Making Sense of Education Change at Thistle College: The Existence of Witchcraft, Witches and Shamans.

Discusses a complex and charged change program and its management at a Scottish higher education institution. Discusses the difficulties of the educational change process in higher education, the complexities surrounding notions of organizational cultures and communities of practice, and issues of power and management including the new managerialism. Looks at educational management from a "witchcraft, witches, and shamans" theoretical perspective. (EV)