School Business Administration: A Planning Approach - Couverture rigide

Candoli, I. Carl; Etc.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0205273548 ISBN 13 : 9780205273546

Editeur : Pearson Education (US), 1997

Synopsis

First published in 1973; the latest edition of this text addresses recent changes in the function of school business administration and the forces behind the changes. Divided into 15 chapters, the book discusses school business administration in the following contexts: legislative, judicial, revenue

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

School Business Administration, Eighth Edition helps readers develop a rationale for how school business administration functions and understand that role in current practice.

This text maintains that the purpose of school business administration is to contribute to instructional effectiveness by helping key decision makers use financial resources wisely in support of educational goals. It views school business administration as a collaborative enterprise and takes a positive, proactive approach to the contemporary problems and issues facing education today.

Hallmark Features

• Includes analysis of problems and issues that require leadership from school business administrators and also depicts the social, economic, and political context in which administrators work.
• Facilitates understanding of key concepts through a developmental sequence of chapters and places the role of the school business office in its proper perspective as a support activity.
• Uses site-based management to illustrate principal and teacher involvement in school business administration.
• Presents chapters on management and information systems and a unique chapter on cash management with ways to enhance investment potential.
• Describes sources of revenue and fiscal decisions and how these impact school business administration in this new environment.
• Provides a unique focus on student achievement as the main goal that should be served by all divisions of the school organization.
• Shows how school organizations can receive more“bang for the buck” by providing guidelines and good business practices.
• Explains the integral importance of how SBA concepts relate to the superintendence team.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

School Business Administration develops a rationale for how school business administration functions and describes that function in current practice.

This text contends that the function of school business administration is to contribute to instructional effectiveness by assisting key decision-makers in using financial resources in order to maximize the achievement of educational goals. It views school business administration as a collaborative enterprise and takes a positive, proactive approach to the contemporary problems and issues facing education today. Throughout, the book describes and applies new management concepts to school business administration and continually links concepts to practice using “real world” examples.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson Education (US)
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0205273548
• ISBN 13: 9780205273546
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 6
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible