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Lord of the Flies Community College: A Case Study of Organizational Disintegration
- The Review of Higher Education
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 16, Number 4, Summer 1993
- pp. 419-437
- 10.1353/rhe.1993.0006
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This interpretive case study examines the organizational disintegration of a community college which had experienced a sudden loss of leadership. Its culture both contributed to and prevented organizational chaos. The essay addresses how leaders can honor the culture and mission of educational organizations and simultaneously work to transform them.