Analyzes significance of new information and communication technologies for university research and teaching, and consequences that its use has for research, teaching, and service/administration with reference to the discovery learning concept. The possibility of structural changes in service sector is noted together with lack of impact on…

The literature on decentralization focuses on exchange of power and school reform. Rather than uncovering details of organizational processes, researchers attempted to impose inappropriate models upon them. Unable to explain how decentralization happens, they judged the process unsuccessful. Decentralization remains to be studied and understood.…

Analyzes the institutionalization of small-group activities in Japan, Sweden, and the United States. Includes a reference list. (MD)

North East London Polytechnic's recent review of institutional aims and long-term academic strategy is chronicled, and related changes in its internal structure as a result of externally imposed financial constraints are outlined. (MSE)

Discusses ways school counselors can be agents of change in organizational behavior to promote organizational health in their schools. Defines organizational health and identifies 10 related dimensions. (ABB)

The principal assigned the task of transforming a "disruptive" junior high school into an effective middle school describes problems encountered and steps taken in the areas of staff development, shared power, the accountability system, human relations, academic enrichment activities, and articulation and improvement of attitudes toward the…

Argues that community colleges must change in order to effectively deal with the need to provide both educational access and educational quality. Discusses results-oriented and process-oriented views of educational quality and access. Suggests a new statement of community college values and goals. (DMM)

Meta-analysis of the effects of 11 types of psychologically based organizational interventions showed that such programs raise worker productivity. The strength of effects vary by type of intervention, criterion of productivity, contextual factors in organizations, and features of research design. Also discussed are comparisons of conclusions…

Three models (structural, social, and personal) giving insight into factors that promote or inhibit change in higher education institutions are described, and themes in which the models support and complement each other are discussed. The models are then applied to the rapid expansion of continuing education in a traditional university.…

This paper distinguishes between two ecological perspectives on organizational evolution: population ecology, which limits investigation to evolutionary change in established populations, and community ecology, which focuses on the rise and fall of populations themselves as basic units of evolutionary change. These perspectives produce contrasting…

This paper investigates the effect that turnover in an organization has on the attitudes of those who remain. A longitudinal study of three fast-food restaurants explored this relationship against the background of the social network structures in each site. Results underscore the importance of structural context in studying microphenomena. (TE)

Reviews interrelated factors affecting a school's organizational health and describes nine steps administrators can take to enhance the school's climate. Suggests using the Organizational Health Instrument or a similar diagnostic tool to collect data on the school's organizational health. (PGD)

A typology of decline based on institutional characteristics is suggested as a basis for matching managerial response to specific decline situations. The four decline types identified are erosion, contraction, dissolution, and collapse. The model is also suggested as a means for diagnosing organizational environments. (MSE)

The University of Arizona has begun to reorganize campus computing. Six working groups were formed to address six areas of computing: academic computing, library automation, administrative data processing and information systems, writing and graphics, video and audio services, and outreach and public service. (MLW)

Higher education institutions are criticized for rewarding faculty and developing organizational processes by criteria unrelated to developing a real university based on values of freedom and responsibility. A model for a creative university based on those values is presented and contrasted with educational bureaucracies. (MSE)