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Talbert, Joan E. – 1980
This paper presents an exchange-theory view of school authority relations in order to identify patterns of coupling, or interdependencies, within school organizations and to analyze the potential for tighter coupling of administrative and teaching subsystems. The analysis proceeds from an argument that the social-exchange view of administrative…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Centralization, Elementary Secondary Education
Goodwin, John R.; O'Reilly, Robert R. – 1979
Interviews were conducted with the presidents and senior administrators of 20 Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology located in the province of Ontario (Canada) to assess the relationship between organizational size and organizational structure. It was found that a relationship existed between the size variable and certain structural dimensions.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Centralization, Community Colleges, Horizontal Organization
Peer reviewedMisumi, Jyuji; Peterson, Mark F. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1985
An overview is provided of the research conducted in Japan during the past 30 years on the Performance-Maintenance Theory of Leadership. Experimental and field studies are described which suggest that the consequences of leadership in Japan result from interaction of performance-oriented and maintenance-oriented behaviors. (TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Centralization, Decentralization, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMarch, Milton E. – Canadian Administrator, 1981
Outlines findings from a study of four western Canadian provinces that compared teachers', administrators', and school boards' perceived control over educational decision making in 32 areas. Educational decision making was found to be somewhat decentralized, but only in deciding grades do teachers hold the highest degree of control. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, Centralization, Decentralization
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
Peer reviewedBernstein, Alison – Change, 1988
The chancellor of the California community college system has begun a controversial effort to achieve higher academic standards through governance reform. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrator Role, Centralization, College Presidents
Peer reviewedRodman, John A. – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1983
Issues in organizing and staffing research administration offices are outlined. Four models are presented for small, medium, and large centralized offices, and for a large decentralized office. Standard job descriptions are given for director, budget specialist, proposal development officer, information specialist, preaward grants specialist, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Centralization, College Administration
Jennings, Robert E. – 1982
The organization of local government in England underwent significant structural revision during the 1970s, creating centralized authorities focused on objectives and service delivery systems rather than on organizational structures and the separate services delivered. As the most autonomous local agency prior to reorganization, education was the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Centralization, Decision Making
