Studies Miami University's adaptation to demands of federal mandate Title IX concerning anti-discrimination in higher education. The gatekeeping process deals with subtle organizational changes and has implications on equity in higher education. Demands on policy systems can be filtered in intital adaptation, interpreted as adaptation to external…

Identifies two fundamental change strategies, incremental and transformational, and the relationship between them, describes the circumstances appropriate for each strategy, and suggests steps for translating each strategy into action. Both strategies are required to maintain organizational and personal effectiveness if growth and renewal are…

Focuses on the development of roles in collaborative teaching arrangements, examining the use of paraprofessionals in schools as part of a differentiated staffing program and the implementation of team teaching arrangements. Additionally illustrates that the expectations role incumbents have on their behavior influences the degree to which the…

Notes that for supervisors to do their jobs effectively, methods of supervision now as well as in the future will have to become attuned to new social and environmental conditions. After describing five characteristics which will differentiate future work groups from present work groups, supervisory ethics and effective motivation are discussed.…

Discussion of outsourcing library operations highlights two examples: (1) the Riverside County (California) library which had been outsourcing library operations to the City of Riverside, and switched to a private vendor; and (2) the Sun Microsystems Library which had operated as an outsourced library and recently decided to insource their library…

Discusses unanticipated effects of an electronic performance support system (EPSS) on one organization. Topics include EPSS as an innovation; vendor's familiarity with the organizational environment; choice of database and system interface; participation by user groups; information sources; implementation; and recommendations for future research.…

Discusses the excessive emphasis on research as the dominant measure of institutional as well as individual prestige and values, as opposed to societal expectations. Argues for an urgent need to reset university priorities. Describes current efforts toward balancing the university missions and the resulting shift in faculty roles and rewards. (GR)

Explores the historical development of British Columbia's community college, university college, and institute system with the focus on voluntary collaboration in relation to provincial coordination and on swings between centralization and decentralization. Study examines development in BC's post secondary system in light of broader global…

Discusses the need to shift from the old models for organizational development to the new methods of quality management and continuous improvement, visions and visioning, and strategic planning, despite inappropriate criticisms they receive. (AEF)

Discusses the selection of the name for the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Career Development and its name change to Division on Career Development and Transition. Describes the impetus for the addition of "transition," issues surrounding the name change, and the impact of the change. (CR)

Describes the ways in which two community college presidents used framing to aid campus sense-making. Defines framing as the choice of one set of meanings over another, and sense-making as the process by which individuals interpret changes around them. Reports that the presidents chose frames that drove campus goals and subsequent strategies to…

The following strategies are presented for minimizing the effects of facility manager turnover on the Randolph-Sheppard Business Enterprise Program: develop a transition plan; pass on knowledge; become a learning organization; become an employer of choice; enhance customers' confidence through training managers; highlight star facility managers;…

Describes a cost-effective process for delivering large-scale life support training in a medical center, a situation with high risk and low tolerance for incompetence. Discusses the reengineered credentialing system that delivers competency-based instruction via multimedia CD-ROM. (SK)

Utilizes Robert Kegan's model of cognitive development to explain the challenges of achieving substantive institutional change. Asserts that effective leaders must create learning environments that support the reflective practice of "surfacing, sharing, and testing" new mental models (e.g., images and assumptions) in order to sustain…