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Download full textLashway, Larry – Research Roundup, 1997
In shared decision making (SDM), principals collaborate with teachers and sometimes parents to take actions aimed at improving instruction and school climate. While research on SDM outcomes is still inconclusive, the literature shows that SDM brings both benefits and problems, and that the principal is a key figure. This brief offers a sampling of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Decision Making, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Lindelow, John – 1981
Many educators advocate school-based management, a method of decentralization wherein the school, instead of the district office, becomes the primary unit of educational decision-making. This shift is part of American education's long-term oscillation between administrative centralization and decentralization. Centralization, say its critics, has…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, Case Studies, Centralization
Oswald, Lori Jo – 1995
This digest summarizes some of the recent research regarding school-based management (SBM). In particular, it addresses two questions: (1) Is SBM working, and (2) What can schools changing to an SBM system do to ensure success? Information is presented on what type of SBM system works best, research on SBM success, the kinds of problems…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
Lindelow, John; Heynderickx, James – 1989
Chapter 5 of a revised volume on school leadership, this chapter presents the case for school-based management, stressing the principal's central role. In site management, the school is the primary decision-making unit. Decisions concerning expenditures, curricula, and personnel are made by school site staff, with help from parents, students, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
Lindelow, John – 1981
Chapter 4 of a volume on school leadership, this chapter is a revised version of the issue of "School Management Digest" entitled "School Based Management." It draws from the work of many authorities to define, explain, and make a case for school-based management, a system of educational administration in which the school is…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, Centralization, Community Involvement
Zirkel, Perry A. – Administrator's Update, 1986
The body of rhetorical writing and research studies about the interrelationship of faculty bargaining and campus governance are compared and synthesized. The research is emphasized so that the findings can inform and advance the ongoing debate and operational decision about this issue. Qualified, but not complete, support is found for the belief…
Descriptors: Centralization, Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Faculty
Johnson, Betty M.; George, Shirley A. – Administrator's Update, 1987
Characteristics in the college academic setting and the external environment that affect the decision-making structure and that the dean should consider before reorganization are examined. Concepts and theories about governance, decision-making, organizational structure, and characteristics of effective decision makers are also briefly reviewed. A…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Responsibility, College Administration, Deans
Peterson-del Mar, David – 1994
When created and operated appropriately, school-site councils can be a very useful component of school renewal. Councils are difficult to create, since members must shift roles, compromise strongly held beliefs, and invest considerable time, energy, and know-how. Advantages of group decision making are bringing diverse experience and expertise to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, Communication Skills, Community Involvement
Linney, Thomas J. – 1980
The increasing complexity of management and planning within institutions of higher education has fostered the development of more sophisticated theories of management in higher education. Such complexity has also encouraged the development of a number of academic planning tools and models to aid administrators in management through access to data…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, College Faculty, College Planning
Brahney, James H. – Administrator's Update, 1981
Changes that higher education is experiencing and forecasting and approaches to improve higher education management are considered. In addition to declining enrollment, rising costs, and diminishing financial resources, colleges are faced with the task of managing these changes under the pressures of new constraints and new constituencies.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Change Strategies, Collective Bargaining
Floyd, Carol Everly – 1985
The literature concerning higher education and generic organization theory is reviewed to address various questions relating to faculty participation in institutional decision-making. Attention is directed to: the rationale for faculty participation, alternative types of participation, participation in academic senates, participation by functional…
Descriptors: Centralization, College Administration, College Faculty, College Governing Councils
Kezar, Adrianna J. – 1999
The literature on higher education policy and governance has increased since the late 1980s, possibly in response to campuses' questioning of their traditional missions and processes, and focuses on five main areas: financial issues; assessment; accreditation and standards, especially for new forms of teaching and learning; nondiscrimination…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Organization, College Faculty, Diversity (Institutional)
Baldridge, J. Victor; And Others – 1982
The impact of demographic shifts and enrollment declines for higher education are examined, and possible institutional responses to these problems are studied. After a review of the national statistics and projections of future enrollment trends, attention is directed to the campus level and the dimensions of current enrollment problems. Based on…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Admissions Officers, Ancillary School Services, Change Strategies
Gratz, Robert D.; Salem, Philip J. – 1981
Major themes in the literature related to organizational communication and higher education are examined, with emphasis on the internal aspects of organizational communication in higher education. Attention is directed to the systems model and the structure, function, process, and communication patterns of higher education systems. The literature…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Ambiguity, College Administration, College Environment
