Budget development.Superintendents encountered less criticism of their budget decisions when they used strategic plans or school district mission and goals as a basis for developing their annual spending plans. A dissertation dis·ser·ta·tion n. A lengthy, formal treatise, especially one written by a candidate for the doctoral degree at a university; a thesis. dissertation Noun 1. by Judyann Lee at University of La Verne The University of La Verne is a private university in La Verne, California (about 35 miles east of Los Angeles) with a main campus, seven satellite campuses throughout central and southern California, a law school, and two military regional campuses at Point Mugu Naval Air Station examined the influence of political pressures on budget development and adoption. She studied five school districts in California List of school districts in California
Lee looked at the selection and use of specific budget decision criteria; the methods for budget decision making; and the strategies selected by superintendents and other budget actors in their organizations and communities to develop and adopt budgets in times of scarce resources. She found superintendents tended to keep stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. focused on student and program outcomes, rather than on dollars, during the budget development process. This led to minimal dissension from internal and external individuals and stakeholder stakeholder n. a person having in his/her possession (holding) money or property in which he/she has no interest, right or title, awaiting the outcome of a dispute between two or more claimants to the money or property. groups. She grouped the strategies into three general categories: interpersonal, conceptual and political. Building trust was the most frequently identified political strategy. Copies of the full dissertation can be ordered from ProQuest at 800-521-0600 or core_service@umi.com. |
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