Call to Purpose : Mission-Centered Change in Three Liberal Arts Colleges
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| Autore: |
Hartley Matthew <1964->
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| Titolo: |
Call to Purpose : Mission-Centered Change in Three Liberal Arts Colleges
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Routledge, Oct. 2002 |
| Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor] | |
| New York ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Routledge, , 2002 | |
| ©2002 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (157 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 78.1/01 |
| 378.101 | |
| 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 |
| 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.: | 9910807678703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education