Images of Schools: Structures and Roles in Organizational Behavior

Abstract

PART ONE: IMAGES OF STRUCTURE School Organizations by Design - Brian Rowan The Organizational Design of Schools Schools as Decision-Making Arenas - Charles Taylor Kerchner and Krista D Caufman Institutionalism and Strategic Decisions in Education Schools as Learning Organizations - Eric Rait Against the Current: Organizational Learning in Schools Schools as Cultural Arenas - Terrence E Deal Symbols and Symbolic Activity PART TWO: IMAGES OF ROLES Redesigning the Role of the Teacher - Ann Weaver Hart The Impacts of Mathematics and Computer Technology on the Core Assumptions and Practices of Teaching Enabling Good Teaching Performance - Stephen M Mitchell Performance Management in Education Assessing Teaching Performance - Gary Sykes and Jason Millman The Assessment of Teaching Based on Evidence of Student Learning School Administrators as Boundary Spanners - Ellen B Goldring Striking a Balance: Boundary Spanning and Environmental Manangement in Schools School Administrators as Leaders - Lee G Bolman and Rafael Heller Research on School Leadership: The State of the Art Fitting Leaders to School Organizations - Rodney T Ogawa Administrator Succession in School Organizations PART THREE: CONCLUDING ESSAY The Implicit Action beneath Explicit Organizing Models - Samuel B Bacharach and Bryan Mundell