Theological Education IDENTIFIERS Likert Model for Organizational Effectiveness

A study examined increasing employee participation in a Roman Catholic seminary using an analysis of_management style to display a profile of recent changes_in the seminary's management not unlike similar changes made in secular organizations. Management behaviors relevant to_participation were analyzed_according to Likert's taxonomy, which separates management styles int, four categories ranging from highly directive to participatory._Results indicate that the seminary has shifted to a management style that allows students, faculty, and.trustees more input into management of the institution. In Likert's ideal organization, subordinates are motivated solely by rewards_and involvement, communication moves up, down,_and sideways, and decisions are made throughout the organization, but in an integrated fashion. The paper concludes that it_is_not likely that the seminary either will or should aspire to this ideal. Governed,by the Vatican,_the seminary will be restrained from extending involvement further. (SRT) * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document U.S. DEPARTMENT OF tOUCATIO