ERIC Number: EJ777873
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Nov
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0158-7919
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Change Readiness among Teaching Staff at Anadolu University, Turkey
Akbulut, Yavuz; Kuzu, Abdullah; Latchem, Colin; Odabasi, Ferhan
Distance Education, v28 n3 p335-350 Nov 2007
Turkey's Anadolu University is one of the world's largest mega-universities. It is engaged in strategic planning in response to changes in the expectations of the Turkish Higher Education Council and the community at large. In re-examining its vision and strategic directions, Anadolu University needs to be informed on the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of its teaching staff, and the systems and support needed to assure their change readiness. This article examines the literature of organizational and educational change and its implications for the university. It reports on a study based on the relevant constructs from the literature and is designed to gauge the extent and nature of teaching staff knowledge, skills, practice, and research in educational and technological change, motivating and de-motivating factors, change adopter types, and perceptions of the organizational climate for change. It considers the implications of these findings and draws conclusions about what would be needed to improve staff readiness for change. (Contains 10 tables and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Organizational Climate, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Organizational Change, Educational Technology, Technology Planning, Technology Integration, Teacher Motivation, Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Higher Education, Distance Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Readiness, Teacher Surveys, Statistical Analysis, Questionnaires
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Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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