A study examined the role of leadership in the reinvention of government in nine federal offices. Found that organizational culture facilitated or hampered reinvention and leaders influenced the organizational outcomes in both the reinvention and related performance measures, most likely via the organizational culture. (Author/JOW)

"Ghosts" are elements that influence an organization's view of itself, its ways of working, and its culturally specific attitudes; they exert an indirect influence over everything that happens within an organization. Successful organizational change requires identifying and integrating these ghosts. (JOW)

Conceptualizes the learning organization as a metaphor, given the centrality of narrative in human endeavors. Reinterprets the learning organization using narrative theory and social theory. (Contains 52 references.) (SK)

Applies the Theory of Constraints, which views resistance to change as a necessary, positive force, to a case study of a bank merger. For each resistance factor, the theory provides tools for using it and managing change successfully. (Contains 46 references.) (SK)

Describes how Hillel, the largest Jewish student organization in the world, is retooling its image. Efforts are underway to appeal to Jewish students of all backgrounds, as well as to provide modern new buildings for the organization. (EV)

Suggests that high-performance work systems create the synergy that lets companies gain and keep a competitive advantage. Identifies the components of high-performance work systems and critical action steps for implementation. Describes the results companies such as Xerox, Lever Brothers, and Corning Incorporated have achieved by using them. (JOW)

Explores changes in the National Association for Campus Activities' Illiana Region and draws on Kotter's "Leading Change" for eight change stages: establishing a sense of urgency, creating the guiding coalition, developing a vision and strategy, communicating the change vision, empowering broad-based action, generating short-term wins,…

Identifies a shift in workplace learning from formal, intermittent and discontinuous to informal, experiential, asynchronous, and situated. Highlights themes in both workplace learning and human resource development: knowledge, expertise, competence, organizational learning, and employability. (Contains 46 references.) (SK)

Cascade training is the process of articulating training for different levels of employees in order to provide the necessary competence to ensure that organizational change is institutionalized. Four designs for cascade training are hierarchical, process, employee role, and target. (Contains 17 references.) (SK)

Unions' current intensive organizing efforts are crucial, but they will be inadequate if they do not also transform their functions and operations. New jobs, new kinds of workers, new situations require an organizational revolution among unions. (JOW)

Dialogues between a mother and daughter focus on relational constructionism and change processes as they relate to organizations. A relational approach to change is discussed as a different local narrative, not as a superior replacement for other approaches. (Contains 18 references.) (JOW)

Leading organizational change is like climbing a mountain. Transformational leaders must prepare to lead change, understand the process and nature of change, and provide the essential gear so that those involved can be successful. The author draws on the literature and personal experiences as a hiker and change leader to provide a guide for…

Comprehensive multicultural organizational development (MCOD) is increasingly necessary in human services agencies. This article presents results from an exploratory study that identified challenges and solutions to MCOD, against the backdrop of daily realities of agency life. The author conducted interviews with 20 consultants and 20…

This paper argues that some of the current trends affecting academe impede on key institutional structures, or sets of interrelated norms for academic conduct, which are necessary for sustaining collective action among academics. In this sense academics and academic units may find themselves "between a rock and a hard place'', that is with new…

The purpose of this article is to report the findings of a research study that sought to examine and describe prospective principals? attitudes and perceptions regarding current efforts to transform urban education for the betterment of African American Students. Given the current wave of reforms targeted at schools serving large numbers of…