Two Images of Schools as Organizations: An Explication and Illustrative Empirical Test.

Firestone, William A.; Herriott, Robert E.

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Publication Date: 1982

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Two Images of Schools as Organizations: An Explication and Illustrative Empirical Test.

Firestone, William A.; Herriott, Robert E.

Educational Administration Quarterly, v18 n2 p39-59 Spr 1982

Two competing images present schools as either rational bureaucracies or loosely coupled systems. Teachers in 13 Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) schools were surveyed on two dimensions distinguishing these images: goal consensus and influence centralization. The results suggest that high schools fit the loosely coupled image and elementary schools the bureaucreatic image. (Author/RW)

Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Centralization, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics, Models, School Organization, School Surveys, Tables (Data), Teacher Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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