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Download full textHerriott, Robert E.; Firestone, William A. – 1983
In this paper the authors extend an earlier study that developed images of what schools are like as social entities. That study found that elementary schools correspond to the rational bureaucratic image, whereas secondary schools are more loosely coupled systems. The study was limited by a small sample. In this paper the research was extended to…
Descriptors: Centralization, Decentralization, Educational Change, Educational Environment
