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Download full textChaffee, Ellen Earle – 1983
Five models of organizational decision-making are described, and a case study of the rational model as seen in the budget process at Stanford University during the 1970s is presented. Several issues are addressed to help administrators who are interested in increasing the organization's rational decision-making. The five models are as follows: the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, Centralization, College Administration
Peer reviewedHerriott, Robert E.; Firestone, William A. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1984
The finding reported previously in this journal (EJ 265 763), that elementary schools conform more to the image of the rational bureaucracy while secondary schools fit that of the anarchy or loosely coupled system, is reinforced and extended using a large sample, more reliable measures, and more elaborate techniques. (Author)
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Centralization, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Whorton, David M. – 1983
In an application of contingency theory, data from 45 Arizona schools were analyzed to determine the relationships between three sets of independent variables (organizational structure, leadership style, and environmental characteristics) and the dependent variable (organizational effectiveness as perceived by principals and teachers). Contingency…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Centralization, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
