LOC 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Tyrant, Social Proof, Cultural Conflict

• School: Northwestern University
• Department: Learning and Organizational Change
• Course: LOC 211
• Professor: Douthit

Document Summary

Currently, the school"s structure consists of houses to divide up the students and faculty into smaller sub- sections of the high school. There is a housemaster of each house and a principal, vice principal and 6 department heads for the school. Some faculty are unhappy with the way the housemasters are running things and some houses have more conflict than others. Conflict exists between housemasters and department heads and the principal because the housemasters want to provide a strong education and the department heads what to create creative solutions to teach students. For example, carver and dula and perkins are not getting along which is stagnating the progress in their teachings. There is a major debate about keeping doors locked during the day to prevent violent outbreaks. This has become a political issue because there has been. He could fire all housemasters and bring in new people.