Many symposia and special journal issues over the last several decades have been devoted to concerns about the decline of philosophy in teacher education programs. I pursued an answer for my doctoral project and found institutional explanations are rarely invoked in the "decline literature." I have sketched here the theory and have shown…

This study examines the influence of culture on digital libraries of the first wave. The local cultures of innovation of five European national libraries (Biblioteca nacional de Portugal, Bibliotheque nationale de France, Die Deutsche Bibliothek, the National Library of Scotland, and the British Library) are reconstructed in case histories from…

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Hierarchy can accommodate professionals and professional freedom and it is capable of recognizing, nuturing, and responding to its members' needs in ways that are beyond other forms of organization. (Author)

Trist discusses his own training and his research in organizational development, networks, and management systems. His work in the United States is explored. Trist is professor of organizational behavior at York University, Toronto, and professor emeritus at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. (Author/BEF)

Describes the Educative Leadership Project, a British program attempting to generate a new synthesis of experience, research, and theory on leadership and to develop complementary inservice and postgraduate learning materials for administrators. Discusses adult learning principles, relevant issues, project phases, and workshop procedures involved.…

Alternative models of organizational structure are discussed in this paper as they operate in higher and further education in Great Britain. First, the basic principles of the traditional hierarchical model of college organization are presented, and the advantages and disadvantages of this model are highlighted. Next, the paper discusses the…

Some organizations, such as the college or school, are by the nature of their enterprise, anarchic and, where this is so, attempts to retain predictability by strong boundary maintenance are irrelevant, since unpredictability is built into the organization. (Author)

Uses structuration theory concepts to analyze the disjunction between annual school development plans and a more flexible planning approach effective at the building level. Analyzes concepts, discusses features of local education authority development plans, summarizes relevant research, and suggests unintended consequences of development plans as…

Emphasizing a distinction between administration, a value-laden activity, and management, which is concerned with achievement, this essay characterizes the adaptable school district as one showing client-oriented planning at the administrative level and flexibility at the management level. Development of a more refined model for organizational…

The concept of management by consent is examined in an assessment of management techniques within academe. Issues that are analyzed include what is involved in an organization of consent and factors heralding the organizations of consent, such as (1) the view of management as a semi-profession, and (2) the spread of "matrism," which is…

Different personalities will behave quite differently in similar circumstances and, however strong structural pressures may be, results may not be at all similar for two different personalities. (Author)

To guarantee their funding, schools in Great Britain must compete to attract students. This handbook describes how marketing is critical to a school's economic survival and offers guidelines for those in educational management who must make long-range decisions regarding the direction and position of their institution. Part 1 covers basic…

The authors propose studying organizational equivalents as parts of the wider societal context. They focus specifically on British-German comparisons. The role of culture as a variable in comparing work organizations and manpower training is discussed. Research findings are presented. (CT)

Considers the problems inherent in British secondary school organization, the resistance to change built into the organizational systems, and possible organizational concepts that could serve the same general purposes (curricular oversight and student services) while adapting more successfully to changing needs and conditions. (PGD)