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Greenfield, Thomas B. – 1986
The study of educational administration should continue its trend toward a qualitative interpretation of reality and abandon the positivistic, scientific approach of the last 25 years. Herbert Simon's work in 1945 set the field upon the path of accepting the assumptions of positivistic thought as the limits of scientific inquiry in administration,…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Administration, Educational Theories
