Reports the results of a study that examined the administrative strategy used by Pope John in promoting changes in the Roman Catholic Church and suggests some possible applications of this strategy to American public education. (Author)

Reports findings of a study based on interviews with more than 200 staff members of large research and development (R & D) organizations. The authors identify and discuss four career-development stages for R & D personnel and offer suggestions for managers of R & D organizations. (JG)

Empirical data about 31 college/university mergers are gathered and analyzed on an exploratory basis. Much of the analysis included developing descriptive statistics about the characteristics of the institutions and the merger process. (LBH)

This article attempts to verify some assumptions evident in the scenario planning literature through the application of quantitative measures. The Dimensions of the Learning Organization Questionnaire is used to measure participant perceptions of the learning organization characteristics pre- and post-scenario planning intervention. Results are…

A research project explored the potential of collegial coaching and reflective dialogue as mechanisms for school leaders to use to significantly alter the organizational context so that cultural change might occur. The study investigated the possibility that collegial coaching, reflection, and dialogue about teaching practices may provide an…

This handbook was designed to support Colorado schools as they make the transition from a traditional school structure to that of a comprehensive schoolwide program. It contains practical information, activities, and suggestions to assist with the development of the individual components that comprise the schoolwide planning process. The guide…

Reports on research undertaken to determine whether the pattern of high school principal succession affects the faculty's perception of the principal as a change agent. Two patterns of principal succession are identified -- outsiders,'' those promoted to principal from outside the school; and insiders,'' those promoted to principal from within…

Author believes that television has great potentialities for helping schools meet the current criticisms being leveled against them. (Editor)

Author describes Organization Development as a process of diagnosis, selection of appropriate interventions'' or solutions to the problem, and reinforcing the new behavior so that it becomes a way of life. (GB)

To avoid the dehumanization that can result from too much emphasis on efficiency alone, PPBS must conform with the pre-existing school environment, with its personal, political, social, and economic dimensions. (Editor)

Whatever the plan, the point is to design within the educational structure a process which can respond to today's needs and the probably different needs or different situations of tomorrow. (Author)

This replication of earlier research tests a mathematical model for examining the conditions under which individuals innovate. By raising costs from zero -- as validated in earlier research -- to .25, this replication defines an innovation boundary at which individuals behave as predicted by their position with respect to that boundary. (Author/JH)

Charges that there are few studies linking training with observed organizational change. (DS)

A report on developing consulting skills for organization problem solving in a large organization. (Author)