This 493-item bibliography covers the gamut of change in society. Emphases are placed on the topics of educational change, innovation research, administrative change, organizational change, and social and political change. The document, divided into three parts, includes 176 books, 191 articles in books, and 126 papers and speeches. Also included…

This paper presents a conceptual framework for the future study and development of new structures for organizing education in metropolitan areas. Intended as a step toward development of general organizational rules, it attempts to (1) refine and reduce to a general rule the concepts of organization, organizational change, and organizational…

This paper discusses results of multiple regression analysis and prediction of certain perceived leader behaviors given measures of organizational characteristics. The "Profile of a School" was used with the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire, Form XII. Results indicate that significant proportions of variance in leader behavior subscales…

A primer on organization development (OD), this book presents a basic statement for people in organizations and for practitioners and students of OD. Many concrete examples are included. After a definition of OD, the basic conditions which create the need for OD are discussed: rapid change, growth in size, increasing diversity, change in…

In an effort to apply modern management techniques to the Columbia University Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries sponsored a study which called for restructuring the libraries to underscore functional relationships. The report of that study was reviewed by the libraries' administration and staff, and reorganization plans were made…

Three aspects of organization -- structure, resources, and leadership attitudes -- were examined in a longitudinal study of 16 health and welfare agencies to determine which factors best predicted the rate of program innovation. Study results revealed that occupational specialization was the strongest structural predictor, that professional…

A model of educational leadership is described which defines leadership as the capability to introduce and maintain a process of organizational renewal. The model is composed of six elements which are perceived as the phases or stages of planned organizational renewal: 1) assessment of educational needs, 2) assessment of the current state of the…

Educational, cultural, and scientific activities of the Council of Europe are reported in this bulletin. Part I reviews the areas of higher education and research, general and technical education, out-of-school education and cultural development, and educational research and documentation together with a resume of the 22nd session of the Council…

Positive and negative aspects of evaluating change programs are discussed, and a process evaluation model is proposed. The four specific areas upon which the paper focuses are as follows: (1) definitions of evaluation and evaluation research and a review of some approaches to evaluation; (2) the functional consequences of evaluation; (3) arguments…

In this report considerations concerning the re-structuring of the Department of Community Colleges of the State Board of Education of North Carolina are reviewed. The report covers delineation of the philosophy, goals, and functions of the organization, discussions of the earlier organizational structure and the priorities and challenges leading…

While the humanization of organizations has long been a goal of organizational psychologists, it is not as easily achieved as its advocates have wished. In humanized organizations, members are treated justly, are engaged in meaningful work, encouraged to develop their potential, and are treated as ends rather than as means. That these ideals have…

Many human resources development (HRD) people play out self-fulfilling roles of incongruency with top management, but when management resistance to change is real, the six strategies offered in the article can be used by HRD specialists to help themselves and their companies. (Author/AJ)

Discusses the public library's movement toward consolidation/cooperation with other libraries and the administrative, fiscal, and service implications of such a system. Incorporation of the public library into the national information network as a multitype or unitype system is examined through a review of multitype systems in New York and…

Reports on a successful structural change in a Canadian high school that resulted in the transfer of control over the budget from the school division to the school staff. One of the greatest sources of resistance to change is the isolated nature of the teacher's tasks. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the role of the national laboratories as new sub-agencies of the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA). (SL)