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Peer reviewedTemkin, Sanford; McNamara, James F. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1973
Attempts to draw together the kinds of information needed to help school district administrators view their orgnization by examining the consequences of decisions for all of the district goals and objectives, rather than by solving problems one at a time. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Comprehensive Programs, Educational Change, Educational Planning
St. Louis, Larry; McNamara, James F. – 1971
This paper presents a decision model based on microeconomic theory. The model utilizes a stepwise polynomial regression to derive a cost function and then constructs an average cost curve to identify an optimal school district size. An application of the model to the State of Oregon illustrates how economies of scale information for a State system…
Descriptors: Centralization, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Economic Factors
Peer reviewedMcNamara, James F. – American Educational Research Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Decision Making, Financial Support, Labor Needs, Linear Programing
