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Peer reviewedMartin, David S.; Hockersmith, Mary – NASSP Bulletin, 1988
Traditional school administrative policy often establishes the structure and organization of the school first; from this structure, the program and curriculum then follow. By contrast, a case study is offered of an educational change as support for the reverse sequence, whereby the school program can be the determiner of school organization. (CJH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Influences
Download full textMolitor, James A.; Dentler, Robert A. – 1982
By examining 12 new middle school programs in 7 school districts in various regions of the United States, this study focuses on how decision-making and planning processes were reflected in grade reorganizations. From interviews with decision-makers involved in each of the cases, the new middle school programs were observed first for their…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Louis, Karen Seashore; Miles, Matthew B. – 1990
This study examines the leadership and management skills needed to improve urban high schools. Information was drawn from a national survey of 178 urban high school principals whose schools had been conducting serious improvement efforts for up to 4 years and in-depth case studies of five large high schools in the following urban areas: (1)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Chaffee, Ellen Earle – 1983
Five models of organizational decision-making are described, and a case study of the rational model as seen in the budget process at Stanford University during the 1970s is presented. Several issues are addressed to help administrators who are interested in increasing the organization's rational decision-making. The five models are as follows: the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, Centralization, College Administration
Chiang, Linda H. – 2003
It has become more and more common to read and hear that the essential factor underlying effective schools is an ethos or culture of excellence and that effective school leaders are culture builders. The main purpose of this study was to ascertain administrators' views of their schools' climate. The second purpose was to examine imperative skills…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Case Studies, Educational Environment
van der Vegt, Rein; Knip, Hans – 1986
This paper analyzes a research project that maps implementation efforts of comprehensive and mandated change at the primary school level in The Netherlands. In examining this large-scale national reform program, the report deals with schools whose innovation efforts acquired funding from the central education department in return for their local…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
