Recent studies of innovation and change in organizations have included case studies of change (and the problems associated with it), cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of secondary data, and efforts toward developing an empirically based theory of organizational change. The present paper is in that tradition, but it is substantially more…

This bibliography is intended to provide recommended readings and videotapes on managing organizations for quality improvement. The target audience consists primarily of managers and leaders for quality in the Department of Navy activities. The aim of this volume is to bring together a collection of materials drawn from a wide variety of sources,…

Presents a 27-item annotated bibliography that overviews theories of organization from the viewpoint of culture, using five themes of organizational research as a framework. Notes that each section introduces specific theories of international, intercultural, or organizational communication, building upon them through a series of related articles,…

This publication consists of a brief essay on the scientific analysis of organizational interaction and structures and a bibliography of relevant publications. The author discusses the application of mathematical ordering and analysis to the study of organizations and examines the relationship between organizational structure and interpersonal…

This paper addresses five aspects of educational planning, summarizing recent trends in theories, models, and strategies that apply to planning at the national level. Individual chapters focus in turn on 1) issues and problem areas addressed by planning, 2) planning models in use, 3) nonformal education as a focus of planning, 4) indicators of…

Focusing on publications that have addressed Total Quality Management at the university level, this annotated bibliogrpahy contains 42 citations. The citations date from 1979 to 1992, with the greatest number in the late 80s and the 90s. Both journal articles and books are included. (NKA)

Given that management can be defined as the activity that allocates and utilizes resources to achieve group or organizational goals, anyone who is in a position to assign and use a group's or organization's human or nonhuman resuources may benefit by making use of selected readings from this bibliography. The editor has divided the bibliography…

This selective, annotated bibliography presents the results of a survey of current literature in several disciplines relating to the theme of information flows and transfer in educational organizations. Created as a preliminary step in an ongoing research project to investigate the formal and informal information processes in a small college…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 12 titles deal with the following topics: establishing newspapers in the Washington Territory; the business history of the antebellum Wisconsin newspaper, 1833-1860; the idea of news in a culturally plural society; the…

The sources annotated in this bibliography contain ideas that the school administrator can use to enable organizational change to happen more surely, with less frustration. Most of the entries deal with processes or structures in schools or their environments. Many describe projects of organizational change. Some sources concerning other kinds of…

This bibliography is meant to reflect the growing diversity and complexity of the theory and social thought that contribute to contemporary planning. The purpose of this bibliography is to explore this diversity as it pertains to the various biases in planning as a social process. The organization of the document reflects the various…

An introduction to the literature of public administration with the goal of assisting in the development of administrative abilities for practitioners in mid-level higher education administration is provided. The bibliography is divided by areas within this discipline and is prefaced by a brief description of each area. (MLW)