Intergovernmental Relations in Education: Professionalism and Policy Administration at the State Level.

Cresswell, Anthony M.

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Publication Date: 1974

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Intergovernmental Relations in Education: Professionalism and Policy Administration at the State Level

Cresswell, Anthony M.

Education and Urban Society, 7, 1, 28-51, Nov 74

An exploration of some of the relationships between organizational characteristics of a state education agency and the decision making process in federal program administration. The consequences of the structural characteristics of a professional organization for the administration of externally imposed policy are discussed, leading to some hypotheses regarding "function-set congruence," policy implications and suggestions for future research. (EH)

Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Administrative Problems, Bureaucracy, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational Theories, Organizations (Groups)

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