TY - BOOK AU - Van der Westhuizen,P.C. AU - De Bruyn,P.P. TI - Schools as organisations SN - 9780627030598 U1 - 371.2 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Pretoria PB - Van Schaik KW - School management and organization KW - School environment KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-445) and index; The education system as an organisation -- The education system in relation to its environment. Organisational theory of the school -- Perspectives on the school as an organisation -- An ontological perspective on the school as an organisation -- General characteristics of the school as an organisation. The organisational ecology of the school -- The organisational culture of the school -- Organisational climate in schools -- Organisational health of the school. Organisational change -- Change in educational organisations -- Resistance to change in education. Organisational development -- Organisation development and the quality of working life in schools -- Organisational development in schools through quality management -- Organisational development in schools: a strategy for the management of diversity -- Organisational development in schools through caring leadership: theory and praxis ER -