Perhaps we should give strong support for an adhocracy since established committees do not appear to work as well. We had to have special committees to be able to get program review done. The established curriculum committee could not get itself to eliminate programs with no students in them. One alternative that works for some is the forming of a task force on compensation, parking, etc. Leaving these issues to established committees is to live with inaction and endless delay.
Task forces work because the committee has a focus and is oriented to the particular task.
We have a problem of climate and methodology. What methods are we going to use in communication, but how do you build a more positive climate in which communication occurs. The climate improves when you make decisions and people see that something is happening, the organization is moving. Too often we select a committee and then put them to work without effectively orienting them to the work the college is depending on that committee to do. It puts pressure on the faculty to make the decision.