Introducing Information Communication Technology (ICT) into schools heightens uncertainty due to the complexity and ambiguity of the process. By decomposition, articulation, and rationalization of ICT-based practices, teachers can better integrate it into the classroom; however, as literature deals with teachers' management of ICT integration,…

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for understanding the sources of variation in the perceived purposes and implementation of the planning process. (Author)

The methodology, assumptions, and values viewed here are emergent factors that can provide the framework for a thriving new discipline. That the limits of the rational-man theory are beginning to be recognized is evidenced by considerable methodological flexibility and increased interests in personal, self-actualizing aspects of organizations.…

Presents some of the results of and information learned in a recent nationwide survey of 140 school systems that were implementing PPBS. Focuses on the development of planning activities that can minimize the impact of problems or obstacles on the implementation of performance plans. (Author/IRT)

Four trends within planned change literature are identified: the increased use of the concept of limited rationality; a better understanding of the implementation process; more exploration of issues dealing with evaluation; and the development of new models for understanding planned change. (MD)

After listing factors that research and desegregation experience indicate impede desegregation success, the authors present a model that recommends identifying new, effective, researched, and nationally demonstrated programs that would address these factors. (JM)

The 1980s ideology, influenced by global economic downturns, deemphasized expanding educational quantity and access and focused on improving quality. This paper addresses equity/quality problems faced by developing nations. Qualitative improvement will be neither cheaper nor easier than expanding the present system. Improving both access and…

While pressures to revise administrator evaluation systems are increasing, the actual process demands great time, energy, and commitment to planned change. This article describes a large urban school district's efforts to redefine evaluation purposes, develop a process and principles, and implement and assess the new system. Includes 23…

Explains "purpose design," a planning and problem-solving strategy involving determination of planning purposes, generation and selection of solutions, specification of solution details, implementation, and evaluation. Describes the application of purpose design to the planning of an alumni association at Black Hawk College, a community college in…

Describes the organization and delivery of a program for approximately nine principals based on participants' own needs and the use of practitioners themselves as prime resources. (Author/JM)

An 11-step model designed to maximize the desirable traits and minimize the side effects of competitive funding. (RA)