People didn't understand what they were supposed to do and were not used to the idea of working with others to determine their new role. Also, there was confusion over resources, previously allocated very specifically and now given to the teams to determine their use. We can no longer look at restructuring, or change, as a program that will come and go. As educators, we must accept that constant change and flexibility are the norm, not the exception. Organizational structures in education must change.
Bureaucracies break work down into a series of discrete tasks.
Educating students is not a series of specialized jobs but a set of integrated steps and responsibilities. We have attempted to implement an organizational structure that supports this reality. References Huse, E., and T. Cummings. Organization Development and Change . The Change Masters .