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Opubor, Alfred E. – Monda Lingvo-Problemo, 1972
The article investigates the concept of language as an instrument of power, discussing the power relationships that are mirrored in language situations. Examples of language use in colonial situations are handled in particular, the attitudes of speakers involved being outlined. Other phenomena concerning language and power, such as "naming," are…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Colonialism, Language Planning, Language Role
Munoz, Carlos, Jr. – Aztlan, 1974
Descriptors: Dissent, Mexican Americans, Organizations (Groups), Political Attitudes
Peer reviewedColfer, Carol J. Pierce – Human Organization, 1975
The article describes the political system which operates in an American Indian school and discusses the striking analogy between the school's bureaucratic structure and operation and the structure and operation of a segmentary lineage system. (AUTHOR/NQ)
Descriptors: American Indians, Bureaucracy, Comparative Analysis, Power Structure
Carver, Fred D.; Crowe, Donald O. – Educ Admin Quart, 1969
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Leaders, Economic Factors, Political Power
Download full textBaker, Lynn E.; And Others – 1981
A review of the published and unpublished literature on alternative perspectives for viewing organizations provides the basis for this monograph, which includes the contributions of five authors. The papers are intended to serve as a primer for educators interested in newer organizational perspectives and to stimulate them to learn more about, and…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Communication Research, Educational Administration, Innovation
Smith, Carol; Saunders, Paula – 1978
School boards can have relationships to their school systems' central office that feature either democratic, administrative, or political styles of decision-making. The school board members themselves serve as active delegates for community interests, as trustees of educational tradition, or even as passive rubber stamps for the central office's…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Boards of Education, Decision Making, Educational Research
Zirkel, Perry A.; Guditus, Charles W. – 1979
In 1960, French and Raven postulated five bases of supervisory power: legitimate, expert, referent, reward, and coercive. Research studies in the middle and late 1960s in various work settings revealed the effectiveness of legitimate and expert supervisory power on worker behavior and satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to determine if…
Descriptors: Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Power, Power Structure
PATTERSON, WADE N. – 1968
THIS STUDY ATTEMPTS TO RELATE THE VARIABLES OF POWER AND INFLUENCE TO OPERATIONAL DECISIONMAKING IN SELECTED HIGH SCHOOLS. TWO HIGH SCHOOLS IN A WEST COAST CITY ARE EXAMINED (1) TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE DEGREE OF DECISIONMAKING INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS AND GROUPS, (2) TO INVESTIGATE THE ROLE OF PERSONS WITHOUT FORMAL (OFFICIAL)…
Descriptors: Decision Making, High Schools, Organizational Climate, Power Structure
WILEY, GLENN ELBERT – 1967
A STUDY WAS MADE OF A REPRESENTATIVE MIDWESTERN SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DETERMINE SCHOOL LEADERS' AWARENESS OF (1) INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE INFLUENTIAL IN THE DECISIONMAKING PROCESS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT REORGANIZATION AND (2) ACTIONS PERFORMED BY EACH INFLUENTIAL INDIVIDUAL IN THE DECISIONAL PROCESS. THE RESEARCH PROCEDURE INCLUDES IDENTIFICATION AND RANK…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Community Leaders, Decision Making, Policy Formation
Kimbrough, Ralph B. – 1966
It is the responsibility of educators to initiate and exert leadership in developing an adaptive system to promote educational change. It is essential that educators be concerned with the total development of an adaptive system in the community, cooperating with other group leaders outside of education, and not feasible educational changes within…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy, Political Power
Peer reviewedMonypenny, Phillip – Denver Law Journal, 1968
There are a variety of approaches to the limitation of discretion: in loco parentis, constitutional, contract, and trust for fiduciary theories. What has made these principles so far a matter of logical assertion rather than of law is that the courts have chosen not to review a college's use of discretionary authority regarding its students. Only…
Descriptors: Administration, Discipline Policy, Equal Protection, Higher Education
Slawski, Carl – 1977
A detailed systems diagram elaborates the process of dealing with a single conflict episode between two parties or persons. Hypotheses are fully stated to lead the reader through the flow diagram. A concrete example illustrates its use. Detail is provided in an accounting scheme of virtually all possible variables to consider in analyzing a…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Conflict Resolution, Counseling, Flow Charts
Moodie, Graeme C.; Eustace, Rowland. – 1974
An extensive project involving formal and informal interviews and examination of university documents revealed that the governance of British universities does not coincide with any single stereotype. Decisions are made within institutions in ways that are subtle and complex, and that maintain both academic freedom and a significant degree of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Governance
Cook, James B. – 1976
Presenting models describing a monolithic power structure, a pluralist power structure, and variations of these, this paper asserts that the monolithic power structure traditionally associated with rural areas is no longer valid for rural development. It is suggested that the following decision making mandate would serve as a better touch stone…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Decision Making, Essays, Leadership
Fay, J. Michael – 1976
The reason teachers want collective bargaining is far simpler than has heretofore been recognized by scholars. In de jure collective bargaining, agreements arrived at in the bargaining process are legal and binding on both parties. In de facto negotiation, agreements could be struck between the teachers and the board of education, but, when…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education
