03081nam a22003377 4500003912742MiAaHDL20250726000000.0m d cr bn ---auauahd|afb|||baca930317c19911991miu|||| |b||| 00|00|eng d(MiU)990039127420106381sdr-miu.990039127420106381(MiU)MIU01000000000000003912742-goog(OCoLC)68791703(UMI)09135581(MiU)Aleph003912742UMIUMIMiUUMI diss--UMDANSBY, EDWYNNA RUTHEFFECTIVENESS AS PARADOX: AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONTEXTUAL FACTORS AND PERCEPTIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES.1991, c1991.241 p.DISSERTATION (PH.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANDissertation Abstracts International,52-07A, p. 2381, AAF9135581The study concluded that, although paradox alone is an insufficient measure of effectiveness, it can be useful when employed in conjunction with other more traditional effectiveness measures such as rates of degree completion and transfer and enrollment growth. Used in this fashion, paradox can serve as an additional measure of effectiveness and assists in providing a basis for change in community colleges.The independent variables appeared to have little influence on respondents' perception of paradox. Only the trustee group displayed perceptions that clearly were influenced by some of these variables. Other groups were affected minimally, if at all.The responses indicated that respondents did perceive paradox in several important strategic decision areas, (Educational Delivery System and Student Products) although the evidence was selective and inconsistent across all areas. Nor were perceptions consistent among respondent groups. Divergence of perceptions occurred most commonly in the faculty group, and often in the trustees group, as well.The study surveyed trustees, executive administrators, middle administrators, and faculty at 170 community colleges to measure the extent to which they perceived paradox in their institutions. It also sought to determine whether perceptions of paradox were influenced by several independent, external variables including state pattern of higher education coordination and institutional characteristics such as age, size and location.This study examined the theory in the context of community colleges. It did not attempt to use paradox as a measure of effectiveness; rather it proceeded on the assumption that the presence of paradox in community colleges must exist before it can be used to assess effectiveness.A recent approach to assessing organizational effectiveness rests on the "paradox theory" as advanced by Kim Cameron. This theory asserts that effective organizations possess characteristics that appear to be contradictory and mutually exclusive.Mode of access: Internet.EDUCATION, COMMUNITY COLLEGE3901501896750800391274219930317000000.020250726000000.020260317165347.02026-03-18T10:37:23Z2024-07-20T17:30:02ZSDR-MIUmiuALMAprepare.pl-004-009BKsdr-miu.990039127420106381MiUSDRMIU003912742mdp.39015018967508MIU990039127420106381MIUMIU20260318googlemdp.390150189675081991icbibUS bib date1 >= 1931