This study attempts to identify any patterns of
decision making behaviour evident from the formal meetings
of the Council of the Interim Australian Capital Territory
Schools Authority up to the end of its second year of operation,
In an analysis of the minutes, the topics mentioned
in them were grouped into fifteen broad categories, six of
which - professional staffing, policy making/procedures,
central staff and services, boundary maintenance, school
buildings and curriculum Matters - were found to have been
given the greatest attention by the Council.
The study reveals that decision making was associated
with only slightly more than half of the issues discussed
and that three quarters of those decisions could be termed
effective, in that they might lead to a change in the
education system's operations or in relationships with
another body or in that they appeared to finalize the
discussion on an issue.
It also demonstrates changes over time in both the
types of issues discussed and the ways in which the Council
operated as a decision unit. Some attention is given to
variables which might account for the observed patterns.
The decision making strategies used are explored
as are the methods of policy determination. An attempt is
made to identify stages in the Council's history which might
correspond to those postulated in organizational growth
models.
Finally, there are some suggestions for further
research, particularly in relation to pressure group theory,
to change in organizational structure and to growth models.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219213 |
| Date | January 1976 |
| Creators | Mildern, D. C., n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Teacher Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright D. C. Mildern |
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