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| Preface | |
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| School Business Administration: Context, Function, Practice, and Process | |
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| The Evolving Context | |
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| The Organizational Context of the Administrative Team | |
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| Conceptualizing a School Business Administration Function | |
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| Emerging Challenges to School Business Administration | |
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| Planning as Strategy and Process | |
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| An Alternative View of Educational Planning | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| A Legislative and Judicial Context for School Business Administration | |
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| Legislative-Judicial Origins of School Business Administration | |
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| Legislative and Judicial Concepts Useful in School Business Administration | |
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| Compliance Responsibilities and Practices | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| The Revenue and Fiscal Context | |
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| Taxation | |
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| Planning for Local Revenues | |
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| The Interactive Nature of State-Local Funding | |
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| Planning for State Revenues | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| A Management Concept | |
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| The Nature of Management Concepts | |
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| Private versus Public Sector Management | |
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| School Business Administration as a Subset of Generic Management | |
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| Management Applications | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| An Information Systems Context | |
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| The Linguistics of Information Systems | |
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| Role and Scope of Information Flow as Related to Data-Based Management--MIS Concept | |
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| Unique Role of the Business Administrator | |
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| Effect on Staff/Administrators/Faculty | |
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| Selection Process | |
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| Utilization | |
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| Types of Equipment | |
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| The Future of Educational Computing | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Strategic Planning and Budgeting | |
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| The Statutory Bases for School System Budgeting | |
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| Concepts of Budgeting | |
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| Concepts of Budgeting More Suited to Present and Future Educational Systems | |
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| Site-Based Budgeting | |
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| Evolution of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, Evaluation System | |
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| Zero-Based Budgeting | |
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| Concepts of Budget Development | |
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| The Budget Process | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Notes | |
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| Accounting, Auditing, and Reporting | |
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| School Accounting | |
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| School Fund Accounting and Operation | |
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| School Accounting in Contemporary Practice | |
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| Auditing | |
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| Reporting | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Personnel and Payroll Administration | |
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| Challenges of Personnel Administration | |
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| Personnel Planning and Recruitment | |
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| Orientation, Training, Development, and Motivation | |
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| Personnel Supervision | |
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| Professional Negotiations | |
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| Personnel Budgeting | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Notes | |
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| Purchasing and Distribution | |
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| Purchasing | |
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| Legal Aspects of Purchasing | |
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| Inventory Control | |
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| Educational Materials en Route--Distribution | |
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| Evaluation of Purchasing, Inventory, and Distribution Systems | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Maintenance and Operation | |
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| Maintenance | |
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| Plant Operation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Notes | |
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| Capital Asset Planning and Management | |
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| Comprehensive Strategic Planning | |
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| Procurement of Furniture and Equipment | |
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| Orientation and Training Programs | |
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| Additional Planning Considerations | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Notes | |
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| Cash Management | |
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| The Nature of Cash for Investment | |
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| Cash Flow | |
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| Investment Considerations | |
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| Debt Management | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Notes | |
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| Risk Management and Insurance | |
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| The Role of Insurance | |
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| Planning Insurance Acquisition | |
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| Insurance Contracts | |
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| Types of Insurance Options | |
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| Alternate Financing for Risk Management | |
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| Insurance Records, Maintenance, and Protection | |
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| Personnel and Contractor Concerns of Risk Management | |
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| Vehicle Insurance | |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Act | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Auxiliary Services | |
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| Transportation Services | |
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| Food Services | |
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| Security Services | |
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| Other Auxiliary Services | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Note | |
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| School Business Administration Perspectives | |
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| Fiscal and Economic Perspectives | |
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| The Centralization/Decentralization Dichotomy | |
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| Site-Based Management | |
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| Personal Skills for School Business Administrators | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Activities | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |