A single site study on the implementation of change in higher education

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2016
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University of Alabama Libraries
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This study was designed to share information on the perspectives of those tasked with implementing change initiatives on campus. The study sought to better understand the academic personnel’s perceptions of change at the focus institution. This study was designed to gain information from the perceptions of academic personnel who have been through change initiatives so that future change initiatives can be more sensitive to these perspectives. Understanding how leaders perceive the event and how it affects them and their institution should provide administrators with the information they need to serve their employees during the next initiative. The study was guided by the following research questions: 1. How do academic personnel perceive their roles in the process of institutional change initiatives? 2. How do academic personnel perceive academic restructuring to affect them? 3. How do academic personnel perceive academic restructuring to affect their institution? The research findings provided insight into the perceptions of academic personnel concerning institutional change.

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Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
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Higher education administration, Higher education, Educational administration
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