Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 10 Issue 2

Notes on Administration and Philosophy

R. OLIVER GIBSON

Administration and philosophy are seen as having to do with human behavior. Philosophy, in its concern for interpretation of human behavior, provides a useful method in…

Administrative Decisions and Cultural Values

MALCOLM SKILBECK

The management of institutional life is affected by wider developments in culture. Two of these developments of particular significance for administrators are the growth and…

Values and Facts in Educational Administrative Decisions

NAFTALY S. GLASMAN, G. ROGER SELL

The approach used here to the study of philsophical influences on educational administration is an examination of case studies of administrative decisions in educational…

Mathematics and Educational Administration

JAMES F. MCNAMARA

This paper is devoted to the topic of how mathematics might be more efficiently used in educational administration. The position taken here is that mathematics is a branch of…

Behind the Resource Domino: PART II: ALLOCATION

F.C. THIEMANN, C.S. BUMBARGER

Resource allocation is a problem common to all levels and types of administrative positions. Existing resources are expanded (allocated) both to perform an organizational task and…

The OCDQ: A Four Factor Solution for Australian Schools?

MR. A. ROSS THOMAS, MR. R.C. SLATER

For almost a decade the OCDQ has proven to be one of the most “popular” instruments in research in educational administration. Developed by Halpin and Croft, the instrument claims…