Abstract:
The organizations in which we go about our daily lives are indeed complex. Not only do subgroups interact within our educational organizations but also these same organizations interact with the myriad organizations that form the whole of society. Such continuous interaction at all levels in our educational organizations is part of a giant network which is changing rapidly. All complex organizations as in the case of educational systems manufacture the ingredients of conflict and stress. As leaders we need a theoretical tool to describe this continuous evolution if we are to understand our organizations and so lead people. This paper presents an analysis of the processes employed to blend in Papua New Guinea Melanesian cultural values and practices in a reconciliation process that took place in St Benedict's Campus of Divine Word University.