title: Collaboration of nursing faculty and college administration in creating organizational change.
abstract: At schools of nursing nationwide, surging enrollments in the early 2000s necessitated changes in administrative structures and departmental organization. The authors describe a collaboration between faculty and administrators at their midwestern liberal arts college that aided a reorganization of the school of nursing. Kurt Lewin's 1951 change theory provided the framework for the restructuring, from the initial phases of data collection through implementation of the new administrative structure. The reorganization has resulted in a more efficient use of resources in the school of nursing.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Lourdes College, Sylvania, Ohio, USA. Cheryl.Schriner@Utoledo.edu
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schriner
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deckelman
authors.forename: Mary Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kubat
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lenkay
authors.forename: Liz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nims
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015146:Midwestern United States; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D016730:Program Development