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Title: Public Management Reform without Managers: The Case of German Public Schools
Language: English
Authors: Mintrop, Rick
Source: International Journal of Educational Management. 2015 29(6):790-795.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 6
Publication Date: 2015
Document Type: Journal Articles
Opinion Papers
Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Public Administration, Educational Change, Educational Administration, Case Studies, Principals, Administrator Role, Commercialization, Administrative Change, Administrative Principles, Administrative Policy, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Professional Identity, Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Geographic Terms: Germany
DOI: 10.1108/IJEM-06-2015-0082
ISSN: 0951-354X
Abstract: Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of principals in light of public management reforms taking place in the German educational system and in reference to the empirical patterns uncovered by the papers contained in the Special Issue. Policy makers have created new expectations and new technologies that seem to suggest to necessitate a shift from principals acting as rule-bound administrators to acting as entrepreneurial managers. The paper asks if the availability of new managerial technologies is complemented by shifts in role conception or enactment. Design/methodology/approach: The author discusses the papers included in this Special Issue by suggesting one possible overarching frame for the German situation as documented by the papers and contrasting this frame with the situation in the USA. Findings: The Special Issue papers reviewed in this paper ask if the principalship in Germany across various states has become more managerial, and the author's conclusion is that it has not. The author suggests that in Germany, managerialism and professionalism may accommodate each other in ways uniquely German, perhaps without making the principalship more managerial. Originality/value: This paper sketches a way to conceptualize the role of the principal in the tension between Weberian bureaucracy, public managerialism, and professional self-governance.
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Number of References: 12
Entry Date: 2015
Accession Number: EJ1070145
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