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



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Autore: Hartley Matthew <1964-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Call to Purpose : Mission-Centered Change in Three Liberal Arts Colleges Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, Oct. 2002
Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor]
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (157 p.)
Disciplina: 78.1/01
Soggetto topico: Universities and colleges - United States - Administration
Educational planning - United States
Mission statements - United States
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
Titolo autorizzato: Call to Purpose  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-317-84946-9
1-315-82930-4
1-317-84947-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910786618703321
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Serie: RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education