This field study addresses the question of how one organisation
organised for the purposes of policy review and development. It does
so through a case study of the A.C.T. Schools Authority Review of
Provision for Children with Special Needs. This review, which took
place during 1981, was conducted by an intra-organisational Task Force
formed specifically for that purpose. In line with the principles
established as a basis for the A.C.T. government school system, the
review was organised in a way which encouraged wide participation by
educationalists and the community at large.
The field study comprises three main chapters, the first of which
traces the history and development of the A.C.T. school system. Here
the emphasis is upon the methods adopted to develop policy from the
earliest days of the organisation to the time of the review. The
second chapter provides an account of the establishment and conduct of
the review stressing the vital importance of matters related to
leadership and resources. In the third chapter various aspects of the
review are analysed in relation to selected literature on
organisations. It analyses the organisational context and structure
of the review, and in the light of this, considers questions of the
styles of leaderhsip actually adopted.
Throughout the study the aim is to understand the organisational
processes involved with an emphasis upon the appropriateness of the
means employed to meet the demands for policy review.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219459 |
| Date | January 1983 |
| Creators | Williams, Esther, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Esther Williams |
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