Describes child protection systems in England and ongoing changes in their services. Considers effects of a market force approach on the organization of child protection services in relation to coordination versus fragmentation and profit versus professionalism. Concludes that the idea that a market force approach to child protection will lead to…

Describes the efforts undertaken and lessons learned by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation as it began the transformation of its agency culture in keeping with a total quality management model. Discusses the struggle encountered by the agency in making the personal transformation necessary for the transformation of the…

Notes that organizational learning has become a popular initiative for responding to unstable environmental conditions. Offers a conception of mentoring as a dialogic practice and as a core relational practice for learning organizations. Argues that dialogic mentoring has advantages over both conventional mentoring relationships and extant…

Three models were used to interpret sacred texts from major religions in terms of spiritual values in organizations: Marcic's Five Dimensions of Work, Hatcher's Spiritual Growth Framework, and Fowler's stages of spiritual development. All three helped students understand the connections between the world of work and the spirit. (SK)

Provides examples of successful models of organizational transformation and presents a variety of case studies and articles on change through an annotated bibliography of current ERIC literature. (YKH)

Presents two case studies of higher education institutions undergoing change to illustrate how institutional culture affects the change process. Introduces the mobile model of change that guides transformation efforts in urban institutions while remaining sensitive to their institutional context and culture. The framework is based on a five-year…

Discusses the need for workers to acquire more information at an increasing rate in response to changes and developments in the workplace and proposes three variables that affect an individual's participation in an organization's development process. Considers learning participation and implications for human development practitioners. (Author/LRW)

Surveyed United Kingdom business people and secondary school educators working in organizations with a flatter structure about organizational climate, job meaningfulness, communications, work intensity, and personal motivation. Found that old hierarchical attitudes persist and that an investment in changing the culture is required in order to…

Surveyed senior-, mid-, and entry-level student affairs administrators in higher education about their perceptions of organizational change. Found that significant differences existed among different levels of administrators regarding their perceptions of planning and implementing organizational change, suggesting that senior-level administrators…

Uses the example of Vermont's Middlebury College to explore the challenges and possibilities of achieving consensus about institutional change. Discusses why, unlike in this example, consensus usually fails, and presents four demands of an effective consensus process. Includes a list of "test" questions on successful collaboration. (EV)

Characteristics of apprenticeship in Austria, Denmark, Ireland, and the Netherlands are closer to Germany's social partnerships model than Britain's deregulated market in terms of statutory governance, educational requirements, administration, and funding. The experience of these countries may not be helpful in reviving British apprenticeship…

A nursing school's curriculum evolved from an integrated acute-care focus to a community-based health promotion framework. Survey data from other schools, alumnae, current seniors, and faculty laid the groundwork for a process of template design, values clarification, and consensus building. (SK)

Approaches to the glass ceiling--encouraging women to adopt "masculine" attributes, accommodating women's unique needs, or celebrating women's differences--have shortcomings. A fourth approach links equity and effectiveness. "Small wins" recognizes that gender inequity is rooted in cultural patterns and uses small initiatives…

Discusses problems associated with organizational or technological change. Presents the results of learning experiments in experimentaria, rooms for experiments removed from the daily activities of an organization. Concludes that experimentaria seem to create a higher level of self-respect and respect for others' skills and knowledge as well as a…

Responses from 204 Dutch employees trained via web-based applications indicated that, if the goal is to increase collaborative work, training should take place in a collaborative environment. Organizational culture change and a supportive infrastructure are required. (Contains 20 references.) (SK)