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ERIC Number: EJ325242
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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The Individual and the Organisation.
Jones, Ian
Educational Management & Administration, v13 n2 p146-50 Sum 1985
Asserts that organizations do not have wills of their own but are only groups of individuals acting in concert. Argues that trying to run an organization by consensus results in the loss of accountability and merely relocates conflict without eliminating it. Urges adopting leadership by consent in educational organizations. (PGD)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Educational Administration, Group Dynamics, Leadership, Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational Theories, Participative Decision Making, Power Structure
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Note: Special issue: The Individual Within the System. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the British Educational Management and Administration Society (13th, Cambridge, England, Summer 1984).