Images of Schools - Structures and Roles in Organizational Behavior

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.Table of ContentPART 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