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ERIC Number: EJ310020
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1984
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Two Images of Schools as Organizations: A Refinement and Elaboration.
Herriott, Robert E.; Firestone, William A.
Educational Administration Quarterly, v20 n4 p41-57 Fall 1984
The finding reported previously in this journal (EJ 265 763), that elementary schools conform more to the image of the rational bureaucracy while secondary schools fit that of the anarchy or loosely coupled system, is reinforced and extended using a large sample, more reliable measures, and more elaborate techniques. (Author)
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Centralization, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics, Models, Organizational Theories, School Organization, School Surveys, Tables (Data), Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Administrators; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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