Administrative Control in Large-City School Systems: An Investigation in Chicago
- 1 November 1985
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Educational Administration Quarterly
- Vol. 21 (4) , 51-70
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0013161x85021004005
Abstract
Big-city school systems have been described as rigid, ponderous, hierarchical bureaucracies. They have also been called loosely coupled systems virtually out of control. Which are they-tight or loose? A study of Chicago principals reveals that the system does indeed exert powerful hierarchical control, but it does so not through a muscular apparatus of directives but rather through a not-so-subtle enforcement of loyalties, values, and unspoken expectations.Keywords
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