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Hora, Matthew T.; Millar, Susan B. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2011
Education partnerships are central to--and often a requirement of--most education reform initiatives promoted by state and local governments, by foundations, and by business funders. Many fail for failure to understand the dynamics of their complex relationships. This book provides insights and guidance to enable prospective and existing education…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Administrative Principles, Planning, Cultural Differences
Sharma, C. L. – 1977
This paper argues that although systematic management thought is a distinctly modern development, the writings of ancient scholars and records of ancient rulers infer that they understood the rudiments of management principles and concepts. To support this thesis, the author reviews the evidence of management practices and concepts in various…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrative Principles, Ancient History
Christopher, G. Ronald – Viewpoints, 1974
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles
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Sikula, Andrew F.; Sikula, John P. – Contemporary Education, 1980
Principles of effective management commonly violated by educational institutions include: (1) unity of command; (2) division or specialization of labor; (3) delegation of authority; and (4) authority equal to responsibility. (JMF)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrative Principles, Higher Education
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Darkenwald, Gordon G., Jr. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1971
Examines decisionmaking conflicts between professional and bureaucratic subsystems in colleges and universities. (Author)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrative Principles, Administrators
Lyons, Raymond F. – 1969
One of the main inadequacies in educational management is that planning is not firmly integrated within administration. Five basic processes may be distinguished in administration. The first is planning, or determining what shall be done. The second element of the administrative process is organizing, or defining the administrative structures and…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrative Principles, Educational Administration
Malik, Joseph A., Ed.; Shay, Thomas M., Ed. – 1970
The purpose of the 1969 workshop on community college administration held in Colorado was to provide the 24 participants from 12 states with an overview of many important concerns of community college administrators and to study several of them in depth. The workshop included field visits to the Community College of Denver. During the 2-week…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles
Tucson Public Schools, AZ. – 1974
This publication is one of five training manuals that present plans and materials for use in instructing school administrators in some of the concepts, principles, and techniques of educational management. They were developed as part of the Educational Management Project for presentation at weekly inservice meetings for administrators in the…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrative Principles, Administrator Education
Dennard, Cleveland L. – 1974
This paper discussed experiences in organizing a single purpose institution, Washington Technical Institute, for effective management. Emphasis is placed on the total conceptual framework required, specifications of vocational objectives, provisions made for effective management, organization of a work program for each of the academic…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrative Principles, College Administration
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Kiggundu, Moses N.; And Others – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1983
Reviews 94 articles published between 1956 and 1981 on organizations in developing nations, examining the articles' methods, topics, geographic coverage, the author's institutional affiliation, and degree of fit between Western-based administrative theory and the data reported. Found degrees of fit strong for organizational tasks but weak for…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrative Principles, Developing Nations
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Washington, DC. Information and Research Utilization Center. – 1976
Reviewed are administrative guidelines for planning and implementing adapted physical education programs for handicapped persons. An overview section considers the rationale, student participation and goals of adapted physical education. Administrative guidelines are discussed for orqanizational patterns; personnel, facilities, equipment, and…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrative Principles
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Driggs, Gerald – Education and Treatment of Children, 2000
This article describes Outcome Based Management components, including identifying highest level outcomes, targeting priorities, clarifying outcomes, maintaining stakeholder collaboration, declaring realities, producing stakeholder benefits, outlining needs, establishing rules, comparing results, productizing around outcomes, providing feedback,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Administrative Change, Administrative Organization
Hjelte, George; Shivers, Jay S. – 1978
Oriented toward a consideration of administration from the standpoint of departmental problems, this textbook deals with administrative techniques and practices pertaining to public administration of recreational services. It covers organization, operation, planning, development, and managerial procedures, and also describes the basic elements of…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles
Nunnery, Michael Y. – 1975
The four trends chosen for discussion in this paper represent the impressions of the observer and are selected because of their perceived relevance for persons having a major interest in educational administrator preparation programs. The author observes that (1) educational administration and governance in the public sector are becoming…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrative Principles, Administrator Education
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Miller, Georgia B. – Office Systems Research Journal, 1983
Describes a curriculum model for courses in administrative management. This undergraduate program includes four courses: (1) introduction to administrative systems, (2) management of administrative services, (3) management of data systems, and (4) administrative systems applications. The article also discusses electives, background courses, and…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrative Principles, Administrator Education