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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: The Role of Team Functionality in Improving Organizational Performance in Public K-12 Districts
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: The Role of Team Functionality in Improving Organizational Performance in Public K-12 Districts
상세정보
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260202103530
- ISBN
- 9798288860263
- DDC
- 301.1
- 서명/저자
- Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: The Role of Team Functionality in Improving Organizational Performance in Public K-12 Districts
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : Harvard University, 2025
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
- 형태사항
- 105 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-01, Section: B.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Scott, Irvin L.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ed.D.)--Harvard University, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약This capstone examines how enhancing team functionality within a school district's Communications Department can support improved organizational performance. Using the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) as a case study, the project explores how formal systems and structured collaboration within the communications team can lead to more effective and coherent messaging aligned with the district's strategic initiatives. In a context of declining enrollment, budget deficits, and intense scrutiny from stakeholders, OUSD's ability to clearly communicate its mission, priorities, and successes is essential to building trust and supporting student achievement.The strategic project focused on strengthening the Communications Department by developing systems-such as formal meeting agendas, individual work plans, a data dashboard, and a monthly review protocol-to improve internal collaboration and alignment with senior leadership priorities. These tools were designed not only to enhance team functionality, but also to ensure that the department's messaging consistently reflected the mission and vision of OUSD, and supported its core initiatives, such as creating a joyful learning environment, ensuring literacy by third grade, empowering graduates, and recruiting and retaining a diverse and stable workforce.Furthermore, coherence across key departments-especially among partners aligned in purpose-is essential to improving the district's ability to communicate strategically and effectively, even as some teams already work collaboratively. The project demonstrated that by building and implementing systems that promote collaboration and cross-department partnerships, the Communications Department can serve as a model for how functional teams contribute to district-wide coherence and, ultimately, better organizational performance.Drawing on John Kotter's 8-Step Change Model, J. R. Hackman's framework for cross-level analysis and team effectiveness, the PELP Coherence Framework, and Monica Higgins' Career Imprints theory, this capstone underscores that when teams operate with alignment, clarity and shared purpose, they are better positioned to amplify student success stories, engage stakeholders, and support district-wide goals.
- 일반주제명
- Social psychology
- 일반주제명
- Communication
- 키워드
- Systems design
- 기타저자
- Harvard University Education
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-01B.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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