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KANTER, EARL F.; BENDER, RALPH E. – 1966
THE PURPOSE OF THIS NATIONAL STUDY WAS TO SUGGEST WAYS OF ADAPTING THE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA (FFA) TO A CHANGING PROGRAM OF VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE THROUGH IDENTIFYING NEW PURPOSES OF THE FFA AND EVALUATING SELECTED OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES AND NATIONAL AND STATE FFA ACTIVITIES. MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES OFFICE OF EDUCATION, HEAD STATE…
Descriptors: Activities, Agricultural Education, Educational Change, Guidelines
Beck, Kenneth Nathaniel – 1968
A history of the American Institute of Sacred Literature, from its beginning in 1880 as a correspondence school of Hebrew under William Rainey Harper until its dissolution at the University of Chicago Divinity School in 1948, was gathered by interview and search of primary source materials. The Institute's affiliation with other agencies through…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Biblical Literature, Correspondence Schools
Carson, Robert B., Ed. – 1968
A collection of six papers presented on separate occasions to practicing administrators deals with the general topic of the implementation and consequences of change in an organization. The authors and titles of the papers are (1) A. V. Piggott, "Educating for Tomorrow's Needs," (2) T. C. Byrne, "Research and Decision Making," (3) Keith…
Descriptors: Administrators, Annotated Bibliographies, Decision Making, Educational Administration
Ortiz, Flora Ida – 1976
A study by Berg illustrates the research that has been conducted into the impact of collective bargaining on structural elements and role differentiation in education. The study compared principals from unionized and nonunionized school districts in Illinois; its intent was to determine specific role changes and effects upon principals as a result…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Collective Bargaining, Educational Research, Educational Theories
Bingham, Charles D. – 1974
The Air Force has maintained an increasing awareness of the basic principles of personnel counseling and human relations. However, it does not have a basic integrated counseling program at base level. This study addresses five base level activities whose dominant mission involves counseling. These activities are: the Education Services Office,…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Services, Human Relations
Hackman, J. Richard – 1974
Job enrichment rapidly is becoming one of the most widely used behavioral science strategies for organizational change. And there is scattered but compelling evidence that, under certain conditions, the technique can lead simultaneously to both improved productivity and an increase in the quality of employee work experiences. Yet observations of…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Automation, Evaluation, Failure
Swanson, Charles H. – 1975
Rapidly changing organizational systems and individual demands, as outlined by Alvin Toffler in "Future Shock," call for a unique flexibility in change strategies. Although theatre, as reflected in the degree of support by the national budget, is not considered a high priority item, it can provide a valuable social function. With the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Dramatics, Futures (of Society), Individual Characteristics
The Practitioner, 1976
This newsletter briefly discusses the question of whether or not large secondary schools suffer from more problems than smaller schools and then examines the possibility of subdividing large schools through use of the "school-within-a-school" approach. Two different variations on the school-within-a-school approach are described, including…
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, High Schools, House Plan, Models
Wolfe, A. E. – 1975
This paper discusses the financial crisis facing public education in the United States today and argues that the most effective response to this crisis is to improve the decision-making skills of educational administrators. Based on a review of the literature on administrative decision-making and organizational change, the author examines several…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Change Strategies, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills
Warnecke, George F. – 1973
The document reviews nine separate bills which were introduced to the Illinois General Assembly in 1973 to implement Article X of the 1970 Illinois Constitution by creating a State board of education. Also discussed is a House Joint Resolution which is under consideration and which is a constitutional amendment that would revert the State to the…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Comparative Analysis, Educational Legislation, Organizational Change
Farace, Richard V.; Danowski, James A. – 1973
Investigating the networks of communication in organizations leads to an understanding of efficient and inefficient information dissemination as practiced in large systems. Most important in organizational communication is the role of the "liaison person"--the coordinator of intercommunication. When functioning efficiently, coordinators maintain…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Coordinators, Information Networks, Information Theory
Computer Applications, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1969
Information was gathered concerning community Action Agencies (CAA) educational activities, programatic activities and organizational interactions both within the CAA structure and between the CAA and other organizations. The study was designed to focus on a comparison between CAA educational activities and specified Community Action Program (CAP)…
Descriptors: Agencies, Agency Cooperation, Community Action, Community Resources
Livingstone, D. W. – 1970
This paper presents a summary and analysis of the current state of research in the field of organizational innovativeness and develops a provisional conceptual outline of the overall process and characteristics of organizational innovation and the general factors which may be related to innovativeness. Based on the "summaries approach" to…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Conceptual Schemes, Innovation, Measurement
Croft, John C. – 1969
Organizational development in education views the school as a social system and is directed toward growth of the school's internal staff relationships so that the school can attain and sustain an optimum level of organizational performance. During a 1-week training session, involving administrative and teaching staff members at an experimental…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Experimental Schools, Interpersonal Relationship, Organizational Change
West Virginia Univ., Morgantown. Appalachian Center. – 1967
Present and possible future forms of West Virginia rural extension organization were examined in the light of modern societal change and complexity. Individual adjustment to a changing social and cultural environment was proposed as the aim of the future Extension service. These were among the implications of such an orientation: (1) with the aim…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Educational Objectives, Ethnic Groups, Organizational Change
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