Investigates the strategies by which corporations adapt to social and cultural change. Argues that the contradiction between the ideology of the nuclear family and women's real needs for economic sustenance and autonomy are separated and deflected into a specific discursive strategy in the operation of Mary Kay Cosmetics. (JD)

The Senior Managers Program of the U.S. Department of Education integrates training with on-the-job application of skills to provide a more effective learning environment and immediate results. Each training workshop is followed by an intervention in the participant's work unit, and teams work on agency problems identified by high-level officials.…

Describes a management development approach that enables managers as individuals to develop a sense of purpose and direction for themselves and the business. It encourages individual and organizational analysis to identify desired directions. (JOW)

This study explores whether an ecological, an adaptation, or a random organizational action perspective more appropriately describes the impact of organizational change in a population of voluntary social service organizations. Results indicate a variability in effects of changes on mortality, which may be explained by their location. (CJH)

Presents summary of group discussions on Surles'"Critical Issue Paper 4: Changing Organizational Structures and Relationships in Community Mental Health." Reveals general agreement with Surles. Suggests areas of beneficial preservice and inservice training for administrators. Recommends areas of research needs. (ABL)

Compared first- and second-generation interorganizational service system serving the elderly. Found that integration of Medicaid programs with Administration on Aging-funded system was changing structure of community-based elderly services. Second-generation system served larger volume of clients, being more centralized, differentiated,…

Administrators, consultants, and reformers have turned to restructuring and reorganizing colleges and universities as a means of changing educational processes and encouraging pyramiding of impacts, but the effectiveness of organizational structure depends on institutional mission, specific objectives, and the leadership of the individuals…

There is opportunity for service and profit to imaginative libraries organizing to provide new forms of knowledge. Librarians as entrepreneurs must learn venture management and finance. Available assistance includes growing entrepreneural understanding in large institutions; family and friends; private wealth-seeking investment; new business…

Describes shadow consultation which is used with traditional casework and group-work skills to help individual managers become more effective and humane in their work. Conditions under which this intervention might be appropriate, steps required to execute the procedure, and results that might be expected are outlined. An example of shadow…

Describes a study to examine perceptions of the influence of technology on interpersonal relationships and the role of human resource development in helping organizations and individuals deal with the impact of technological change. (SK)

Effective organizational adaptation often brings together an institution's apparently incompatible views of a problem and its solution. Paradoxical models of change may be superior to linear models, and flexibility in administrative thinking and institutional strategies to encourage paradox will become a hallmark of institutional effectiveness.…

This essay on problems associated with library reference service and personnel discusses the pros and cons of four approaches designed to improve staff utilization and quality of performance--hiring additional staff, automation, alternative staffing arrangements, and planning and rearrangement of priorities. Fourteen sources are given. (EJS)

This examination of the organizational development model of change as it applies to management development within a complex organization of higher education includes some practical results from applying this model and insights into how to manage a public or private organization. (MBR)

Outlines six characteristics that the successful factory of tomorrow must possess and discusses four phases of change that are generally recognized in the integration process--awareness, acceptance, participation, and ownership. Ten change principles that can be addressed through education to reduce resistance to technological innovation are…

Presents a sociologial overview of change in the role of community college presidents. Describes new dimensions of institutional leadership. Provides examples of successful practices to working with constituents, managing information, and applying systems technology to education. (DMM)