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Pennings, Johannes M.; Goodman, Paul S. – 1976
A new conceptual framework of organizational effectiveness is described. The framework has three distinctive features: (a) It provides a definition of organizational effectiveness built around the concepts of outcomes, constraints, and referents; (b) it delineates three subsystems on which effectiveness, as well as relevant determinants, can be…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Definitions, Efficiency, Industrial Structure
Dickinson, Gary – 1979
To examine Coolie Verner's contributions to the study of adult education as a systematic discipline, the author of this paper reviews and analyzes Verner's publications from 1950-1975. The first of five sections describes this as a period of rapid growth for the adult education field. Verner is depicted as a leader in developing a substantive body…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
