Describes the duties of the head teacher'' in British primary schools. (SP)

Article examines the position of the head of a school from the perspective or organization theory to examine the implications of the role of head of a school in terms of his being in the position of a manager. (Author/CB)

Examines under what conditions decentralization of facilities is rational for a client-centered system of service or administration, and under what conditions great centralization is more cost effective. Possible extensions of a simple model are suggested for application to school systems and numerous other organizations. (Author/DN)

Author's purpose is to (1) examine the functioning organizational structure of public education in India in relation to the flow of educational manpower, and (2) to measure the quantitative effort of public education in India, making general comparison with the American educational endeavor. (Author/CB)

Effective management requires the decentralization of management functions. That's the basic premise of this article, which uses the term management interchangeably with organization, or better yet, leadership. (Editors)

Sinclair discusses how school climate and organization are important to individualized learning, and offers a survey instrument by which children can express their feelings about the school environment. (Editor)

The Transfer of student interest from student activities to political affairs. (MM)

To deal with questions arising from the increased use of paraprofessionals a project was initiated entitled A Task Analysis System for Educational Personnel Development." (MB)

Examines the ways in which teacher work values affect job satisfaction within relatively closed and open school organizational systems. The findings suggest that these different types of formal organizations generate patterns of work attitudes that are related more to type of system than to the disparate work values of teachers. (Author)

Two research efforts focusing on the leadership role of the American school principal are discussed. (CK)

This case study discusses assumptions and objectives of organizational development (OD) in general, some background of a school which recently participated in a very brief taste of OD, some essential features of the package itself and some results, and some implications. Comments follow by Gilbert D. Moore, State University of New York, Buffalo,…

The current methods of student evaluation are of doubtful value. An adequate substitute needs to be found. (CK)

In order for meaningful change to take place in education, the organizations which can effect this change must orient themselves to accept new ways of doing things. (CK)