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A Glossary of Terms Used by the Educational Management Project.
Tucson Public Schools, AZ. – 1971
This publication defines and illustrates approximately 80 terms and concepts that are crucial to understanding the Educational Management Project, a comprehensive inservice program for educational administrators that was developed by the Tucson Public Schools. Annotations for the individual terms vary in length from approximately 30 to 350 words…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Administrative Principles, Decision Making
Concepts and Principles of Educational Management: An Introduction.
Tucson Public Schools, AZ. – 1971
This paper defines and discuss a number of basic concepts relevant to educational administration that form the basis for the Educational Management Project, a comprehensive inservice program for educational administrators that was developed by the Tucson Public Schools. Major topics discussed include educational management, the difference between…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Principles, Administrator Role, Decision Making
Management Through Administrative Differentiation: "An Operational Strategy Utilizing Environmental Inputs for Viable Action Outputs.
Luty, Elanny T.; Metos, Thomas H. – 1971
Most educational management systems currently define organizational roles in terms of the operations to be performed. A more efficient manner of organization might be one that operates in terms of objectives to be reached. One way of implementing such a problem solving structure, would be to assign a particular problem to administrative personnel…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Principles, Administrator Role, Decision Making
Rationality, Experience and Theory.
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Shaw, K. E. – Educational Management and Administration, 1983
A discussion of the usefulness of reasoning, as compared to experience, in three levels of decision making in school management informs this critique of the state of educational management theory and research. (MJL)
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Decision Making, Educational Administration, Educational Planning
Problem Solving Teams in a Total Quality Management Environment.
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Towler, Constance F. – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Outlines the problem-solving team training process used at Harvard University (Massachusetts), including the size and formation of teams, roles, and time commitment. Components of the process are explained, including introduction to Total Quality Management (TQM), customer satisfaction, meeting management, Parker Team Player Survey, interactive…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Higher Education
Administrative Technology and the School Executive: Applying the Systems Approach to Educational Administration.
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Knezevich, Stephen J., Ed. – 1969
In this era of rapid social change, educational administrators have discovered that new approaches to problem solving and decision making are needed. Systems analysis could afford a promising approach to administrative problems by providing a number of systematic techniques designed to sharpen administrative decision making, enhance efficiency,…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Principles, Budgeting, Critical Path Method