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A Model Of School Managerial Control : The Systematic Analysis Of Managerial Behaviors, Processes, And Indicators, Ira Elliot Bogotch

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The theoretical construct of control has been defined as necessary (Etzioni, 1965), ubiquitous (Vickers, 1967), and on-going (E. Langer, 1983). Empirical measures, however, have not adequately given meaning to this potent construct, especially within complex organizations such as schools. Four stages of theory-development and empirical testing of school building managerial control using principals and teachers working within the nation's fourth largest district are presented in this dissertation as follows: (1) a review and synthesis of social science theories of control across the literatures of organizational theory, political science, sociology, psychology, and philosophy; (2) a systematic analysis of school managerial activities …

Examining The Needs For Student Services Of Adult Learners In Continuing Higher Education, Roberto Barragan Jr.

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to examine the availability and quality of student services offered to adult learners in selected continuing education programs in Dade County, Florida.

The two basic research questions addressed in this study were:

1) What are the student services being provided to adult learners by the selected colleges and universities?

2) What is the quality of these services being provided as perceived by administrators and adult learners at their institutions?

Two groups comprised the population for this study. One group sample of adult learners enrolled in credit courses being offered by the continuing education …