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ERIC Number: EJ178028
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Educating Toward Shared Purpose, Self-Direction and Quality Work: The Theory and Practice of Liberating Structure
Torbert, William R.
Journal of Higher Education, 49, 2, 109-35, Mar/Apr 78
Higher educational institutions can produce quality work only to the degree that they simultaneously encourage the development of self-direction and shared purpose among their members. Eight characteristics of a "liberating structure" are developed and a case analysis of a business school course is presented. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Business Education, College Role, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Leadership, Models, Organizational Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education
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