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Download full textSnyder, Karolyn J.; Acker-Hocevar, Michele – 1995
Within the past 5 years there has been an international movement to adapt the principles and practices of Total Quality Management work environments to school-restructuring agendas. This paper reports on the development of a model called the Educational Quality System, a benchmark assessment tool for identifying the essential elements of quality…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Change
Snyder, Karolyn J.; And Others – 1994
The leadership task for a new age of schools is to stimulate continuous innovation, rather than to manage for compliance using outdated standards of work. This paper presents a typology of work cultures--the varying work conditions of schools and the challenges they present to principals in developing high-performance work cultures. Data were…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Snyder, Karolyn J.; And Others – 1994
This paper presents the initial findings of a comprehensive 28-school multi-site case study, which sought to identify patterns in schools that are changing bureaucratic work patterns to those found in quality-management systems. The schools are located in Florida, Virginia, Minnesota, and Louisiana; all are led by principals who are trainers in…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Environment
Snyder, Karolyn J. – 1995
This paper presents findings of a study that examined the change process in 28 schools, with a focus on how principals went about transforming traditional school-work cultures into quality systems. The principals had participated in Managing Productive Schools (MPS), a comprehensive systems-approach program based on quality management concepts.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Mission, Leadership, Organizational Change
Snyder, Karolyn J.; Acker-Hocevar, Michele; Wolf, Kristen M. – 1995
Chaos theory provides a useful mental model for guiding change as leaders garner the energy from unpredictable events for realizing transformation goals. The paper considers chaos theory as a framework for managing school change toward Total Quality Management work cultures. Change is possible to manage when plans are made and then followed by a…
Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Snyder, Karolyn J.; Anderson, Robert H. – 1986
Intended for use by graduate students in educational administration and supervision as well as by practicing school administrators, this book is a guide to the most effective practices surrounding the school principalship. Ideas in the book reflect current views of good management, including systems approaches, participative and collaborative…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Ecology, Educational Administration
Snyder, Karolyn J. – 1981
In serving two purposes, this paper explores elements in the current gap between what is known and what is practiced about how to influence student achievement and proposes a conceptual framework and an action model for rethinking the organization, management, and technologies of instructional programs. A comprehensive goal-based and role-based…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Educational Objectives
