Career development activities are being linked to business goals at Tektronix on the basis of the following principles: full truth, win-win, personnel confidentiality, and mandatory training and development. (JOW)

Continuing medical education needs assessment should be reconceived for a changing health-care environment. The physician-patient relationship is being changed by empowerment of health consumers and public policy concerns regarding the health care system. Needs assessment should focus on environmental scanning, identification of key forces, use of…

Primary care facilities (n=15) were randomly assigned to one of four experimental treatments. Two care practices from each were analyzed. Cardiovascular disease prevention was improved by effective leadership, priority setting, joint planning, resources, and ownership. Hindering improvement were patient load, chaos surrounding reorganization, lack…

Considers how relationships with organizational stakeholders are especially problematic for nonprofits in times of planned change. Uses interviews with nonprofit administrators as the basis for the development of six models of implementation communication adopted by nonprofit implementers in interacting with various stakeholder groups. Uses the…

Examines three sought-after Instructional Technology Outcomes (increased productivity, managed change, and enhanced human abilities) concluding that much of IT falls short through impoverished implementation planning and blind faith in technology to solve problems. Discusses four areas of opportunity. Argues that these factors may culminate in…

Study of 26 colleges and universities participating in the American Council on Education's Project on Leadership and Institutional Transformation revealed some common characteristics of their approach to organizational change, which suggest a distinctive "higher education style" of effective change. These characteristics relate to…

Considers the role of campus leaders in the benchmarking process and in using benchmarking practices to promote institutional change. (EV)

Suggests elements of the basic structure of the National Council of Teachers of English has remained the same for decades, while other elements have grown. Looks at positive growth in NCTE over the last two decades of the 20th century, noting research, women's issues, the standards wars, and affiliates as political bases. Describes two important…

The determinants of innovation were examined using data from 698 Australian workplaces. Results suggest that better employee-management communications are associated with more change and that workplaces with higher levels of training undergo more change. (Author/JOW)

Outlines the constituent elements of the emerging entrepreneurial culture in European universities; analyzes issues of sustainability in culture development in terms of various domains of institutional life; considers a range of strategies for culture change; and examines the ramifications for university leadership and national government. (EV)

Analysis of data from 8 female manufacturing workers, 13 professionals, and 10 clerical workers, two themes emerged: (1) women and organizational change; and (2) disappearing boundaries of work and family. The assumptions of human resource development about why and how women work and definitions of productive work were found to be flawed and…

Based on life story interviews with five women teachers, the current paper provides insight into the relationship between externally mandated change and teachers' self-renewal, as well as into the context facilitating this kind of association. Interestingly, the decision of the Ministry of Education to modify the teachers' area of teaching was…

The author describes practical steps for infusing the strategic plan throughout the organization. These steps have carried the University of Wisconsin--Madison effectively through two cycles of reaccreditation and planning. (Contains 1 figure.)

This paper chronicles the process undertaken by one community college to analyze its Developmental Studies Program. A participant/observer faculty member involved in the college's assessment activities contemplated the institution's complex past, the challenging present, and the unfolding future. An interesting account explicating committee…

Due to the heightened competition introduced by the potential global market and the need for structural changes within organisations delivering e-content, e-learning policy is beginning to take on a more significant role within the context of educational policy per se. For this reason, it is becoming increasingly important to establish what effect…