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This text makes a practical link between social science theory and the practice of leading educational systems. The key processes of communication, leadership, motivation, and organizational change are analyzed in terms of how they influence educational systems.

Table of Contents:
Preface. 1. Organizational Behavior in Schools: An Overview. Purpose and Organization of This Book. Conceptual Frameworks and School Organization. Obscured Situations and Limited Perspectives. Conclusion. An Ancient Tale. 2. The School as a Bureaucratic Organization. Bureaucratic Administration. The Gospel of Scientific Management. Scientific Management and the School. The Bureaucratization of Education in America. The Limits to Rationality. Unanticipated Consequences of the Bureaucratic Model. Do Organization and Administration Make a Difference? Conclusion. The New Principal. 3. Schools as Sociopolitical Systems. Informal Groups in Organizations. The Social System. Organizational Culture. Governance and Decision Making. The School as a Collection of Coalitions. Governing from the Lowerarchy. A Contrast of Basic Assumptions. Conclusion. The Superintendent's On My Back. 4. The Professional-Bureaucratic Interface: A Case Study. The Interacting Spheres Model. Spheres of Influence. Structural and Cultural Linkages. Autonomy. Decision-Making Categories. Subcoalitions within Spheres of Influence. Weak Power of the Principalship. The Negotiated Order. Behavioral Management Across Spheres. Defending the Spheres. Propositions. Conclusion. 5. Open System Theory and Schools. The Concept of System. Open System Theory. Cycles of Events. Cycles of Events in the School. A Balance-of-Systems Concept. Environmental Fragmentation. The Management Information System. Open and Closed Systems. Organizational Equilibrium. The Problem-Solving Cycle. A Contrast of Basic Assumptions. Conclusion. 6. Contingency Theory. Under Conditions Uncertainty. The Context of Contingency Theory. Organizational Structure and the Environment. Problem Solving in Organized Anarchies. Managerial Work Behavior. The Manager's Work Roles. Conclusion. 7. Organizational Leadership and the School Administrator. The Leadership Role. Leadership in the Sociopolitical Group Context. Leadership and Gender. Leadership Styles. Contingency Theory of Leadership. Cognitive Resource Theory. Path-Goal Theory of Leadership: A Contingency Theory. The Goose Theory of Leadership. Toward a Contingency Theory of Educational Leadership. Open System Leadership Theory. Transformational Leadership Theory. Leadership Training. Leadership Training in an Open System Context. Conclusion. 8. Motivation and Management. The Basis of Motivation. Content Theories of Motivation. Process Theories of Motivation. Conclusion. A Burn-out Case. 9. Organizational Communication. S-M-C-R Communication Model. Classical Theory and Communication. The Human Relations School and Communication. Open System Theory and Communication. Hierarchical Settings. Barriers to Communication. Nonverbal Communication. Communication Analysis. Conclusion. 10. Educational Marketing and the Public Schools. Why Apply Marketing Techniques to Schools? Market Forces that Create Bridges and Barriers. How Would ``Choice'' Change the Current Configuration of Market Forces? How Do Marketers Contact Segments of the Community? Strategic Marketing Plans. Conclusion. 11. Conflict and Stress in Education. Levels and Sources of Conflict. Structure and Process Conflict Models. Stress and Performance. Conflict Analysis. Conflict Management. Stress Management. A Note of Caution. Conclusion. We Are Not Amused. 12. Educational Change. Clarification of Terms. Types of Change. The Organizational Environment: The Target of Change. Resistance to Change at the Organizational Level. Resistance to Change at the Individual Level. Planned Change. The Change Agent. Organizational Development. School Culture and Situational Conditions of Change. Three Perspectives toward Planned Change. Conclusion. The Case of the Dusty Computers. 13. Educational Management in Developing Countries. Bangladesh: A Quick Look. The Context of Education in the Third World. Foreign Aid and Human Development Assistance. Education and Development. Comparative Indicators and Educational Development. Government Structures and Educational Policy Formation. Theory vs. Practice. Conclusion. Name Index. Subject Index.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780205188819
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Height: 240 mm
  • No of Pages: 432
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Width: 240 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0205188818
  • Publisher Date: 12 Jan 1996
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 723 gr


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