A Journey Through Change: The Woodbridge Senior High School Story

Abstract

Culture develops gradually over time; it cannot be mandated through a series of calculated events. Real change in the work place involving the way things are done, however, can evolve when "people's behavior is influenced less by direct leadership and more by commitment to shared values" (Brandt, 1992b).

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