As part of a larger investigation of the effects of introducing a formal unit structure into elementary schools, an attempt was made to predict in which of the newly unitized schools teachers would first show an increase in task interdependence. Prominent among the various features under consideration in the prediction study are teacher norms…

This paper discusses different approaches to analyzing the internal control structure of organizations and describes a model interview structure that was developed for use in a longitudinal study of decision-making in 41 elementary schools. The model is designed to garner objective accounts of school decision-making through periodic interviews of…

This final report summarizes the Management Implications of Team Teaching Study. Subjects for the study were 29 elementary schools in Kentucky, Virginia, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. Interviews and questionnaires were used to collect data from 1974 to 1976. The prime study described by W. W. Charters in Part 1 was designed to…

This is an interim report of the longitudinal research presently being conducted by the staff of the Management Implications of Team Teaching (MITT) Project. The MITT Project examines a fundamental change in the organization of the instructional staff of the American elementary school generally referred to as team teaching or team organization.…

To test conclusions of previous investigations about the influence of team teaching upon task interdependence among elementary school teachers, University of Oregon researchers took measures in 14 elementary schools in six eastern states before and after installation of a multiunit instructional organization. Based upon research at Stanford…