Description
The current debate in the United States over education reform, particularly school restructuring, is essentially over which strategy of organization will achieve the best result: Accountability versus autonomy; empowerment versus centralization; or standardization versus flexibility? This innovative book applies analytical perspectives from organizational theory to education. The results will help school administrators develop more effective strategies and tactics. PART ONE: IMAGES OF STRUCTURE School Organizations by Design – Brian Rowan The Organizational Design of Schools Schools as Decision-Making Arenas – Charles Taylor Kerchner and Krista D Caufman Institutionalism and Strategic Decisions in Education Schools as Learning Organizations – Eric Rait Against the Current: Organizational Learning in Schools Schools as Cultural Arenas – Terrence E Deal Symbols and Symbolic Activity PART TWO: IMAGES OF ROLES Redesigning the Role of the Teacher – Ann Weaver Hart The Impacts of Mathematics and Computer Technology on the Core Assumptions and Practices of Teaching Enabling Good Teaching Performance – Stephen M Mitchell Performance Management in Education Assessing Teaching Performance – Gary Sykes and Jason Millman The Assessment of Teaching Based on Evidence of Student Learning School Administrators as Boundary Spanners – Ellen B Goldring Striking a Balance: Boundary Spanning and Environmental Manangement in Schools School Administrators as Leaders – Lee G Bolman and Rafael Heller Research on School Leadership: The State of the Art Fitting Leaders to School Organizations – Rodney T Ogawa Administrator Succession in School Organizations PART THREE: CONCLUDING ESSAY The Implicit Action beneath Explicit Organizing Models – Samuel B Bacharach and Bryan Mundell
