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Lashway, Larry – Research Roundup, 1998
This newsletter reviews five reports that address the implications of standards for administrators. These texts include "Designing and Implementing Standards-Based Accountability System" (Education Commission of the States), which describes some of the policy implications of standards-driven accountability; "Why Principals Fail: Are National…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Leadership, Leaders Guides
St. John, Walter – The Practitioner, 1990
Improving communications between administration and staff members is an urgent, ongoing need. Schools should adopt a communications philosophy in conjunction with continuing communication effectiveness. These evaluations must have clear and understandable objectives, mainly to pinpoint communication strengths and weaknesses. All essential…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Responsibility, Communication Audits, Communication Problems
Orze, Joseph J. – 1978
The grievance procedure in higher education and the problem of conflict resolution are approached from a multi-dimensional standpoint. Collective bargaining is presented as both an exacerbator of the litigious nature of college and university relations and as a formal vehicle for conflict resolution within academe. The need for extra-contractual…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, Conflict Resolution
Dunlap, Diane – OSSC Report, 1985
This report is comprised of brief summaries of various research-based and theoretical concepts and techniques--taken mostly from business management--that might improve educational administration. The topics discussed include (1) a list of successful business practices identified by the book, "In Search of Excellence"; (2) Theories X, Y,…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Educational Administration, Educational Innovation, Industrial Structure
Brown, Donnise – OSSC Bulletin, 1981
A survey of a random sample of 165 Oregon school board members examined the degree to which they agreed with four standards for appropriate school board behavior. The standards were drawn from the literature intended to educate school board members about their proper roles. The respondents agreed strongly with three of the standards: that the…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
Lashway, Larry – Research Roundup, 2003
School-reform efforts in recent years have stressed, and expanded, the leadership role of the principal. But in the view of many analysts, the task of transforming a school is too complex for one person to accomplish alone. Consequently, a new model of leadership is developing: distributed leadership. This Research Roundup summarizes five…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Grosz, Karen Sue, Ed. – Forum, 1989
This issue of Forum, a journal designed to permit California community college faculty to share ideas, contains six articles focusing on issues related to the enactment of Assembly Bill 1725 (AB 1725). The first article, "Your Father's Oldsmobile: The Uses of Tradition in Core Programs," by John McFarland, analyzes the development of…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Affirmative Action, College Administration, Community Colleges
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Alfred, Richard L., Ed.; Carter, Patricia, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1993
Intended as a forum for the discussion of governance and management in community colleges, this book details current trends in management approaches at the institutions, provides a practical description of management roles and responsibilities for college faculty and staff, and examines critical issues facing leaders engaged in management…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles