Local management of schools : analysis and practice

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = ⅹ
• Abbreviations = xii
• 1 Decentralized school management: The UK experience in an international context = 1
• Introduction = 1
• Defining school-based management = 3
• Defining local management of schools = 4
• Diversity and choice = 6
• An overview of local management of schools in the UK = 7
• Regulation = 12
• Local management in the UK in its international context = 15
• 2 Examining the case for local management = 17
• Introduction = 17
• The claims of political advocates = 17
• Key criteria for assessing local management of schools = 19
• Mechanisms by which local management might promote efficiency and effectiveness = 23
• The equity implications of local management = 30
• Conclusion = 37
• 3 The locally managed school as an open system = 38
• Organizational analysis and local management = 38
• An open systems model of school management = 38
• Educational outcomes and outputs = 40
• The school as an input-output system = 43
• Research methodologies for detecting the effects of local management = 54
• Conclusions = 56
• Appendix: Distinction between technical and price efficiency = 57
• 4 Normative models for local management = 61
• Introduction = 61
• What is meant by rational decision- making? = 62
• Rational decision-making for financial and resource management in schools = 63
• The efficiency of the school as a criterion for public accountability = 65
• Management and development planning = 68
• Rational and non-rational approaches to budgeting = 72
• Participation in budget decision-making = 77
• A good practice model for local management = 80
• Alternative perspectives: Non-rational decision-making = 81
• Conclusion = 82
• 5 Decision-making in locally managed schools = 84
• Introduction = 84
• The context for studying schools' decision-making = 85
• Allocating resources: Budget preparation and planning = 88
• Budget monitoring = 100
• The efficacy of schools in financial and resource management = 101
• Responsiveness, choice and diversity = 102
• Conclusion = 105
• Appendix: Research methods for school case studies = 106
• 6 Key roles in local management = 108
• Introduction = 108
• The headteacher's role in locally managed schools = 109
• The deputy as budget manager = 119
• The role of the finance officer = 121
• Class teacher involvement in financial management = 122
• The headteacher as buffer = 127
• The role of the governing body = 129
• Headteachers' responses to local management = 135
• Conclusion = 136
• 7 The impact of local management on resource allocation: Efficiency, effectiveness and equity = 138
• Introduction = 138
• Educational expenditure in England during the period of implementation of local management of schools = 138
• Education spending in Barsetshire = 141
• Resource allocation decisions by schools and their implications for efficiency and effectiveness = 148
• Conclusions: Efficieiicy, equity and effectiveness = 162
• 8 Quasi-markets and management control = 167
• Introduction = 167
• Principal agent theory = 168
• Local management as a model of multi-divisional organizational structure = 173
• The role of the LEA = 177
• School cooperative networks = 183
• Conclusion = 185
• 9 Local management: An overview = 187
• Introduction = 187
• The impact of local management: A descriptive account = 187
• An assessment of the effects of local management = 190
• Recommendations = 196
• Future research issues in resource management = 197
• Notes = 200
• References = 204
• Index = 214