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100			_aSimon, Christopher A.
245			_aPublic school administration: employing Thompson's structural contingency theory to explain public school administrative expenditures in Washington State
260			_c1999
300			_ap.524-41
362			_aSep
520			_aThe purpose of this article is to explore the open systems characteristics of public schools by applying James D. Thompson's contingency theory to the study of school district central administration expenditures in Washington State. In this analysis, contingency theory appears to offer a fairly good explanation for central administrative expenditures. The model indicates that administrative expenditure are a function of the organizational environment and the stability of resource providers. Stable organizational environments and consistent resource providers are associated with smaller school administration, due to the more limited need for substantial organizational buffering. - Reproduced
650			_aPublic education - United States
650			_aEducaion - United States
650			_aEducational management - United States
650			_aEducational management
773			_aAdministration and Society
909			_a43082
999			_c43082 _d43082