McGill Institute for Learning in Retirement : A Case Study of Change in a Volunteer-Led Organization

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Title
McGill Institute for Learning in Retirement : A Case Study of Change in a Volunteer-Led Organization
Abstract
The author examines the process of change undergone by the McGill Institute for Learning in Retirement (McGill ILR), a volunteer-Ied organization. She notes that ILRs have emerged across North America in the 1980s and their success is attributed to the congenial participatory learning environment and the fact that members volunteer to administer the program activities in collaboration with a host university. Four years after it was founded, the leaders of the McGill ILR sensed the need to evaluate its strengths and weaknesses. The author explains that under the aegis of the McGill Centre for Continuing Education, a Planning Committee was designed and implemented an organizational self-assessment to provide recommendations for change and ensure sustainability. The author’s examination revealed: (a) that this community of older adults taught themselves how to respond to change effectively, and (b) that the overarching characteristics of an ILR, together with a spirit of dialogue, provided an organizational structure which helped volunteers absorb change.
Type
Master's Thesis
University
McGill University
Place
Montreal
Date
1997
# of Pages
viii-136p.
Language
en
URL
Citation
Rafman, Carolynn. “McGill Institute for Learning in Retirement : A Case Study of Change in a Volunteer-Led Organization.” Master’s Thesis, McGill University, 1997. https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/j098zd11d?locale=en.
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