1994
DOI: 10.1177/0263211x9402200203
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Devolution - Towards a Research Framework

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“…Consistent with the findings of Williams (1992) and Sharpe (1994), the study demonstrated that devolution and formula-based approaches should be regarded as separate continuums, and that the place of any institution along those continuums will be influenced by key institutional variables, including the preferences and priorities of the main change agents, strategic priorities, micro-political activity, financial strength of the institution and its basic units, skills of members of staff, adequacy of management information systems, and the size, history, discipline mix and culture of the institution. This article concentrates on the cultural findings, three of which will be considered in particular.…”
Section: Impact Of Institutional Culturesupporting
confidence: 91%
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“…Consistent with the findings of Williams (1992) and Sharpe (1994), the study demonstrated that devolution and formula-based approaches should be regarded as separate continuums, and that the place of any institution along those continuums will be influenced by key institutional variables, including the preferences and priorities of the main change agents, strategic priorities, micro-political activity, financial strength of the institution and its basic units, skills of members of staff, adequacy of management information systems, and the size, history, discipline mix and culture of the institution. This article concentrates on the cultural findings, three of which will be considered in particular.…”
Section: Impact Of Institutional Culturesupporting
confidence: 91%
“…Both these trends have been influenced by external pressure and have been evident elsewhere in the education service (DES, 1988) and the public sector generally, and represent international developments (Fransson, 1985;Koder & Hewitt, 1992;Sharpe, 1994).…”
Section: Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The imperative to shift more power, responsibility and decision‐making authority to schools characterises LSLD as a devolutionary reform (Caldwell and Spinks ; Sharpe ). Varied education systems with different degrees and forms of devolution have developed in some Australian states and territories such as Victoria, Western Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory.…”
Section: Driving Forces: Neoliberalism and Devolutionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Devolution is a process through which an agency of control (such as a government or a school system) deliberately relinquishes aspects of control over the organizations for which it is responsible, thus moving them along the continuum in the direction of total selfmanagement [11,35].…”
Section: What Is Devolution?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A paradigm showing some relationships among these variables is set out in Figure 3 [35]. Most research on devolution will focus either on the experience at the macro or system level or conversely at the micro or school level.…”
Section: Towards a Paradigm For Research On Devolutionmentioning
confidence: 99%