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The New Revolution in Administrative Theory

The New Revolution in Administrative Theory Forty years ago the socalled theory movement tookroot in educational administration because it so fundamentally brokewith the past, replacing trialanderror experience with analysis andresearch in an effort to improve our understanding of educationalorganizations and how to manage them. Fuelled by support from privatefoundations and, eventually, the US federal government, this landmarkdevelopment in administrative and organizational theory altered the wayin which universities taught educational administration. In theeducational reform movement of the 1980s, however, the established andtimehonoured theoretic concepts of the past four decades withtheir emphasis on mathematical proof and ways of thinking borrowed fromlaboratory science gave way to newer, richer ways ofunderstanding organizations and thinking about them. Describes theemerging new directions in organizational and administrative theory andwhere they are taking us. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Educational Administration Emerald Publishing

The New Revolution in Administrative Theory

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Emerald Publishing
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0957-8234
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10.1108/09578239210014432
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Forty years ago the socalled theory movement tookroot in educational administration because it so fundamentally brokewith the past, replacing trialanderror experience with analysis andresearch in an effort to improve our understanding of educationalorganizations and how to manage them. Fuelled by support from privatefoundations and, eventually, the US federal government, this landmarkdevelopment in administrative and organizational theory altered the wayin which universities taught educational administration. In theeducational reform movement of the 1980s, however, the established andtimehonoured theoretic concepts of the past four decades withtheir emphasis on mathematical proof and ways of thinking borrowed fromlaboratory science gave way to newer, richer ways ofunderstanding organizations and thinking about them. Describes theemerging new directions in organizational and administrative theory andwhere they are taking us.

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Journal of Educational Administration – Emerald Publishing

Published: Feb 1, 1992

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