TY  - JOUR
AB  - The application of different models of organization to the study of schools is common in the literature on organizational theory. This literature distinguishes rational models, such as the bureaucratic ideal type, from natural systems models, such as the concept of schools as loose‐coupled systems and the image of schools as political arenas. This article examines the extent to which some specially selected schools in Australia and New Zealand can be viewed as resembling certain organizational models. The article concludes that there is no one model which is suitable for describing schools although many of the different models described by theorists seem to be relevant to the schools studied. The article also seeks to isolate some of the factors that result in schools resembling certain organizational models rather than others.
VL  - 24
IS  - 2
SN  - 0957-8234
DO  - 10.1108/eb009916
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009916
AU  - STURMAN A.
PY  - 1986
Y1  - 1986/01/01
TI  - THE APPLICATION OF ORGANIZATIONAL MODELS TO THE STUDY OF SCHOOLS
T2  - Journal of Educational Administration
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 187
EP  - 212
Y2  - 2024/05/09
ER  -