Images of Schools
Structures and Roles in Organizational Behavior
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The current debate in the United States over education reform, particularly school restructuring, is essentially over which strategy of organization will achieve the best result: Accountability versus autonomy; empowerment versus centralization; or standardization versus flexibility? This innovative book applies analytical perspectives from organizational theory to education. The results will help school administrators develop more effective strategies and tactics.
PART ONE: IMAGES OF STRUCTURE
- School Organizations by Design - Brian Rowan
- The Organizational Design of Schools
- Schools as Decision-Making Arenas - Charles Taylor Kerchner and Krista D Caufman
- Institutionalism and Strategic Decisions in Education
- Schools as Learning Organizations - Eric Rait
- Against the Current: Organizational Learning in Schools
- Schools as Cultural Arenas - Terrence E Deal
- Symbols and Symbolic Activity
PART TWO: IMAGES OF ROLES
- Redesigning the Role of the Teacher - Ann Weaver Hart
- The Impacts of Mathematics and Computer Technology on the Core Assumptions and Practices of Teaching
- Enabling Good Teaching Performance - Stephen M Mitchell
- Performance Management in Education
- Assessing Teaching Performance - Gary Sykes and Jason Millman
- The Assessment of Teaching Based on Evidence of Student Learning
- School Administrators as Boundary Spanners - Ellen B Goldring
- Striking a Balance: Boundary Spanning and Environmental Manangement in Schools
- School Administrators as Leaders - Lee G Bolman and Rafael Heller
- Research on School Leadership: The State of the Art
- Fitting Leaders to School Organizations - Rodney T Ogawa
- Administrator Succession in School Organizations
PART THREE: CONCLUDING ESSAY
- The Implicit Action beneath Explicit Organizing Models - Samuel B Bacharach and Bryan Mundell
The current debate in the United States over education reform, particularly school restructuring, is essentially over which strategy of organization will achieve the best result: Accountability versus autonomy; empowerment versus centralization; or standardization versus flexibility? This innovative book applies analytical perspectives from organizational theory to education. The results will help school administrators develop more effective strategies and tactics.
PART ONE: IMAGES OF STRUCTURE
- School Organizations by Design - Brian Rowan
- The Organizational Design of Schools
- Schools as Decision-Making Arenas - Charles Taylor Kerchner and Krista D Caufman
- Institutionalism and Strategic Decisions in Education
- Schools as Learning Organizations - Eric Rait
- Against the Current: Organizational Learning in Schools
- Schools as Cultural Arenas - Terrence E Deal
- Symbols and Symbolic Activity
PART TWO: IMAGES OF ROLES
- Redesigning the Role of the Teacher - Ann Weaver Hart
- The Impacts of Mathematics and Computer Technology on the Core Assumptions and Practices of Teaching
- Enabling Good Teaching Performance - Stephen M Mitchell
- Performance Management in Education
- Assessing Teaching Performance - Gary Sykes and Jason Millman
- The Assessment of Teaching Based on Evidence of Student Learning
- School Administrators as Boundary Spanners - Ellen B Goldring
- Striking a Balance: Boundary Spanning and Environmental Manangement in Schools
- School Administrators as Leaders - Lee G Bolman and Rafael Heller
- Research on School Leadership: The State of the Art
- Fitting Leaders to School Organizations - Rodney T Ogawa
- Administrator Succession in School Organizations
PART THREE: CONCLUDING ESSAY
- The Implicit Action beneath Explicit Organizing Models - Samuel B Bacharach and Bryan Mundell
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Images of Schools
Structures and Roles in Organizational Behavior
March 1995 | 424 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 27/02/2023 | 9780803962514 | $44.95 |
The current debate in the United States over education reform, particularly school restructuring, is essentially over which strategy of organization will achieve the best result: Accountability versus autonomy; empowerment versus centralization; or standardization versus flexibility? This innovative book applies analytical perspectives from organizational theory to education. The results will help school administrators develop more effective strategies and tactics.
Table Of Contents:
- PART ONE: IMAGES OF STRUCTURE
- School Organizations by Design
- The Organizational Design of Schools
- Schools as Decision-Making Arenas
- Institutionalism and Strategic Decisions in Education
- Schools as Learning Organizations
- Against the Current: Organizational Learning in Schools
- Schools as Cultural Arenas
- Symbols and Symbolic Activity
- PART TWO: IMAGES OF ROLES
- Redesigning the Role of the Teacher
- The Impacts of Mathematics and Computer Technology on the Core Assumptions and Practices of Teaching
- Enabling Good Teaching Performance
- Performance Management in Education
- Assessing Teaching Performance
- The Assessment of Teaching Based on Evidence of Student Learning
- School Administrators as Boundary Spanners
- Striking a Balance: Boundary Spanning and Environmental Manangement in Schools
- School Administrators as Leaders
- Research on School Leadership: The State of the Art
- Fitting Leaders to School Organizations
- Administrator Succession in School Organizations
- PART THREE: CONCLUDING ESSAY
- The Implicit Action beneath Explicit Organizing Models
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Jeffrey Lewis, Organizational Studies, Pitzer College