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ERIC Number: EJ264268
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Jun
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Administering Education in Loosely Coupled Schools.
Weick, Karl E.
Phi Delta Kappan, v63 n10 p673-76 Jun 1982
Schools are managed with the wrong organizational model in mind. They are unique and cannot be governed by conventional management theory. This article describes schools as loosely coupled systems and describes what school administrators should be doing to be effective in such a situation. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Organizational Theories, School Organization
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Loosely Coupled Systems