Focuses on action research as a strategy for the helping institution, as an organizationwide intervention in organization change efforts, and as a means of leadership development. (Author/IRT)

Changes in bookstore management and marketing procedures are described which have contributed to increased sales of 140 percent. Mention is made of inventory control, salaries and wages, store reorganization, and planning and control. (LBH)

This digest focuses on providing the reader several key insights into the change process in higher education by: (1) presenting a common language for organizational change; (2) describing the multidisciplinary research base on change; (3) highlighting the distinct characteristics of higher education institutions and how this might influence the…

This study examines the relationship between employee attitudes towards training and organizational commitment among a sample of nurses in New Zealand and the United States. Results show that perceived access to training, training frequency, motivation to learn from training, benefits of training, and supervisory support for training were…

ARL is the bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). ARL reports on current issues of interest to academic and research library administrators, staff, and users; higher education…

This study detailed how two community college presidents framed issues and events of change on their campuses based on their thinking, and it outlined the sources of power they used during the application of their plans for change. Both presidents were relatively new at their jobs; both had come from out of state to assume their new roles. A total…

This study examines the management practice of the libraries of the University of Maryland from October 1996 to spring 1999. The historical dimension focuses on the implementation of the recommendations of internal communication proposals and proposals for service organization changes. The promised move to shared governance is outlined, especially…

A look at accountability as an organizational commitment, manifest in policies and procedures that lead to four types of actions. The four R's of accountability are interdependent stages of designating responsibility, conducting internal program reviews, ensuring external reviews and instituting program refinements. (Author)

Available evidence suggests that increased militancy has had only marginal impact on teacher earnings. Organizational restructuring has been, and will be, the major output of teacher militancy and bargaining. (Author/WM)

Office employees and supervisors need to recognize and deal with the sociological aspects of coalition behavior. The office is no longer a passive participant in organizational affairs. Top-level administrators need to recognize this changed relationship and restructure their policies to deal with the office as an organizational entity. (Author/SC)

Describes part of a 3-year research project into the organization and workings of eight LEA's, with the main focus on the structure and key methods of the administrative agencies. Six case studies were undertaken of how these authorities planned certain changes to their educational provision, and two of LEA's that reorganized their education…

Report on how one organization successfully overcame the back-home application problem. (Editor)

A bold new experiment, drawing upon the experiences of the universities in the middle ages in Italy, is offered here as a dialogue breaker to see if we cannot come up with a better approach to curriculum development. (Author)

Organizational Development applied to schools offers great promise for the future. If education is to become more humanistic and begin to concern itself with the student as a total person and as one who will go forth to live in an increasingly complex and demanding society, such organizational renewal is indispensable. (Author)