Strategies for Effecting Change and Innovation in a Typical School Organisation

Abstract

The school system, like any other human organisation cannot remain static in a globalised economy and technological development. This has, therefore, made change and innovation inevitable phenomena in a modern society pervaded with new ideas. School organisations have some attributes and abilities to stand the test of time and face the competitive challenges, among others. For these attributes to be enduring and lasting, there is the need to incorporate into the school system, change and innovation. This paper utilises a conceptual design model to discuss some strategies and paradigms for effecting desired change and innovation in the
school system. It identifies the variables that operate in the organisation, the possible potential sources of resistance to organisational change and innovation, the extent, the nature and process of innovation and steps and strategies that can be employed in virtually all effective change and innovation models. The cyclic nature of innovation and change is also presented in the model and how it could influence learning in the school.