Discusses a number of strategies educational administrators can use to make schools and school districts more accessible and responsive to individual citizens. (JG)

Organizations must recognize that training and development managers can and should play a role in organizational problem-solving. They can be quite effective in directing the jury technique of analyzing and solving unexpected contingencies. (Author)

This paper outlines the use of participant-produced drawings as part of a larger study that examined the emotional impact of change on individuals in an educational institution (Kearney, 2002; Kearney and Hyle, 2003). Participants were four teachers and five staff or administrators at a branch campus of a technology training school. Both the…

In this book Cameron addresses the compelling story of the teacher revolution that took place in America in the 1960s and 1970s. He gives an insider's view of what happened, how it happened, and who made it happen, describing why teachers in America organized into unions and became more militant in the 1960s. American teachers had been taken for…

This oral history is part of the celebration planned by the University of Georgia Institute of Higher Education to honor Cameron Fincher for his service to the field of higher education and the Institute. Dr, Fincher was interviewed by Delmer D. Dunn about the significant changes that have occurred in higher education over the past 50 years.…

An understanding of culture in organisations can offer insights into individual and group behaviour, and leadership. It can help to explain not just what happens in an organisation, but why it happens. However, many people are concerned not just with understanding culture, and hence organisational life. They see culture as something to be…

HRD can have a humanistic impact on organizations through influence on the values embedded in the organization culture. One approach is through work-life policies and programs, which have become synonymous with humane, employee-friendly organizations. This paper will address the elements of a humane organizational culture, based on research of the…

Organization development is an approach to planned change that is used in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. However, relatively little is known about OD in universities. This paper examines the challenges associated with the use of OD in universities that may not be present in the private sector and other non-university settings. Five…

This portraiture study of Amherst Regional Middle School, Amherst, Massachusetts, examined a case of shared and distributed leadership. The organizational changes at Amherst have fostered collaboration, new patterns of behavior, and changed expectations of what rigorous academic curriculum, new patterns of behavior, and changed expectations of…

The participant's manual for a national teleconference (May 29, 2002) contains materials on whether statewide independent living councils (SILCs) should become non-profit organizations eligible under section 501(c) of the Federal Tax Code. Introductory material includes the conference agenda, information about the trainers, and information about…

This paper presents a framework for gathering and organizing data related to organizational phenomena in a school or school district. The implications of these data for the consultant in determining priorities, assessing strengths and weaknesses, generating problem-solving strategies, and predicting consequents are discussed. The dilemma of the…

Authors discuss the evolvement of decision-making theory from the authoritarian style in the early days to the current trend toward the participative approach. (Editor)

Discusses recent attacks on English and presents a lengthy list of solutions, including reorganization of Ph.D. programs. (RB)

Comments on a proposal for specific and regular monitoring and performance appraisal of chief education officers in Britain. Suggests that Department of Education and Science research projects into the workings of Local Education Authorities should focus on how chief education officers might improve their performance and contribute toward making…

An account of structural evolutions to the present, with suggestions for viable approaches in the future. (Editor)