

This paper describes a process by which developing or established teams can create a clear and common understanding of issues concerning team purpose, team approach, performance goals, role clarity, and mutual accountability. The major components of this process--Purpose, Approach, Goals, and Everyone mutually accountable--form the acronym…

Leading with vision is critical to the success of schools. The purpose of this book is to define and describe vision-based educational leadership. The book proposes the model of a learning school in which everyone is a learner. Chapter 1 discusses the ways in which vision drives educational leadership, the organization of the schools, and learning…

Schools are perhaps the most complex of all U.S. formal organizations. The primary objective of this book is to enhance insight into human behavior within organizations in order to promote greater skill in governing skills. The book develops three major conceptual frameworks that have important implications for schools. Chapter 1 develops the…

Career development has evolved from the mid-1970s, when it was rarely linked with the word "organizational," to Walter Storey's work in organizational career development at General Electric in 1978. Its evolution has continued with career development workshops in organizations in the early 1980s to implementation of Corning's organizational career…

This handbook leads the reader through planning and conducting the collaborative evaluation of a workplace development initiative. A glossary is followed by an introduction that addresses the rationale for collaborative evaluation, values and characteristics, using the handbook in one's own situation, and optimum conditions for collaborative…

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the University of Botswana has embarked on a series of organizational change strategies. In 1998-1990, the University engaged an external Review Commission to undertake a comprehensive institutional analysis, and, at about the same time, the University acquired a computerized administrative information system with…