Human resource development professionals should combine vision, understanding, and programing expertise in establishing continuous learning environments in organizations. Leadership roles include role modeling new behavior styles and engendering a participatory atmosphere. (SK)

Organizational change may benefit performance and survival chances if it occurs in response to dramatic restructuring of environmental conditions and builds on established routines and competencies. These propositions are tested on the savings and loan industry in California, which has experienced technological, economic, and regulatory shifts…

An approach to analysis of educational reform on college campuses that focuses on movement toward, rather than organizational manifestations of, change is described. Four stages include (1) the decision to act consistently with principles; (2) establishment of internal organizational support; (3) going public with intentions; and (4) emergence of…

Proposes a typology of impacts that greater increases in workforce diversity might have on communication effectiveness in organizations. Proposes the typology to stimulate further interest in the research domain. (SR)

Introduces design, integrated with systems thinking, as a necessary if not sufficient means for meeting the challenge of how to create or recreate organizations and institutions. The limits of problem-solving strategies when applied to complex organizational change, the designer's role, and the creative process of design are discussed. (Contains…

Northeastern University (Massachusetts) has reduced its size by one-fifth, cut $60-million from its budget, eliminated 700 jobs, dropped or merged several programs, frozen salaries, and cut other costs in a successful retrenchment effort. Many agree the "rightsizing" was handled in a fair, humane way; others are angered. (MSE)

Seven papers are presented, which are designed to introduce evaluators and other consultants to the complex realities of the changing world of business and industry. Topics include how the practice of evaluation is changing in organizations in transition, and evaluation from the perspective of its role in changing organizations. (SLD)

Case studies of five Scottish companies found that four of their quality circles programs had ceased. Essential to the success of quality circles were changes in the systems of reward, communication, and decision making and the cooperation and support of middle managers, who may see quality circles as a threat and who control the resources they…

This article describes the evolution and design of a model for college academic advising program development in response to changing student needs and institutional pressures. The model demonstrates that the phases of development are interrelated, that direction and degree of change vary by program, and that every program has multifaceted…

The U.S. workplace will look very different in the next century and the education system will have to improve to meet the needs of that workplace. The National Association of Manufacturers offers companies models from others who have found good training programs. (JOW)

Discusses the changes in the International Technology Education Association and outlines its strategic plan. Emphasizes four goals: (1) position technology as a basis for academic study; (2) provide leadership; (3) support teachers; and (4) enhance participation of minorities and women. (JOW)

Consultants and higher education clients have worked together for many years. The rapidly changing landscape of American higher education has produced continuing evolution in consulting practice and in the areas consultants serve. To use consultants effectively, institutions must learn about themselves, the consulting process, and available…

Suggests that the "culture of the university"--whether it embraces diversity--is crucial for the retention of nontraditional students. Discusses how changes in relationships among administrators, faculty, and students, as well as in the curriculum, are necessary to improve the campus climate. (EVL)

Includes "Introduction to This Special Issue" (Mirabile); "Career Counseling for the 1990s and Beyond" (Guterman); "Career Counselor as Consultant to Organizations" (Shepard); "Managing Careers in Changing Organizations" (Schecter); "Does Your Client Need a Mentor?" (Morton, Sanzgiri); "Recognition and Treatment of Career Indecision in Adults"…

Presents ideas for redesigning community colleges to compete in a new market. Instead of "organizational tinkering," more thought must be given to different ways of organizing, managing, and leading the institutions that create value, and allow the colleges to outpace the competition provided by the Internet, technology, and virtual institutions.…