TY  - JOUR
AB  - The administrative policies in the state school systems of New
Zealand and Australia have undergone radical changes in recent years.
Research into the origins and patterns of the reforms, their progress
and problems encountered, shows that the holistic reforms were intended
to achieve higher levels of economic efficiency, educational
effectiveness and political quiescence. Two major restructuring
strategies are identified, the corporatisation and the politicisation of
educational administration. These purposes and strategies are found to
cohere with a neo‐pluralist theory of state. A provisional theory of
systemic restructuring is developed comprising a Gestalt of
three realms: the existential, the social and the material. Three
questions for further research are posed. Why have Australian state
education ministers and their chief executives been developing new
national structures rather than waiting for their restructure of state
systems to deliver reforms? What are the origins and dynamics of
administrative policy myths? To what extent can a centralist corporate
managerialism cohere with a philosophy of educative leadership?
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
SN  - 0957-8234
DO  - 10.1108/EUM0000000002474
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000002474
AU  - Macpherson R.J.S.
PY  - 1991
Y1  - 1991/01/01
TI  - Restructuring of Administrative Policies in Australian and
New Zealand State School Education Systems: Implications for Practice,
Theory and Research
T2  - Journal of Educational Administration
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
Y2  - 2024/04/26
ER  -