Organizational Adaptation and Higher Education

Topic

Organizational Adaptation and Higher Education

Instructions

What is the problem the author addresses?

What are the assumptions the author makes?

What theoretical, conceptual, or interpretive framework does the author use?

What is the author’s model of education? In other words:

What is the role of education in society? What should it be?

What are the methods that the author uses?

What type of publication is it?

What is the research design? (case study, longitudinal study, etc.)

What is (are) the unit(s) of analysis?

What is the nature of the evidence?

How are the data analyzed?

Does the data fit the line of argument?

What are the author’s findings?

Is the argument convincing? Why or why not?

Does the theory adequately explain, predict, or interpret the phenomena is question?

To what extent is the phenomenon in question explained by the theory?

To what extent might the phenomenon in question also be explained by other variables and/or theories?

What implications for professional practice can be drawn from this scholarship?

Answer preview

In the above article the author offers a conceptual structure for planning the research on organizational adjustment to environmental transformation. It is clear that the author has effectively identified four fundamental strains in the literature review, founded on conflicting assumptions as to the comparative authority of executives to influence the entire adaptation process. With this structure, the author investigates the present atmosphere facing higher education and obtains implications for 1980s leadership. In essence, the research study has started with a conceptual framework that supports the initial hypothesis of the study denoting that their need to conduct an investigation regarding organizational adaptation and higher education.

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