The Bureaucratization of a County Schools Office: An Historical Field Study of the County Superintendent of Schools Office.

Hendrick, William Edward; Ortiz, Flora Ida

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ERIC Number: EJ352971

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Publication Date: 1986

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The Bureaucratization of a County Schools Office: An Historical Field Study of the County Superintendent of Schools Office.

Hendrick, William Edward; Ortiz, Flora Ida

Research in Rural Education, v3 n3 p137-47 Spr 1986

Shows how county superintendent of schools office was created to provide public services and evolved into highly bureaucratized organization. Examines complexity of society; legislated mandates/authorizations for services relationship to state department of education; quality of leadership; interaction with county board of education; organizational tasks, control, and maintenance; process of bureaucratization. (NEC)

Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrators, Bureaucracy, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Change, Organizational Objectives, Rural Education, School Administration, School Districts, Superintendents

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California

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