The reorganization of the College of Education and Allied Professions at the University of Toledo is discussed. The analysis is based on Baldridge's political model, Bacharach and Lawler's views of politics and power, Pirsig's concept of quality, and the Oxford English Dictionary definitions of "passion." To investigate the administrative and committee organization of the college, the college's new dean created an organization study committee, which included one representative from the college's 14 departments. The committee considered various organizational issues, including: the number of administrators and their responsibilities; the blurring between appropriate faculty and administrative functions; the overlapping of administrative functions (e.g., between departments and divisions); and the academic role of departments. In analyzing the role and influence of the committee, attention is directed to several important issues: ideological differences between theoretical and applied academic areas, or between disciplines; the process of articulating interests to the dean; the translation of interests into policies; the difference between authority and influence; the implementation of new administrative and committee structures; and the effects of organizational change on faculty. (SW)