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From Structural Dilemmas to Institutional Imperatives: A Descriptive Theory of the School as an Institution and of School Organizations
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Berg, Gunnar – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2007
This study outlines a descriptive theory that seeks to grasp the complexity of the school as a state and societal institution as well as single schools as organizations. A significant characteristic of this complexity is the ambiguity of the missions and goals--the outer boundaries--of the school-institution. The more institutional ambiguity that…
Descriptors: School Organization, Organizational Theories, Organizational Effectiveness, Institutional Mission
Educational Reform and Teacher Professionalism.
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Berg, Gunnar – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1989
Relates the findings of a project which studied a reform movement designed to change the internal works of schools in Sweden. Concludes that enabling conditions for reform are the tight coupling of the mandator of change and the executive level of schools and thorough knowledge of aims and actor preparedness. (KO)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
The School as an Organization.
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Wallin, Erik; Berg, Gunnar – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1982
Examines the Swedish school as an institution created by society for certain purposes and with certain functions. The authors offer a model which describes the school as a social organization that steers the educational process. (AM)
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Models