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Providing Support for Decision Making to Adults with Intellectual Disability: Perspectives of Family Members and Workers in Disability Support Services
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Bigby, Christine; Whiteside, Mary; Douglas, Jacinta – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: Supporting people with intellectual disability to make decisions is an important issue for policy implementation yet there is little evidence about the practice of providing support. Method: This study aimed to understand the experiences of family members and disability support workers in providing support to adults with intellectual…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Adults, Intellectual Disability, Civil Rights
An Empirical Study on the Role of Context Factors in Employees' Commitment to Change
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Soumyaja, Devi; Kamlanabhan, T. J.; Bhattacharyya, Sanghamitra – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2011
The study attempts to address the gap of exploring the possible antecedents of employees' commitment to change and its three dimensions. The role of context factors--participation in decision making, quality of communication, trust in management and history of change--are tested on overall commitment to change and also on its three…
Descriptors: Employees, Multiple Regression Analysis, Participative Decision Making, Decision Making
Deciding about Decision Making.
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Hewitson, Mal – 1992
Educational administrators have the power to determine the nature of decision-making structures and processes within their institutions and the extent to which decisions are implemented. This paper reviews assumptions underlying decision-making structures and processes established by school administrators; examines potential individual motives…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making
Delegation: Win-Win Strategies for Managing Early Childhood Settings.
Hayden, Jacqueline – AECA Research in Practice Series, 1999
This issue of the Australian Early Childhood Association Research in Practice Series provides staff management strategies for directors and others involved with the management of early childhood settings and suggests ways to effectively delegate authority and tasks in order to reduce administrative pressures and workload. The booklet presents…
Descriptors: Administration, Day Care, Decision Making, Early Childhood Education
Education Policy Making in Australia.
Broadbent, R. F., Ed. – 1982
Thirteen papers and a speech address the theme of who makes education policy in Australia. Kwong Lee Dow's address assesses national planning in uncertain times and urges flexibility. John Steinle outlines the operation of Australian policy-making and recommends developing think tanks. Edward Holdaway analyzes the complex relationship between…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Community Involvement, Decision Making, Educational Administration
The Impact of Changing Values on Organisational Structures in Education.
Dunstan, Jeffrey F. – 1986
The administration of the Department of Education in Victoria (Australia) went through many organizational structural changes in the period 1970-1986. This paper describes the sequence of these changes, identifies the persons and more general social forces behind them, and details their major effects on various levels of the educational system.…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Decentralization, Decision Making