Courtney Ngai

Departmental Action Teams can catalyze sustained change at individual, group, and organization levels part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Conferences and Events:Conferences and Meetings:Transforming Institutions Conference 2025:Program:Presentations:45 Minute Oral Presentations
Models supporting sustained departmental change have emerged in recent years, including the Departmental Action Team (DAT) Project. However, a gap exists in our understanding of mechanisms by which change occurs ...

Sustained department-wide changes achieved by Departmental Action Teams part of Transforming Institutions Conference 2023:Program:Presentations:Session C
The Departmental Action Team (DATs) project developed a new model supporting departmental change and ran seventeen DATs across the time period of 2014-2021. DATs were based in a wide variety of academic ...

Connecting Project Principles and a Theory of Change to Practice: Departmental Action Teams part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Conferences and Events:Conferences and Meetings:Transforming Institutions Conference 2021:Program:Presentations:Session VI
Every change effort needs a solid foundation in order to achieve its desired impacts. We have found that project principles and a Theory of Change (TOC) provide such a foundation for the Departmental Action Team ...

Characterizing departmental culture and assessing change with the DELTA survey part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Conferences and Events:Conferences and Meetings:Transforming Institutions Conference 2019:Program:Oral Presentations:Session F
There have been many change initiatives to improve undergraduate education, but despite investment of significant resources, implemented changes do not always last. Researchers in organizational change suggest that ...