Open AccessA Case Study in Getting Faculty to Change
Author(s) -
Middendorf Joan K.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.1998.tb00350.x
Subject(s) - process (computing) , resistance (ecology) , key (lock) , psychology , offset (computer science) , public relations , knowledge management , process management , engineering ethics , medical education , computer science , political science , business , engineering , medicine , computer security , ecology , biology , programming language , operating system
Academic support professionals have a lot to share with faculty, but it is our special challenge that faculty do not always welcome our help. We can achieve greater success and suffer less frustration by understanding some principles about the process of change. This article offers four principles of implementing change and illustrates their application to a project. If academic support professionals prepare to offset resistance, model a vision of success, involve key people, and match strategies to the stages faculty move through in accepting a change, we can enhance adoption of new approaches.