Principals in Schools: Insubordination in Discretionary Decision Making.

Brieschke, Patricia A.

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Publication Date: 1985

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Principals in Schools: Insubordination in Discretionary Decision Making.

Brieschke, Patricia A.

Educational Forum, v49 n2 p157-69 Win 1985

The author explores the arena of decision making peculiar to school administrators. Dilemmas confronting school principals are discussed: (1) conflicting expectations and demands; (2) adversary position of the principal; (3) simultaneous dual interpretations of the school systems; and (4) duality of goals of the educational organization. Modes of insubordination are examined. (CT)

Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Bureaucracy, Creative Thinking, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals, School Districts, Vertical Organization

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Language: English

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