This paper demonstrates that the literature is sufficiently advanced to support the development of conceptual frameworks for organized technological innovation. The literature of multiyear planning and fiscal-year budgeting is examined in order to specify how corporate strategy impinges on organized technological innovation. A computer simulation…

Provides abstracts of 84 presentations on educational models, telecommunications, distance learning, human resources development, research, interprofessional roles, educational challenges, and innovations in allied health. (SK)

This brief annotated bibliography introduces publications from the Procedures for Adopting Educational Innovations/Concerns-Based Adoption Model program of the Research and Development Center for Teacher Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Each entry includes a bibliographic citation, a brief abstract, and availability information on…

Lengthy abstracts of two journal articles and two Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) microfiche documents on the principal's role in educational innovation and change are presented. The introduction lists eight points on the principal's role which are suggested by the articles and documents. Summaries are provided for the following:…

This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC," Volume 2, contains 18 summaries of documents and journals on competency-based education, all of which are indexed in either "Resources in Education" or "Current Index to Journals in Education." The materials included deal with various aspects of the topic, such as…

This report gives a brief history of a differentiated staffing (DS) and outlines the major differences between horizontal and vertical differentiation. The Temple City model provides an example of vertical differentiation, while the Top of the World Elementary School plan is given as a model of horizontal differentiation. Obstacles to DS…