This study attempts to trace the locus of responsibility for the
decision making associated with policy determination in the
Australian Capital Territory further education system. Generally
the study is restricted to the decade of the Seventies, during which
period the administrative organisation of the system moved from the
large, centralised New South Wales State technical education system
to a small, regional system with local control.
In chronological sequence this field study considers the content and
effect of a number of reports, files and papers generated during
this period under study, and shows the nature of influences on the
emergence and structure of the A.C.T. further education system. In
particular, the shift of responsibility for policy determination,
and executive management of the system, is followed through as a
function of the recommendations contained in the various documents
considered.
By tracing the movement of executive responsibility through the
early years of operation of the A.C.T. further education system it
is possible to detect the focus of power and influence within and
imposed upon the system, and to consider the decision-making
strategies adopted in the determination of policy. From these it is
possible to extrapolate and assess, to some extent, the stage of
evolution which has been reached and possible directions in which
"natural selection" factors may influence further developments.
This field study should provide a first step, at least, toward the
association and amalgamation of many documents which have (or should
have) significantly influenced the nature of the present A.C.T.
further education system. The study concludes with some discussion
of current issues and suggestions for further (related) research.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219063 |
| Date | January 1982 |
| Creators | Jolliffe, Ray, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Ray Jolliffe |
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