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PARTICIPATIVE AND HIERARCHICAL MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOLS: SOME EMERGING GENERALIZATIONS
EUGENE W. RATSOYRecent studies of bureaucracy and decision making in education using differing methodologies and populations are, the writer claims, pointing to generalizations which are largely…
PRINCIPALS AS BUREAUCRATS
BARRIE BRENNANIn this study administrative behaviour of secondary Principals is examined to test hypotheses that assume this behaviour to be bureaucratic. Overall, non‐bureaucratic behaviour is…
HIGH SCHOOLS AS STAFF PERCEIVE THEM
M.C. GRASSIEHalpin and Croft's OCDQ and Aiken and Hayes' bureaucratisation scale were administered to the staffs of 14 State High Schools in an Australian city. The data were subjected to a…
AN EVALUATION OF AN INSTRUMENT FOR ASSESSING SCHOOL CLIMATE
J.A. REESThis article is concerned with evaluating an instrument designed to assess the characteristics of the learning “climate” in secondary schools. The “inflationary” pressures now…
SCHOOL BOARD INCUMBENT DEFEAT IN PARTISAN ELECTIONS
FRANK W. LUTZ, PATRICK D. LYNCHThis research replicated earlier research done in non‐partisan school district elections, concerning the effect of school board member incumbent defeat on non‐voluntary…
EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND THE PROFESSORIAL ROLE
JACK CULBERTSONThe article defines educational planning from differing perspectives and describes four bodies of knowledge bearing upon the concept. The bodies of knowledge described are…
SOME OCCUPATIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL IMPLICATIONS FOR DESIGNING AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
WILLIAM M. EVANThe purpose of this paper is to design an experimentally‐oriented program for the training of a new generation of educational a administrators. The rationale for the program is…
FUTURE COGNITION AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
CHARLES W. CASE, ROBERT L. LARSONSocial and educational planning has often been characterized by limited vision, short time frames, and consideration of only a limited number of variables. Many current futurists…
THE ORGANIZATIONAL INVENTORY MEETING: GAINING AND INTEGRATING ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITMENT
JOHN C. CROFT, CATHERINE BARKERThis paper reports on the history, rationale, procedures, and results of a 4‐day meeting of some 96 administrators from 2 large school systems, representing all levels of…
ON SOCIAL SYSTEMS THEORY AS A PREDICTOR OF EDUCATIONAL CHANGE: THE ADOPTION OF CLASSROOM INNOVATIONS
MARK HANSONAll too often in education the “band wagon” has played an important role in the adoption of innovations. An innovation is often dropped into the schools' environment by…
A COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING MODEL FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS: DECISION RULES AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES
SANFORD TEMKIN, JAMES F. MCNAMARASchool districts are ongoing organizations which have staffs and organizational structures committed to stabilizing and maintaining their present activities and programs. The…
ECONOMIES OF SCALE, BY PROGRAM, IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ELCHANAN COHN, TEH‐WEI HUScholars in the areas of economics and educational administration have in recent years examined the relationship between educational cost and school size. One distinguishing…
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- Professor Jayson W. Richardson