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ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOLS: EARLY DATA ON THE AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCE

W.R. MULFORD (Senior Lecturer in Educational Administration, School of Teacher Education, Canberra College of Advanced Education. He holds the degrees of B.Ed., M.Ed. (Saskatoon) and Ph.D. (Alberta). Dr. Mulford is the author of the recently released Structured Experiences for Use in the Classroom.)
A.B. CONABERE (Senior Master Staff Development of Wesley College, Melbourne, holds the degrees of BA (Melbourne) and B.Ed. (Monash). He is Executive Chairman of the Victorian In‐service Education Committee and Chairman of the Secondary Wing of the Victorian Institute of Educational Research. He has recently been appointed Headmaster of Wesley College Junior School.)
J.A. KELLER (Deputy Principal of Pearce Primary School, Canberra, is a New Zealand trained teacher who has taught at all levels, from Kindergarten to Teachers College in New Zealand. He is Secretary of the ACT Institute of Educational Administration.)

Journal of Educational Administration

ISSN: 0957-8234

Article publication date: 1 February 1977

78

Abstract

This article provides a brief description of and early conclusions from the first Australian experiences with Organization Development (O.D.) in schools. Early feedback is felt to be important if there is not to be hasty adoption of a seemingly successful North American (and originally industrial) administrative innovation without careful analysis of the techniques in the Australian context. Aspects of the mutual adaptation that will be required between O.D. and Australian schools, if the innovation's promised potential is to be realised, are highlighted.

Citation

MULFORD, W.R., CONABERE, A.B. and KELLER, J.A. (1977), "ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOLS: EARLY DATA ON THE AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCE", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp. 210-237. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009775

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