Complexity as a Dimension of the School's Technical System. A Working Paper. Reprints and Occasional Papers Series.

Charters, W. W., Jr.

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ERIC Number: ED057443

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Publication Date: 1970-Jul

Pages: 40

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Complexity as a Dimension of the School's Technical System. A Working Paper. Reprints and Occasional Papers Series.

Charters, W. W., Jr.

This paper traces the concept of complexity as it has been employed in empirical investigations of organizations over the last decade, presents a brief description of a doctoral dissertation in which complexity was one of the key variables, and then offers some summary comments on the utility of the complexity variable for school analysis. (Author)

Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Principles, Coordination, Difficulty Level, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Administration, Instruction, Organization, Organization Size (Groups), Organizational Climate, Secondary Schools

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Sponsor: National Center for Educational Research and Development (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC.

Authoring Institution: Oregon Univ., Eugene. Center for Advanced Study of Educational Administration.

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