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Download full textDuttweiler, Patricia Cloud; Mutchler, Sue E. – 1990
After describing the nature, promise, and reality of school-based management, this document discusses delegation of authority to the school site and distribution of authority among site participants as critical issues in the implementation of school-based management and reviews the importance and benefits of shared decision making. Eight major…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Participative Decision Making
Peer reviewedHarper, Karen V.; And Others – Journal of Social Work Education, 1991
A national survey of 235 directors of programs offering Bachelors of Social Work found that sources of personal, structural, and institutional power were important predictors of power for middle managers in academic settings. Results also direct their programs and manage departmental resources. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Higher Education, Middle Management, National Surveys
Heifetz, Ronald A. – 1994
This book grew out of a course at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government (Massachusetts) in leadership designed to give students insight and tools for working in various official and unofficial roles where leading others can become essential to effective performance. After an introduction, Part 1 presents an overview of the meaning of…
Descriptors: College Students, Decision Making Skills, Higher Education, Interaction Process Analysis
Levin, John S. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1991
Qualitative-interpretive research methods were used to examine the board-president relationship in three British Columbia (Canada) community colleges. Five major reasons for which the relationship is important emerged: board and administrator influence in both the campus and external communities; value compatibility; self-images; and reflection of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitudes, Board Administrator Relationship, Case Studies
Carpenter, DeeDee Currier – 1987
This study of the school board agenda-setting role among 30 Minnesota superintendents interprets their perceptions in relation to environmental contexts, group demands, issues control, and district enrollment size. A microperspective of David Easton's political systems model provided the guiding conceptual framework. Respondents were interviewed…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Agenda Setting, Board of Education Policy
Weiss, Carol H.; And Others – 1991
Drawing on interviews with 180 staff members from 45 public high schools in 15 states, this document examines the advantages and disadvantages of teacher participation in shared decision making. The settings of six high schools that had structured mechanisms for teacher participation in school decisions are described, and problems that emerged…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, High Schools, Interprofessional Relationship, Management Teams
