The authors argue that organizational development (OD) has evolved as one response to the need for strategies and approaches to planned change. The "stream analysis" approach presented here can be used to understand and plan the change process. This approach can facilitate insight into the state of the change process, before and after…

Outlines the symptoms of employee burnout, specific counseling strategies to avoid and treat burnout, and organizational approaches to helping affected employees. (SK)

The contemporary context and some recent trends affecting college program reviews or evaluations, current options in purposes and practices, and impacts on programs and institutions are discussed. It is recommended that the process be viewed as a contribution to the general knowledge base for campus constituencies rather than as "right answers"…

Focuses on interdisciplinary conflicts in the mental health field. Describes a series of events in a medical school's department of psychiatry. Examines the dynamics of interdisciplinary conflict in two contexts: (1) the politicization of the internal conflicts; and (2) the use of interdisciplinary conflict to obscure other basic conflicts.…

Discusses organizational growth in communications in the context of technological innovation and institutional evolution. Notes that firms are conglomerating and elaborating their administrative structures. Focuses on these trends and how they affect the telecommunications community and the interdependent actions of government and business firms.…

Explores relationships among context, structure, and performance in two-year colleges. Proposes a model for modifying policies, forms, and decision-making methods in response to changing times. Recommends the multidimensional analysis of institutional specialization, formalization, standardization, and centralization. Defines terms. (Author/DMM)

In the 1960s Siena Heights College decided: to become coeducational; to develop programs in business; and to develop a board of trustees who would have fiduciary authority and be the policy-making corpus and legal entity for the institution. The creation of a new board of turstees is described. (MLW)

The authors examine and evaluate the introduction of mixed ability teaching at Pond Street Comprehensive School and draw conclusions on organizational change. (SJL)

Argues that public school teachers are unable to do their jobs properly because the classroom has become an unworkable environment. Advocates strong teacher associations that will force boards, administrators, and the community to make the changes necessary to facilitate real teaching. (SJL)

Foundations will change in the future to meet national and world societal needs more effectively. Improved communication, increased cooperative projects, improved grant-making procedures, stronger leadership by corporate foundations and community foundations are among the trends. Fund-seekers need to change to meet new donor attitudes. (MSE)

The author describes the Norman Playgroup, a private, parent-run center which began to receive school district assistance in 1972. Several benefits are ascribed to this cooperative model: school funds allow wider service and articulation with primary schools, while nonprofessional staffing insures less expensive care and strong parental…

Because school administration has become a job of vast dimensions, the authors propose replacing the traditional assistant principal structure with a co-principal model, in which a Principal for Administration and a Principal for Instruction share responsibility for one school. Duties of each are listed. (SJL)

Organizational changes in Carleton College's alumni club system are described that facilitated: integration of volunteer efforts, communication among volunteers, training and selecting of leadership, and long-range planning. Local club officers were replaced with area steering committees including volunteers in admissions, fund raising, careers,…

Examines a study of patterns of faculty involvement in decision-making altered by the advent of collective bargaining. Characterizes the colleges involved in the study, and identifies the changes perceived by administrators and faculty union leaders with regard to faculty involvement in decision making in personnel, academic, and administrative…

Describes the use of job enrichment techniques as tools for increased productivity and organizational change. The author's motivational work design model changes not only the job design but also structural elements such as physical layout, workflow, and organizational relationships. Behavior change is more important than job enrichment. (MF)