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The Dysfunctions of Bureaucratic Structure.
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Duttweiler, Patricia Cloud – Insights on Educational Policy and Practice, 1988
Numerous dysfunctions result from bureaucratic school organization, including an overemphasis on specialized tasks, routine operating rules, and formal procedures for managing teaching and learning. Such schools are characterized by numerous regulations; formal communications; centralized decision making; and sharp distinctions among…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Bureaucracy, Centralization, Creativity