The second Corps Member Training Institute, (CMTI-II), sponsored by the National Teacher Corps is studied as a temporary system, using an ethnographic participant/observer methodology. / Preceded by a review of the relevant literature and a discussion of the participant observer methodology, the chronological evolution of CMTI-II is examined. Particular attention is given to the achievement of tasks, linkage with the Lewin/Sche in change model, and the observed level of effort and emotional intensity displayed by staff and participants. Also included is an analysis of the consistency between the processes used to accomplish tasks at CMTI-II and the temporary systems model. In addition, a study of the feelings of the leadership and participants in terms of their respective roles is reported. / Like other anthropological research, the findings of the study are primarily reflected in the body of the ethnography itself. However, a summary of the data shows that twenty-one of of twenty-seven tasks specified by the model were achieved at CMTI-II, linkage with the Lewin/Sche in change model was partial, the observed level of effort among staff and participants was generally high, there was partial consistency between the processes used to achieve tasks and the model, and the feelings of staff and participants generally reflected enthusiasm for and ownership of the system. It is suggested that future research focus on the importance of the following up stage of the temporary systems model in relation to change of the permanent system. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-07, Section: A, page: 1591. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76107 |
| Contributors | ASKINS, THOMAS ALLEN., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 209 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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