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Organizational consulting models and performance improvement: The case of rural schools in Lithuania
Organizational consulting models and performance improvement: The case of rural schools in Lithuania

Author(s): Rasa Nedzinskaitė-Mačiūnienė, Agnė Brandišauskienė, Jūratė Česnavičienė, Ramutė Bruzgelevičienė
Subject(s): Education, Psychology, Management and complex organizations, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Ekonomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu
Keywords: models of school consulting; school/organizational performance; effectiveness;

Summary/Abstract: The present article is concerned with a possible organizational consulting model of schools in rural areas with unfavorable social, economic and cultural (SEC) environments. Specifically, the study offers a case study analysis of five rural schools of one Lithuanian municipality. The results yield a conceptual framework for a model of rural school consultation. The proposed model is in line with the theoretical approaches of the dynamic and the ecological theories. The obtained research results offer suggestions and insights for organizational development theory and practice.

  • Issue Year: 25/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 195-213
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English