Administrative managers who have the trust of their employees, who listen to their employees openly, and who share power with their employees are better equipped to confront and overcome obstacles. This paper discusses models for structural management that include participatory reforms. It identifies four common models of administration--rational,…

Fusion leadership is a metaphor for a certain style of management where partnerships are created, barriers reduced, conversation increased, and joint responsibility enhanced. Ways in which an organization can implement this type of leadership are presented. The book details various characteristics of fusion leadership, describing the forces that…

Findings from a study that explored the relationship between school restructuring and school leadership are presented in this paper. Specifically, the research examined the processes involved in implementing the Primary Program, the first stage of British Columbia's "Year 2000" plan for the first 4 years of education. A survey of 2,547…

The essence of school-based decision-making is accepting the importance of decentralization and placing emphasis on process in planning efforts. "Synergistic planning" may be a more realistic term, instead of planning, to convey meaning to educators concerning educational organizations. In this model, all people in the organization look…

Interviews with the chief executive officers of 14 small businesses revealed the leadership challenges that they face. Some of the challenges are the following: (1) creating change; (2) building a robust organization, with a well-defined structure, an effective management team, plans for succession, established delivery systems, and people who…

The 12 chapters of this book trace the history of the National Business Education Association (NBEA) and outline the development of its related regional and international affiliates. Chapter 1 sketches the evolution of the National Business Education Association. In Chapter 2, the major activities of the NBEA during the period from 1946 to 1991…

Accompanying the frequent calls for school reform is the assumption that the leadership needed to bring change will somehow emerge. Education researchers have begun to examine school administrators' leadership skills looking for the characteristics that help or impede efforts to improve education for at-risk students. Personal qualities have an…

A brief history of the Rural Education Association (REA) precedes a listing of presidents and publications of the REA under the different names and affiliations it has had since 1907. Yearly listings note 77 REA presidents and their institutional affiliations, as well as 23 presidents of the Division of County and Intermediate Unit Superintendents…

During periods of organizational stress such as the implementation of major organizational change, the tendency for group formation may be increased and the effects of informal relations relatively more pronounced than in times of routine and regularity. (Author)

Managers and researchers alike have tended to concentrate on the wrong problems in the administration of technological change. The most difficult and critical problems in the development process appear to be in the linkages that tie together all the stages between inception and application or use. (Author/WM)

If America's schools are to meet the needs of the 21st Century, they must be reinvented and restructured. This book is no restructuring cookbook, but is designed to provide ingredients that may be useful in inventing recipes to satisfy local tastes. Chapter 1 discusses purpose in the life of organizations, concentrating explicitly on purpose in…

Meant to be a practical guide for public relations educators and practitioners responsible for anticipating change and helping their organizations adapt, this guide presents 10 predictions and projected demographic data for the year 2000. Also included for each prediction in the guide are implications for public relations practice. The guide…

This handbook is designed to assist the leadership of a professional association in its efforts to consolidate with other professional adult educational organizations. It has three parts. The first is a brief essay on the process of change. It considers the individual decision and the collective decision as well as other factors, such as the…

Frequently, the behavior of researchers reflects important and otherwise unrecognized aspects of the phenomenon which is being studied or evaluated. In other words, the "processes" of the researcher are "parallel" to the "processes" of the entity being studied. These parallel processes are illustrated with examples…

Author is convinced that organizational development is a valuable tool for improving the educational climate in schools. (GB)