Share
Images of Schools
Structures and Roles in Organizational Behavior
Edited by:
Courses:
Organizational Behavior in Education
Organizational Behavior in Education
March 1995 | 424 pages | Corwin
The current debate in the United States over education reform, particularly school restructuring, is essentially over which strategy of organization will achieve the best result: Accountability versus autonomy; empowerment versus centralization; or standardization versus flexibility? This innovative book applies analytical perspectives from organizational theory to education. The results will help school administrators develop more effective strategies and tactics.
PART ONE: IMAGES OF STRUCTURE
Brian Rowan
School Organizations by Design
The Organizational Design of Schools
Charles Taylor Kerchner and Krista D Caufman
Schools as Decision-Making Arenas
Institutionalism and Strategic Decisions in Education
Eric Rait
Schools as Learning Organizations
Against the Current: Organizational Learning in Schools
Terrence E Deal
Schools as Cultural Arenas
Symbols and Symbolic Activity
PART TWO: IMAGES OF ROLES
Ann Weaver Hart
Redesigning the Role of the Teacher
The Impacts of Mathematics and Computer Technology on the Core Assumptions and Practices of Teaching
Stephen M Mitchell
Enabling Good Teaching Performance
Performance Management in Education
Gary Sykes and Jason Millman
Assessing Teaching Performance
The Assessment of Teaching Based on Evidence of Student Learning
Ellen B Goldring
School Administrators as Boundary Spanners
Striking a Balance: Boundary Spanning and Environmental Manangement in Schools
Lee G Bolman and Rafael Heller
School Administrators as Leaders
Research on School Leadership: The State of the Art
Rodney T Ogawa
Fitting Leaders to School Organizations
Administrator Succession in School Organizations
PART THREE: CONCLUDING ESSAY
Samuel B Bacharach and Bryan Mundell
The Implicit Action beneath Explicit Organizing Models
While old, the topics were still in line with the issues raised in the course I offered.
Organizational Studies, Pitzer College
October 8, 2013