THE ROLES OF INSTITUTIONAL CULTURES AND DECISION APPROACHES IN PROMOTING ORGANIZATIONAL-EFFECTIVENESS IN 2-YEAR COLLEGES

Authors
SMART JC KUH GD TIERNEY WG
Citation
Jc. Smart et al., THE ROLES OF INSTITUTIONAL CULTURES AND DECISION APPROACHES IN PROMOTING ORGANIZATIONAL-EFFECTIVENESS IN 2-YEAR COLLEGES, The Journal of higher education, 68(3), 1997, pp. 256
Citations number
59
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research
Journal title
The Journal of higher education → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221546
Volume
68
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1546(1997)68:3<256:TROICA>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Institutional cultures and decision approaches are shown to be strong influences on the organizational effectiveness of two-year colleges. I n addition, institutional leaders may reduce the negative influences o f declining enrollment and financial conditions on organizational effe ctiveness through efforts to instill the attributes of dan and adhocra cy cultures and rational/collegial decision approaches.