Changing a school district through appreciative inquiry

Gervase R. Bushe

Chapter 8 in Cases in Organization Development and Change, 2026, pp 73-84 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Major Focus of the Case: The case follows the first two years of a cultural change process in a large diversified urban school district. The same organizational change process was used at eight sites (three were single high schools, two were combined elementary and high school sites, one was an adult learning center, and two combined all three types of institutions in common geographical areas). There was large variation in results: half showed transformational outcomes, a quarter showed incremental changes and a quarter showed no change at all. Comparing the experiences at the different sites leads to conclusions about situational conditions and elements of the change process that support transformational change.

Keywords: Appreciative inquiry; Discovery; dream; design; destiny model; Organization development; Generativity; Transformational change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035340965
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