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Peer reviewedChapman, Robin – Comparative Education, 1973
This paper attempts to pursue the centralization-decentralization dilemma. A setting for this discussion is provided by noting some of the uses of terminology, followed by a consideration of inherent difficulties in conceptualizing. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Centralization, Concept Formation, Decentralization
Peer reviewedFlanagan, Dan – Planning and Changing, 1976
Develops a model for analyzing the centralized/decentralized nature of decision-making in American colleges and universities. (Author)
Descriptors: Centralization, Decentralization, Decision Making, Higher Education
Peer reviewedChild, John – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1973
Organizational, work role, and behavioral variables are explored in a sample of 787 senior British managers working in 78 business organizations. Structuring of activities is found to be associated with higher levels of conflict and hardly at all with conforming behavior; while centralization is associated with higher levels of conforming…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Centralization, Conflict
Peer reviewedCullen, John B.; Perrewe, Pamela L. – Journal of Management, 1981
Used factors identified in the literature as predictors of centralization/decentralization as potential discriminating variables among several decision making configurations in university affiliated professional schools. The model developed from multiple discriminant analysis had reasonable success in classifying correctly only the decentralized…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Centralization, College Environment, Deans
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
Thomas, George B. – Saturday Rev, 1969
From the monthly Saturday Review supplement, "Education in America, sponsored by the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Centralization, Decentralization, Decision Making
St. Louis, Larry; McNamara, James F. – 1971
This paper presents a decision model based on microeconomic theory. The model utilizes a stepwise polynomial regression to derive a cost function and then constructs an average cost curve to identify an optimal school district size. An application of the model to the State of Oregon illustrates how economies of scale information for a State system…
Descriptors: Centralization, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Economic Factors
Lawless, Robert W.; And Others – 1978
An accreditation self-study was conducted by the University of Houston Central Campus. In the process of establishing the academic priorities for departments two dimensions were assessed: the current quality of the academic programs and the centrality of each program to the stated mission of the college under which it was housed. Based upon a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Principles, Centralization, College Administration
Delmont, Timothy J. – 1980
Managerial approaches to budget planning for state universities were investigated using an open budgeting model that emphasizes the function of communication, technical analysis, and participative decision making. System-level and central officers in 32 research universities were surveyed to determine whether they used and endorsed technical…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Budgeting, Centralization
Candoli, I. C.; Leu, Donald J. – 1973
This analysis draws on a variety of experiences with and models of centralized and decentralized school systems now in existence. The decentralized model or profile posed for consideration is intended as a basis for the development of a process by which indigenous models can be established for any locale as unique local variables are identified…
Descriptors: Centralization, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Community Role
Hakli, Esko – 1974
An overview is provided of the development of national planning and the centralization of research libraries in four countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Included in the review are cooperative projects and the actions of government and/or library commissions in each country. Planning at the local level and inter-Scandinavian efforts…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Planning
