Chapter 5

Implementing Improvements

Learning Objectives

When you complete this chapter, you should be able to define, describe, or explain the following within the context of this chapter:

•   The forms of reaction

•   Faculty resistance to change

•   Administrative resistance to change

•   The CECCIE Model

•   Reasons for internal resistance

•   Seeking endorsement

•   The process of consensus building

•   Principle of comparative advantage

•   Process of discussing concerns

•   Issues in the implementation stage

•   Performance evaluation program

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