Without a commitment to a corporate value system that supports teamwork, the very best of efforts will be diluted and stifled. It does not take very long for vitalized, optimistic middle managers to become socialized by a closed system into becoming pessimistic for the remainder of their corporate lives. (Author/IRT)

Five Major Policy Resolutions were adopted, without objection, at the 33rd Annual Convention of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) held in Salt Lake City, Utah, in October 1976. The issues involved were: Treaties and Trust Responsibilities, Tribal Government, Jurisdiction, Federal Administration and Structure of Indian Affairs, and…

This book is about defining, establishing, and sustaining a literacy community in a seventh-grade reading classroom. The book examines this particular literacy community, its meaning making, and the power structures within the community--providing educators with insights they can apply in their own classrooms. It is based on a 4-year examination,…

This conceptual analysis discusses how Paulo Freire's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" theorizes the transformation of the oppressor. This work has played a major role in the creation, maintenance, and reinvigoration of critical pedagogy. The paper describes Freire's theory for transforming the oppressor and critically assesses his theory.…

This study examined teacher authority in the classroom. Researchers spent one semester in a college composition class observing each class session, taking field notes, and tape recording the classes. Data collection also involved: interviews with five students throughout the semester; two anonymous background surveys of the class; an instructor…

The hypothesized curvilinear relationship between powerlessness and social activism was not supported; however, when social activism is defined as a nonviolent "within-the-system" intervention, there is a direct linear relationship between the variables--with the powerful students exhibiting a tendency to embrace this form of social activism.…

Authoritarian management from above can no longer impose controls on subordinates. Participative management is now essential to improve organizational efficiency, release individual and group initiative, and make a fundamental improvement in the climate of British industrial relations. (MS)

Government legislation influences management styles. When the power is generated from below instead of above, a completely new philosophy is necessitated to cope with the systems of informal and formal power. (MS)

Describes a method for estimating the possible dimensions of youth power in each community to assist in determining administrative responses to an enfranchised, and politically active, student body. (Author)

The concept of an open society, wherein all the social, political and economic arrangements are open to criticism, is explored. The central role of education is considered to be the creation and maintenance of an open society. (Author/KM)

This study examined teachers' sense of powerlessness within two distinctive school organizational structures. Definite patterns of teacher sense of powerlessness were uncovered within Authoritarian and Collegial school structures. In addition, a majority of teachers in Authoritarian schools experienced a greater sense of powerlessness than did…

Examines the dynamics of the power struggle during the 1960's by focusing on the demands of black Americans and the responses of the Federal government. (DM)

Argues that perhaps there is a chance that the drastic conditions existing in the slums (conditions which are spreading to previously stable old neighborhoods) will be the major force which will break the back of factionalism, elitism, and neocolonialism and serve as the lever for authentic democratic community development. (Author/JM)

Recent data from two state universities confirm the basic incompatability of student and outside'' forces for change within the university, and the substantial but probably tenuous legitimacy afforded university administrations. (JMB)

Considers the concept of organizational climate and examines the relationships to be expected between different aspects of climate and various dimensions of organizational structure and context. Examination of the effect of hierarchical level on perceptions of organizational climate showed significant variations by level. (Author)