Title: The School as Organization
Headings: THE SCHOOL AS AN ORGANIZATION
THE SCHOOL AS AN ORGANIZATION
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Introduction:  making sense of it all
Schooling:  Education vs. Organization
Basic  Internal Conflicts
Following  policy vs. sensitivity to individual differences
Delegating  authority vs. pursuing authorized goals
Process vs.  Product
Power vs.  Morale
BASIC  ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS
Theory  X, Theory Y and Theory Z
Human Nature  and Commitment
Monocratic  Power
The  Pathology of Domination
Models  of Organizations
Expectation  vs. Implementation: a new set of organizational models.
Task  Analysis: How can things go wrong?
The  Implementation Models
The systems  management model
The  Bureaucratic Model
The Locus and  Span of Discretion
Comparing the  Two Models
Organizational  Development
The Conflict  and Bargaining Model
Decision  in Organizations
How Problems  Are Dealt With
The Costs of  Analysis
Garbage Can  Decision Processes
Reform  Proposals from an Organizational Perspective
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Content: Education vs. Organization
We know that schooling and education are not the same. Education  pursues values that may not be realized in actual schools. And neither  is socialization and education the same. As children learn to adapt  themselves to the social situations they must cope with, they may not  reach the goals their community aspires to. In studying the  organization of the schools we learn how different organizational  structures influence the socialization of children in ways which may  undermine as well as support educational goals. The way schools work often has greater effect on what students learn  than what their teachers try to do. Here is an example. For  administrative convenience, some schools require final grades to be  entered weeks before summer vacation begins. This is supposed to be a  top secret. Invariably students find out about it.