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Download full textImel, Susan – 1982
Quality circles are part of the movement to provide workers with increased autonomy, responsibility, and authority. Key elements of quality circles are the characteristics of their members, volunteer participation, regular meetings, training, problem identification, and solution implementation. The theoretical bases of quality circles include:…
Descriptors: Employee Responsibility, Employer Employee Relationship, Organizational Development, Organizational Theories
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Direct linkNixon, John S.; Lundquist, Sara – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1998
Argues for a new organizational culture of collaboration in the community college, one defined by student-centered goals. Discusses several projects that employ this new partnership model, specifically Santa Ana College's (California) Summer Scholars Transfer Institute, which developed from a collaborative assessment by the internal and external…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Change, Institutional Cooperation
Hanninen, Gail E. – 1994
This digest provides a process for assuring that the unique needs of students who are gifted are addressed within the context of systemic educational reform. Several key elements guide the process: creating belief statements, clarifying the issues, and designing strategies for implementation. Generating belief statements based on what is believed…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Beliefs, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Zimmer-Loew, Helene – 1986
Short-term travel study programs for high school students offer international interpersonal encounters, exposure to foreign languages, and opportunities for students to develop a sense of global citizenship and international responsibility. There appears to be a growing interest among educators in involving students in foreign travel and study. A…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Cross Cultural Training, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Wilson, Brent G.; And Others – 1994
Peakview is a new school that is implementing a number of organizational and teaching strategies advocated by the school restructuring reform movement. Among those strategies is the infusion of more than 80 networked microcomputers and related technology and software. This evaluation study examined the impact of the technology on the school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning
Schinke-Llano, Linda – 1985
This state-of-the-art review explores types of foreign language (FL) programs, the rationale for early FL study, research evidence, program development, evaluation issues, and areas for further development. Chapter 1 outlines the various types of early FL programs that have been implemented, such as foreign language experience (FLEX) programs,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
