The amount of change that has occurred in schools is unimpressive when compared to the financial and human resources devoted to the change effort in recent years. A small number of innovations have succeeded--either by surviving in a "near-original" form or by leaving a residue of desirable change. The causal factors present in apparently…

This booklet is a brief annotated bibliography intended to aid prospective instructors in using the Inservice Training Manual that was developed as part of the Educational Management Project, a comprehensive inservice program for educational administrators. The publications listed were selected to provide background information relevant to one or…

In the last decade, interest in innovation diffusion and change strategies has grown, along with interest in the relationship between research and technology. In this paper, the author proposes to use his Configurational Theory of Innovation Diffusion (the CLER model) to organize a comprehensive review of theory, research, and technology. The CLER…

This booklet attempts to give a brief overview of the nature of organization development (OD). It describes the role of the professional organization development specialist, how he functions, and what he tries to do in the client system. It also describes the purposes of the Midwest Organization Development Network, a nonprofit association of OD…

The planner's model requires people to be rational in setting educational policies and spending resources to implement those policies. It is assumed that if an organization has difficulty in planning, the fault lies with the people, not with the model. Two images of the school cover the conceptions commonly held by many people. The image of the…

The use of a management-by-objectives format as an administrative leadership evaluation method can contribute to the effect of an organizational leadership change. The applicability of this method to situations would be determined by a number of factors that may or may not exist in every organization. While the technique of using…

The change process consists of a series of stages, beginning with awareness of organizational dysfunction and culminating in successful implementation of change. Difficulties in instigating change in schools are due to: (a) diffused and poorly defined school goals and objectives; (b) a school environment of conflicting and contradictory…

This study presents some guidelines for program innovating systems based on the experiences of those currently involved in program change. A search was conducted through recent publications to identify institutions currently involved with innovative programs in teacher preparation. A questionnaire was constructed to yield information concerning…

This packet of 10 microfiche (a total of 960 pages) contains resource materials concerning the 1974-75 National High School Debate issue, political reform. The majority of these items consist of material from United States Congressional activity (e.g., reports from several Senate and House committees, a statement by Birch Bayh on direct popular…

This paper focuses on the roles played by internal and external change agents actively involved in the adoption of Personalized Teacher Education (PTE) or its components. Six adoption agents were selected for interviews by a panel on the basis of the number of institutions worked with, number of years in the business, experience with components of…

In discussing what is meant by the concept "organization," the author raises the questions, "What is an organization that it can have such a thing as a goal?" and, assuming it appropriate to speak of organizational goals, "how do the goals of individuals bear on those of the organization?" The author submits that answers to these questions raise…

This simulation employs a case history of an actual crisis intervention in a municipal agency to describe the general principles of change within a social system, to explain the role of the consultants in the change process, and to illustrate a rationale for change procedures. Specifically, the intervention strategy employed to solve internal…

This publication is the final report of the Illinois Business Management Task Force, which conducted an intensive study of the business and management functions of Illinois' public elementary and secondary schools in 1972. Data for the study were gathered through a survey of a stratified sample of 137 local school districts. The report is…

The article views power as a potential tool for human resource development (HRD) practitioners and focuses on personal power (the ability to influence others) rather than on role power (the right to influence others). Manipulation is discussed as a way to exercise personal power. (Author/BP)

Discusses the use of conflict management and organizational development techniques to develop collaborative decision-making in an organization. (Available from The Conference Board Record, Box 908 SDR P.O. Station, New York, NY 10022; $30.00 annually, $1.50 single copy.) (JG)