The Adoption of Innovations: The Effect of Organizational Size, Differentiation, and Environment.

Autor/inn/en	Baldridge, J. Victor; Burnham, Robert
Institution	Stanford Univ., CA. Stanford Center for Research and Development in Teaching.
Titel	The Adoption of Innovations: The Effect of Organizational Size, Differentiation, and Environment.
Quelle	(1973), (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adoption (Ideas); Diffusion; Educational Innovation; Environmental Influences; Multiple Regression Analysis; Organization; Organization Size (Groups); Predictor Variables; Research Methodology; School Community Relationship; School District Size; School Districts; Tables (Data) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ideas; Ideenfindung; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Organisation; Organisationsstruktur; Organization size; Unternehmensgröße; Prädiktor; Research method; Forschungsmethode; School district; School districts; Size; Schuleinzugsbereich; Schulbezirk; Tabelle
Abstract	Three organizational characteristics of public school districts were studied in order to determine their effects on the adoption of innovations. The sample was 184 school districts in Illinois. A list of 20 innovations was compiled, and the number actually implemented was reported by district superintendents. The ratio of the number of innovations implemented to the number possible for the district was the measure of a district's innovativeness. Each of the three factors investigated had a positive impact on the adoption of educational innovations by the schools. It is suggested that these organizational factors were influential because increased size and complexity generate specialists who search for new solutions to problems within their areas; and environmental complexity and change pose more complex problems, which must be met by more innovation. Policies and practices for promoting innovation in school districts are proposed. A selected reference list is included. (Author)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC