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A Study Of The Assessment Center As A Process For Identifying Prospective School Principals And Assistant Principals, Carolyn J. Van Newkirk
A Study Of The Assessment Center As A Process For Identifying Prospective School Principals And Assistant Principals, Carolyn J. Van Newkirk
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An Analysis Of The Influences Affecting The Standards For Certifying Public School Teachers In Virginia, Wayne Dixon Lett
An Analysis Of The Influences Affecting The Standards For Certifying Public School Teachers In Virginia, Wayne Dixon Lett
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The purpose of this study was to determine if those who influenced Virginia certification regulations incorporated research on teacher performance or pupil achievement to establish or to support their positions. The years 1958 to 1982 were studied with the analysis concentrating on the regulations approved in 1981 and 1982.;Twenty-five individuals who had or may have had influence or were involved in the certification process were interviewed. The interviewees were members of at least one of nine groups. Three of these groups were considered decision-making groups, and six were considered nondecision-making groups.;An influences process model, a communication model, and content analysis …
Resource Management And Control Decision Making : Toward A Grounded Theory, Fred Hobart Wise
Resource Management And Control Decision Making : Toward A Grounded Theory, Fred Hobart Wise
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This study was directed toward the discovery of a grounded theory that identifies the variables that influence and interact to influence resource management decision making in an institution of higher education. The constant comparative methods an inductive approach to generating theory, was used to study resource management decision making. The study consisted of an indepth case study of a medium sized public university. The study was a naturalistic inquiry of the resource management decision-making process.;The design of the study included three phases of research. Each phase employed different data gathering techniques, and each had its own purpose for obtaining various …