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ERIC Number: ED269837
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Feb
Pages: 12
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Effective Business Practices Can Be Applied to Schools.
DuFour, Richard P.
Despite the claims of conventional wisdom, business and education can learn from each other. An examination of "In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best Run Companies," by Thomas Peters and Robert Waterman, reveals several ideas and practices that schools can use effectively. (1) A bias for action: hold daily administrative team meetings and replace standing committees with task forces. (2) Stick close to the customer: conduct intensive, ongoing, followup studies of graduates to test educational relevance. (3) Autonomy and entrepreneurship: seek out and encourage those who will champion innovations. (4) Productivity through people: provide teachers with comparative feedback on their performance and celebrate their successes. (5) Hands-on management: building level administrators should keep a hand in teaching and maintain high visibility. (6) Stick to the basics: monitor the achievement of student course objectives closely. (7) Keep the organizational structure simple: give individual schools a large measure of autonomy. (8) Simultaneous looseness and tightness: while allowing initiative and autonomy, insist on the observance of certain core values. (PGD)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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