Essays on Robert F. Kennedy

Timing and Urgency

The Door Question-The problem had risen due to the rise in insecurity in the learning institution. Hence, the previous principal, Weis told the vice principal to instruct the teachers to close all the doors of the houses to prevent outsiders from coming in. The solution was understandable, but it limited the distinctiveness and autonomy of the houses (Gabarro, 1983). David King should thus consider seeking a better remedy such as appointing security guards instead of closing the doors. The Avoidance of Dealing with Conflict-The challenge is closely related to the door question. It involves improving the security within the ...

David King is facing a lot of challenges in the Robert F. Kennedy High School, because the system of organizational thinking has not been created in this school. Now in order to make this educational institution more effective, he needs to find the right solutions that first and foremost will stop the ongoing organizational crisis and secondly will improve performance of housemasters, teachers and pupils. In the TED-video “Dare to Disagree” Heffernan provides an example of constructive conflict that helped an organization that specializes in medical devices to progress (Heffernan, 2012). A similar approach could be applied to Robert ...

Robert F. Kennedy School is an experimental school that faces a large number of organizational problems that in just two years led to student violence, poor performance, and a teacher walk (Gabarro, 1974, p. 1). Additionally, there is very weak communication between the staff which leads to interpersonal conflicts between department heads, housemasters and teachers. David King, who is the new school principal, has no time for complex organization development and has to apply specific interest and some classical designs of OD in order to swiftly resolve majority of the problems. It seems that the “house system” concept was ...