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STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH SELECTED SCHOOL COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE INVOLVED IN THE PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT PROCESS

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Date Issued:
1977
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Purpose: This study was designed to examine the perceptions of selected school community members to determine to what extent they perceived their involvement in the participatory management process. Conclusions and Recommendations: It is concluded from the results of these analyses that administrators tend to believe that members of the school community are involved in the participatory management process to a greater extent than do teachers, students, advisory council members and counselors. Further, it was concluded that perhaps administrators should review the management practices in their schools if they intend to operate according to the principles of participatory management and if they really want to discourage the issuance of further legislative mandates, collective bargaining demands, public criticisms and psychological withdrawls. Organizations with commitments to enlightened leadership have been proven to be the most effective and efficient. The lack of involvement in deciding matters that affect them decreases subordinates' sense of commitments and, therefore, limits the full implementation of decisions. If schools are to become more effective and efficient, all members of the school community must be provided ways to become integral parts of the decision-making process. Administrators must be willing to share their authority. The responsibility for correcting these perceptions rest with administrators, for they are the educational leaders of the schools.
Title: A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH SELECTED SCHOOL COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE INVOLVED IN THE PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT PROCESS.
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Name(s): MITCHELL, ROY ISHMAN.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1977
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 124 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Purpose: This study was designed to examine the perceptions of selected school community members to determine to what extent they perceived their involvement in the participatory management process. Conclusions and Recommendations: It is concluded from the results of these analyses that administrators tend to believe that members of the school community are involved in the participatory management process to a greater extent than do teachers, students, advisory council members and counselors. Further, it was concluded that perhaps administrators should review the management practices in their schools if they intend to operate according to the principles of participatory management and if they really want to discourage the issuance of further legislative mandates, collective bargaining demands, public criticisms and psychological withdrawls. Organizations with commitments to enlightened leadership have been proven to be the most effective and efficient. The lack of involvement in deciding matters that affect them decreases subordinates' sense of commitments and, therefore, limits the full implementation of decisions. If schools are to become more effective and efficient, all members of the school community must be provided ways to become integral parts of the decision-making process. Administrators must be willing to share their authority. The responsibility for correcting these perceptions rest with administrators, for they are the educational leaders of the schools.
Identifier: 11686 (digitool), FADT11686 (IID), fau:8618 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1977.
College of Education
Subject(s): School management and organization--Decision making
Teacher participation in administration--United States
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