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Download full textBauer, Scott – 1997
Research has shown that among the obstacles to success in implementing shared decision making is finding ways to negotiate the inherent power differentials and traditional role expectations among the various stakeholders. This paper describes the methods developed by district-level planning teams to "even the playing field" and to promote…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Robertson, Peter J.; Kwong, Sophia S. – 1993
This study explores the relationship between demographic diversity among members of school leadership councils and the nature and quality of their decision-making processes. A survey was mailed to all members of the leadership councils at 156 Los Angeles (California) Unified School District schools--of which 78 were involved in the shared…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Dynamics
Wallace, Mike; Hall, Valerie – 1994
This paper discusses the concept of a dual cultural and political perspective for analyzing interaction. It also illustrates how this dual perspective can explain how senior management teams (SMTs) operate in English secondary schools, in which senior faculty profess commitment to teamwork. Methodology included: (1) case studies of six secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interaction, Interprofessional Relationship, Leadership
Doyle, Richard; And Others – 1993
This paper describes the processes and outcomes experienced by the Marshalltown Community School District (Iowa) as it implemented a shared decision-making, school-improvement program. A district Shared Decision Making (SDM) Team and School Improvement Program (SIP) teams were trained to facilitate greater staff participation in the…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Decision Making, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Terry, Paul M. – National Forum of Education Administration and Supervision Journal, 1995
Empowerment, also referred to as shared decsion making and site-based decision-making, is essential to school reform and to the preparation of students for the changing demands of a global and technological world. This paper describes the role of the principal in facilitating empowerment in the school. The principal is the building leader who…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education, Empowerment
McIntire, Ronald G.; Fessenden, John T. – 1994
This book provides useful guidelines for implementing collaborative decision making in the public educational system. The prologue presents the historical background of educational reform in the United States and offers a rationale for radical school reform at the individual school level. The nine chapters that follow are divided into three parts.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Unity
