Available from: Comparative Administration Research Institute, Kent State University Press, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242. (IRT)

Some organizations, such as the college or school, are by the nature of their enterprise, anarchic and, where this is so, attempts to retain predictability by strong boundary maintenance are irrelevant, since unpredictability is built into the organization. (Author)

Considers examples of some of the basic assumptions that underlie present educational administration structures in Great Britain. (Author/IRT)

Hierarchy can accommodate professionals and professional freedom and it is capable of recognizing, nuturing, and responding to its members' needs in ways that are beyond other forms of organization. (Author)

Briefly describes the processes that led to the production of a staff manual and assesses some of the early results of having one. The manual was seen as a way of aiding communication and of helping create an open participative community in the school. (Author/IRT)

The innovating secondary school head is seldom a thrusting, entrepreneurial, autocratic initiator; whether informally or formally, he relies more on his influence as a professional than on bureaucratic power to command; increasingly he is a promoter of participation, a catalyst of cooperation. (Author/IRT)

An extensive project involving formal and informal interviews and examination of university documents revealed that the governance of British universities does not coincide with any single stereotype. Decisions are made within institutions in ways that are subtle and complex, and that maintain both academic freedom and a significant degree of…

Illustrates how some bureaucratic elements are being strengthened at the expense of participation in organizational decisions by examining several sectors of British administration--industry, local and central government, development planning, and the health service. (Available from Plenum Publishing Corporation, 227 West 17 Street, New York, New…

As the first of a three-part comparative study of the administration of audiovisual services in advanced and developing countries, this UNESCO-funded report contains extensive information on the structure, organization, functions and operation of the national audiovisual centers serving elementary education in the Western European countries. An…

This learning unit on organization systems is one in the Choice Series, a self-learning development program for supervisors. Purpose stated for the approximately eight-hour-long unit is to enable the supervisor to distinguish between responsibility and authority and see how they relate to each other, understand how responsibility and authority are…

Describes part of a 3-year research project into the organization and workings of eight LEA's, with the main focus on the structure and key methods of the administrative agencies. Six case studies were undertaken of how these authorities planned certain changes to their educational provision, and two of LEA's that reorganized their education…

Demonstrates that size in itself is not, nor need it be, a major contributory factor in the organizational efficiency of schools and that there are other influences that need to be given at least equal, and perhaps more urgent, consideration. (Author/IRT)

Presents a detailed study of two newspaper reports published on the same day and describing the same event. The study reveals (1) different attitudes concerning the need for objectivity in news reporting and (2) the complex and covert nature of the textual features through which bias is communicated. (SED)

Available from: Elizabeth K. Chapman, School of Education, The University of Birmingham, P. O. Box 363, Birmingham, 15, England. The author considers the various services which should be made available to visually handicapped children and their parents and discusses how such services could be organized. (SBH)