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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786618703321

Autore

Hartley Matthew <1964->

Titolo

Call to Purpose : Mission-Centered Change in Three Liberal Arts Colleges

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, Oct. 2002

Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor]

ISBN

1-317-84946-9

1-315-82930-4

1-317-84947-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 p.)

Collana

RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education

Disciplina

78.1/01

Soggetti

Universities and colleges - United States - Administration

Educational planning - United States

Mission statements - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction: More Than Just ""Mission""; Chapter 2 A Thematic Account of the Development of Institutional Purpose; About the selection of sites; A word about time frames; Institutional malaise; Ending the stalemate; Creating a mandate for change; Toward a common purpose; Implementing the vision; Struggles over ideology: True believers and naysayers; The dark side of change; Discovering you've arrived: Symbols of Success; Reaching the end of the life cycle of change; Chapter 3 The Search for Purpose as Institutional Revitalization

A crisis of purposeRejection of the status quo and building the consensus for change; Arriving at a new vision; Birth of a Movement: True believers, supporters, fence sitters and naysayers; Implementing the vision; Realizing the vision and the social construction of success; Mission creation as a socio-cultural movement; Comparing belief systems: Then and now; Toward a new ideology; Chapter 4 The Power, Politics, and Pathology of Ideologically Based Change; The politics of advancing a new vision; Rewriting the social contract; Pushing for change; Securing change; Constructing the enemy



Witch-hunting at OlivetAn analysis of the witch hunt; Chapter 5 Sustaining A Sense of Purpose and the Social Construction of Success; New programs and policies; Betterment of institutional life; Enhanced attractiveness of the community; Challenging members' conceptions of success; The inestimable value of success; Tempered idealism; Sustaining community; Chapter 6 Conclusion; Findings; Leadership in the cultural realm; Future research; Appendix A Research Design and Methodology; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Annotation