STUDY GUIDE

HMEE5013 Educational Administration

Week 9
Topic 9: Decision Making in Schools
Readings
Hoy, W. K., & Miskel, C. G. (2013). Educational administration: Theory,
research and practice (9th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Chapter 10 and 11

e-Content
Gulcan, M. G. (2011). Views of administrators and teachers on participation
in decision making at school (the city of Ankara sample). Education,
131(3), 637-652.

Study Notes
9.1

The Classical Model: An Optimising Strategy

9.2

The Administrative Model: A Satisfying Strategy

9.2.1

Decision-making process: An action cycle

x

Recognise and define the problem or issue;

Analyse the difficulties in existing situation;

Establish criteria for a satisfactory solution;

Develop a plan or strategy of action; and

Initiate the plan of action.

9.3

The Incremental Model: A Strategy of Successive Limited

Comparisons

9.4

The Mixed Scanning Model: An Adaptive Strategy

9.5

A Contingency Model: Matching Strategy and Situation

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9.6

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Swift and Smart Decision Making Principles

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Satisfying rule;

Framing rule;

Default rule;

Simplicity rule;

Uncertainty rule;

Take-the-Best rule;

Transparency rule;

Contingency rule; and

Participation rule.

9.7

Decision Making Cycle: An Extension and Some Suggestion

9.8

The Vroom Model of Shared Decision Making

9.9

Hoy-Tarter Model of Shared Decision Making

x

Zone of acceptance: its significance and determination;

Trust and situations;

Decision-making structures;

Leader roles; and

Putting it together: A model for shared decision making.

9.9.1

Developing teachers for decision making

9.9.2

A caution on group decision making: Groupthink

x

Conditions that foster groupthink; and

Avoiding groupthink.

9.10 Views of Administrators and Teachers on participation in decision

making at school (Gulcan, 2011)
9.10.1 Participation in decision making at school
x

Education region principals council;

Education region consultancy council;

Education region group leaders council;

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Group teachers council;

Teachers council; and

Branch teachers council.

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9.10.2 The purpose of the study

9.10.3 Method
9.10.4 Findings and interpretation
9.10.5 Results and discussion

Study Questions
1.

Explain why the administrative model is more acceptable compared to

the classical model in making a decision.

2.

Explain the important steps involved in mixed scanning and garbage

can models.

3.

Participation of subordinates in decision making is important for an

organisation but it is not always beneficial. Discuss under what
conditions subordinates should be involved in decision making.

4.

Review the article by Gulcan (2011) on views regarding administrators

and teachers participation in decision making at school and relate the
findings to related theories on decision making.

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