Understanding and facilitating organizational change in the 21st century : recent research and conceptualizations / Adrianna J. Kezar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kezar, Adrianna J.

Series:

ASHE-ERIC higher education report ; v. 28, no. 4.

ASHE-ERIC higher education report ; v. 28, no. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change.

Education, Higher--United States--Administration.

Education, Higher.

United States.

Administration.

Universities and colleges--United States--Administration.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

xv, 162 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2001]

Summary:

There is a widespread discontent with the quality of education and levels of college student achievement, particularly for undergraduates preparing for the professions. This report examines the educational challenges in preparing professionals, reviews the specific types of curriculum innovations that faculty and administrators have created or significantly revised to strengthen college graduates' abilities, and focuses on the societal changes and expectations produced by the acceleration in technology.

Contents:

Executive summary

Providing a common language for understanding organizational change

Theories and models of organizational change

Understanding the nature of higher education organizations: key to successful organizational change

Higher education models of change: examination through the typology of six models

Research-based principles of change

Future research on organizational change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references (pages 133-147)

ISBN:

0787958379

OCLC:

48101262