An industrial trainer describes the benefits of membership in the National Society for Performance and Instruction (an organization with members from diverse professional backgrounds) which is concerned with human performance improvement. A brief history of the group and a discussion of future directions is included. (MS)

A brief account of the consultative and organizational development work of the Task Force on Development and Renewal, established by the California State Universities and Colleges (CSUS) in order to promote adaptation and renewal in the system. (EH)

Discusses the need for individuals to become aware of the decisionmaking process of institutions that directly affect them. Past attempts to effect change within organizational systems are reviewed in terms of the traditional human relations approach and of a systems approach. (Author/WM)

Describes the decisionmaking system in an organization when the organization's two supervisors make a concerted move to take over more control of that system. (Author/WM)

Management today requires a more compelling type of leadership, a more professional approach that allows for restructuring or selfconsciousness. An organizational generation gap occurs when the professional person encounters the traditional status quo manager. (Author/EA)

Change is continuous and an organization's ability to meet it will determine future prosperity and survival. Reflecting upon social and economic factors, tomorrow's organizational, recruitment, and training needs are discussed. (Author/MW)

The challenge of change in the transition from one spiritual leader to another has two facets: the "letting go" of the departing pastor and the adoption of a new spiritual leader. A Transition Committee of a midsized Episcopal church in rural Washington State has used the Rogers 1962 Adoption Model to develop an intentional plan to influence the…

Three phases of any change effort include initiation, implementation, and continuation. This seventh guidebook in a series of nine video conferences addresses later stages of implementation and continuation (initiation and early stages of implementation are discussed in the sixth guidebook.) In the guidebook are definitions of the three phases of…

Leading experts in the field of education addressing the 1985 annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, had as their common theme the topic of educational and organizational change in teacher education. The following papers were presented: (1) "Excellence in Teacher Education" (C. Peter Magrath); (2) "A Time for…

A centralized marketing and promotion office may or may not be a panacea for a continuing education program. Five major advantages to centralization of the marketing and promotion function are minimization of costs, a school-wide marketing strategy, maximization of the school image, enhanced quality control, and building of technical expertise of…

As part of a reorganization study underway at Oakton Community College, this report presents the pros and cons of retaining the college's interdisciplinary learning clusters or moving to discipline-based divisions. Following introductory material, the report explains the methodology by which two representatives from each campus cluster, one…

Governments must change their entire perspective regarding social policy to keep abreast of the rapid changes occurring in society today. Major trends in social policy and the public sector fueling this call for change include the (1) shifting needs of social services; (2) inflexibility of current well-established but rigid institutions; (3)…

The citation study technique, known as bibliometrics, was undertaken in this study to evaluate scholarly exchange among the core journals in the field of communication. The journals studied were "Central States Speech Journal,""Communication Research,""Journal of Broadcasting,""Journal of…