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Research in Organizational Dynamics: Implications for School Administrators

ALAN F. BROWN (Professor of Educational Administration at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and Professor of Educational Theory in the University of Toronto. Formerly a Superintendent of Schools, Professor Brown has held sessional lectureships at a number of Canadian universities. His academic qualifications include B.A. and B.Paed. of the University of Manitoba and M.Ed. and Ph.D. of the University of Alberta. A prolific writer in the field of organizational behaviour, Professor Brown is Consulting Editor for the Journal of Experimental Education and an abstracter for Educational Administration Abstracts.)

Journal of Educational Administration

ISSN: 0957-8234

Article publication date: 1 January 1967

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Abstract

Research into educational organizations is usually concerned with one of two distinct connotations—investigation into the patterns of deploying teachers and pupils, as in team teaching, or investigations into the nature of the organizations themselves. The latter approach has great promise for providing insights into administrative behaviour. The work of Katz and Kahn, Presthus and Carlson helps to provide such insights. Much attention is now being paid to the initiation of organizational change, especially as it affects the organizational climate. The results of a recent project in this area suggest that administrators who wish to change organizational climate may 1. “Thicken the mix” through freeing communication; 2. Sharpen perception through training in interpersonal awareness; S. Improve output by not tinkering with the statics of the organization.

Citation

BROWN, A.F. (1967), "Research in Organizational Dynamics: Implications for School Administrators", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 36-49. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009608

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