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THE CONCEPT OF LIMITATION AS THE FIRST STEP IN UNDERSTANDING CHESTER BARNARD'S ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY: A SYSTEMS APPROACH
EDWARD BOLAND SMITHChester Barnard has never been fully appreciated or fully understood. Most of present day theories in administration stem from Barnard's writings. In this article the author…
A CASE FOR AN OPEN SYSTEM APPROACH TO ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
JOSEPH A. SARTHORYThe purpose of this paper is to argue that organizational structure behavior cannot be explained by considering the organization as a separate entity. Three types of evidence are…
PARTICIPATION IN DECISION‐MAKING
N.F. DUFTY, J.G. WILLIAMSAn analysis of decision‐making procedures and managerial styles of department heads in an academic institution is used to test the contingency model of managerial leadership. The…
PRINCIPAL LEADER BEHAVIOUR AND SHARED DECISION MAKING
COLIN R.J. MOYLEThe study from which this article is derived was carried out in eight diversely located primary schools in the United States of America. Each had implemented the system of…
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP WITHIN SOME SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HIGH SCHOOLS
JOHN MADDOCK, BERNARD HYAMSIn recent years a noticeable policy trend in South Australia has been towards according to state high schools a greater measure of autonomy in the conduct of their affairs, a…
ROLE SET CONFLICT AND ROLE BEHAVIOR IN AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE ISRAELI GENERAL INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS
H.H. GAZIELThe foci of this article are upon the conflict at supervisory level in a centralized educational system and the supervisory behaviour in such situations. Using an attitude…
ORGANIZATIONAL PRESSURE, PERSONAL IDEOLOGY AND TEACHER PUPIL CONTROL BEHAVIOR
ROSS S. BLUST, DONALD J. WILLOWERIn this study it was found that teachers' own views on pupil control predicted their pupil control behavior, while organizational pressures represented by teacher perceptions of…
THE STATE TAKE‐OVER OF SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA: A CONTROVERSY
NICHOLAS A. NWAGWUUntil the middle of the 20th Century, all the governments of the various regions in Nigeria did was to give grants‐in‐aid to the voluntary agencies that operated approved schools…
LET'S CHOOSE EVERYTHING: A RESPONSE TO “THE THEORY PROBLEM”
HELEN M. SUNGAILAThis paper is a response to Riffel's “The Theory Problem in Educational Administration” published in the October 1978 issue of the Journal. The article seeks to establish that…
RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY OF TENURED AND NONTENURED FACULTY IN U.S. UNIVERSITIES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FOUR FIELDS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
YORAM NEUMANNThis study examines differences between the tenured and nontenured faculty in research productivity. The major hypothesis tested is that, in a given unit of time, the tenured…
NOTES ON THEORY AND RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION: THE EXECUTIVE ROLE OF WOMEN IN NEW ZEALAND EDUCATION
MARGARET S. MALCOLMINTRODUCTION In 1893 New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the vote. The recognition was here implicit that women had the ability to discern, assess…
INCENTIVE SYSTEMS FOR THE FURTHER EDUCATION OF N.S.W. HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS: AN INITIAL ANALYSIS
MICHAEL HOUGH, ROSS I. HARROLDA societal and educational analysis established the perspective that Australian teachers are working in a context of societal change, with concomitant pressures on their…
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- Professor Chen Schechter
- Professor Jayson W. Richardson