Research Report: Systems Analysis and Decision Making in the Local Government of Further Education

See 'Barr Greenfield and Organisation Theory: A Symposium' (Educational Administration Vol. 5 No.1. Autumn 1976 pp. 1-13) and

'Where does Self belong in the Study of Organisations? Response to a Symposium' Thomas Barr Greenfield (Educational Administration Vol.6 No.1. Winter 1977 pp. 78-98).

See also: 'Systems Analysis and Academic Decision-Making in Universities' by D.A. Howell (Educational Administration Vol.4No.2 Spring 1976),

'A Phenomenological Critique of Pastoral Care Concepts' by P.M. Ribbins, R.E. Best and C.B. Jarvis (Educational Administration Vol.5 No. 2 Spring 1977) and

'The Phenomenological Debate' - contributions by Richard Hobbs and Dennis Bruce (Educational Administration Vol.6 No.1 Winter 1977).

David Silverman , The Theory of Organisations (Heinemann 1976) p.142.

For a similar conclusion see J.H. Goldthorpe , 'The Development of Social Policy in England' in Transactions of the Fifth World Congress of Sociology, Vol. IV (International Sociological Association, Washington DC. 1964 )

Op. cit.

David Easton , A Systems Analysis of Political Life (New York 1965) p.21.

Ibid. p.96 (both quotes)

Ibid. p.346.

For the structural regulation of support see Easton, op. cit., 250f. Apart from the Review Working Party, members were also involved through area meetings (at which the Education Officer outlined proposals and answered questions on them before formulating firm reorganisation proposals) and detailed progress reports (which gave immensely detailed accounts of the surveys of the fields of work and resumés of Working Party discussions). As D.A. Howell says (op. cit. p.53) 'effective feedback has to be engineered and positively promoted, not simply left to emerge'.

'Where does Self belong in the Study of Organisations?' Above, Note 1.

A Framework for Political Analysis (New Jersey 1965) p.89: 'My approach to the analysis of political systems will not help us to understand why any specific policies are adopted by the politically relevant members in a system'.