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| An organization development intervention in a Namibian rural school in Ohanguena region | |
| Kashikatu;Lukas | |
| 出版年 | 2010 |
| 学位授予单位 | Rhodes University, Faculty of Education, Education |
| 英文摘要 | Post independent Namibia adopted a decentralization policy which involved the transfer of decision-making powers and administrative authority from central government to government institutions, including schools, with a view to improving quality. However, despite new educational policies, Namibian educators continue to operate in a non-participatory manner and are unprepared for their role as change agents. This has created tension between the espoused benefits of decentralizing and the reality in schools. In such a turbulent situation schools need to be helped to understand the complexity of change in order to adapt, and OD plays a crucial role in this regard. OD is a consciously thought of and systematically implemented organization-wide improvement effort which aims at increasing organizational effectiveness and health through action research. Rather than a top-down change approach, the OD practice adopts a bottom-up approach to change. This study introduced and investigated an OD intervention in a Namibian rural school in Ohanguena Education Region, with the purpose of exploring participants’ perceptions and experience of the process and of the possible short-term outcome of the intervention. Its findings could be of significance to educators, organizations and future OD esearchers. The study is an action research case study located in the interpretive and critical paradigms. Multiple data collection tools were used during this study, namely observations, structured one-to-one interviews and focus group interviews. Interpretive analysis was used as the data analysis approach. The study found that despite OD being new to participants, it was embraced as a change strategy as it made significant impact on their understanding of organizations and conception of change which is radically different from the common top-down approach to change. The intervention further empowered participants with new skills of initiating change and problem-solving strategies. Apart from that, the intervention yielded a positive short-term outcome which motivated participants to adopt and apply OD in the future without underestimating challenges associated with the process. |
| 英文关键词 | Action research in education -- Namibia Organizational change -- Namibia School improvement programs -- Namibia Rural schools -- Namibia |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003567 |
| 来源机构 | Rhodes University |
| 资源类型 | 学位论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/245229 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Kashikatu;Lukas. An organization development intervention in a Namibian rural school in Ohanguena region[D]. Rhodes University, Faculty of Education, Education,2010. |
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