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Bacharach, Samuel B.; Conley, Sharon C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Education reform has wrongly focused on teacher motivation and rewards, when the organizational system itself is at fault. Research shows that effective school management hinges on increased individual discretion and decision-making opportunities for teachers and less controlling behavior by administrators. Ten characteristics of effective…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cooperation, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Download full textBacharach, Samuel B.; Mitchell, Stephen M. – 1983
This essay reviews quality of work life as a management technique and argues that quality-of-work-life programs, conceptualized multidimensionally, offer a unique mechanism for improving working conditions in schools and within districts. A brief analysis of major management ideologies concludes that some techniques advocated under the label of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction
