Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1974

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

The problem of this study was to develop a model and procedures (strategies, an organizational format, programs and components) for educational administrative development programs based on business organizational development theory and practice. Organizational development is a concept which has evolved, in the business sector, from increased emphasis in the areas of planning, organization theory and human resources development. Public school systems throughout the country are increasingly unde r pressure to improve the quality of education and increase their efficiency at a time when available funds are being sharply curtailed . Just as Planning, Programming and Budgeting Systems (PPBS) has been adapted to and is now used throughout the educational structures in this country, organizational development would appear to be a natural follow-on as elements of our educational system increase in size and complexity. The model outlined in this study is based on efforts of a County-University-Industry consortium. The consortium was formed to establish a developmental program for the Broward County·, Florida School System, based on organizational development theory, techniques and practice as developed within the business sector. The model sets out: 1. A schematic (Concept Guide) to depict the approach to the establishment of an overall administrative development program. 2. A series of component schemata illustrating the formulation of managerial, organizational and policy changes. 3. A recommended "type" organization to implement an educational administrative development program. 4. A set of procedures which outline and describe the process of program design, development and implementation. 5. An outline of component programs applicable to educational administrative development. The model was not designed to be highly detailed and applicable only to a specific size school district or to a school district with a specific set of problems. Rather, emphasis was on the development of an approach which properly recognizes the wide variation of types of problems encountered by the typical rapidly expanding school system. Recommendations were made with regard to areas in which additional research is required.

Extent

202 p.

Comments

Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1974.|Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1974.

Identifier

FADT11645

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