Organizational identity is defined as a set of statements that organization members perceive to be central, distinctive, and enduring to their organization (Albert & Whetten, 1985). It is influential to behaviors of both leaders and members in many aspects within an organization. By reviewing current theoretical and empirical literature, this…

This study explored the involvement of 15 training and development (T & D) professionals during mergers and acquisitions (M & A). The study found that T & D professionals are highly involved in orientation and management training and organization development related activities such as communication and diagnosis and blending of organizational…

The Office of Inspector General responded to a joint request by the House and Senate to update them on its audit, investigation, and inspection efforts on the most significant challenges facing the Department of Education for the October 1, 2000 to March 31, 2001 period. These challenges include improving financial management; improving the…

The authors suggest several ways student personnel administrators can maintain and improve organizational effectiveness in a period of social change. (RWP)

This paper presents a model of the process of the implementation of school change. The model has been developed from observation of and interaction with planned changes in schools and traces the process from the initial climate for change to full field trials of innovative programs. (Authors/JA)

There is a need to move away from the idea of changing people's tasks and identities to fit the existing authority structure as a component of that organization, regardless of how poor the present design of the system might be. (Author)

Author explains organization development and tells why individually-oriented training is ineffective unless integrated within the context of an overall organization improvement. (Author/SP)

Summarizes responses which support or oppose a proposal to change the name of Future Farmers of America and provides implications of these responses. (SB)

Project Focus, a W. K. Kellogg supported project, has resulted in recommendations for change designed to improve the usefulness of the American Association of Junior Colleges. (MB)

Organization development (OD) is a new and fundamental concept of an organization as an inclusive system for the application of systematic development steps. (NL)