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The Computer And The Secondary School English Curriculum, Marjorie Schmieder

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Informational Needs Within A Decision Making Model For Curriculum Development, Sandra J. Rowell

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This thesis analyzes informational needs within a decision-making model for curriculum development, focusing on the Francis Howell School District's shift from decentralized to centralized curriculum in the 1970s. The study uses Lipham's decision-making model, which involves recognizing a problem, gathering information, considering alternatives, making a choice, and evaluating the outcome.

The author, a member of the planning committee, provided information and suggestions for the study, including criteria for curriculum guides, sample guides from other districts, and a review of goals and objectives. The thesis also explores different value bases and curriculum theories, emphasizing the importance of understanding these values in …

Teambuilding For Nurse Managers, Juanita L, Moore

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The Reogranization Of A Nursing Unit, Donna Jean Fischer

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The change of management on a medical-progressive care unit will be observed for A) acceptance with a relatively favorable attitude by subordinates, B) a specific organizational plan designed to level and impose the nature the individual's ability and desire to behave in accord with new management 's positions.

Instituting Management Changes Through Decentralized Budgeting In A Public Mental Health Setting, Wesley E. Wilber

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This study examines the adoption and implementation of a decentralized budgeting model within a public mental‑health institution, focusing on the administrative, financial, and organizational consequences of shifting from a centrally controlled budget framework toward local unit responsibility. Drawing on archival records, budget data, and administrative narratives from the institution’s transition period, the analysis highlights how decentralization altered decision‑making dynamics, cost behaviour, service orientation, and internal accountability structures. The decentralization initiative empowered individual units by giving them budgetary control over expenditures previously managed at the centralized level, thereby increasing their autonomy over staffing, program purchases, and resource reallocation. This shift brought …

An Individualized Program For The Learning Resource Center, Marian Woyna

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This project outlines the development and implementation of an individualized program for the Learning Resource Center (LRC) at Roach School. Initiated in response to organizational shifts—including the adoption of the Individually Guided Education (I.G.E.) model, restructuring due to desegregation, and expanded special education services—the program addresses the growing need for differentiated learning opportunities beyond the traditional classroom setting.

Marian Woyna’s work emphasizes a shift from a passive LRC role to an active, instructional one, supporting students across a range of academic abilities and personal interests. Drawing on the theories of confluent education and the Prester Theory of brain function, the …

An Examination And Evaluation Of Organizational Development Implementation And Its Effects In A Department Of An Institution Of Higher Learning, Duane Jelinek

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Design For A Developing Consortium, Henry A. Mauermeyer

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The number of consortia in American higher education expanded rapidly from only ten in 1960 to eighty in 1973. Many do not have an organized method of developing interinstitutional cooperation, structuring their internal management, or preparing to meet future expansion.

The design of an organizational process appropriate to consortia in general has been developed in this thesis. The design is based on an analysis of various materials: (1) literature on the consortium movement; (2) data gathered from a nationwide survey conducted by the author; (3) visits with directors of consortia and experts in the consortium field; (4) actual working experience …