School restructuring American style: Flattening the decision-making pyramid

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 43-47

  Dondero, Grace ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Bottom up decision making; Empowerment; Schools; Self managing teams; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947275485     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513549610105740     Document Type: Review

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