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Decoupling: Discrepancy between what schools do and how they evaluate the outcomes
What is Decoupling?
Administrators need to be careful and avoid inspecting internal processes of the school because by decoupling formal structures from activities, uncertainty about the effectiveness of the ritual categories is reduced - Avoiding inspection increases commitments of internal participants - A good deal of the value of education has little to do with the efficiency of instructional activities Interaction is characterized by good faith and decoupling - Decoupling protects the ritual classification scheme from uncertainties arising in the technical core - Decoupling allows schools to adapt to inconsistent and conflicting institutionalized rules Administrators want to maintain a "schooling rule" institutionalized in society - Local and pluralistic basis of control help this pattern The logic of confidence or "Face of work" Avoidance is maximized when there is segmentation and limited interaction across units Discretion is maximized when control is minimized Overlooking embarrassing incidents avoids labeling individuals
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A great deal of adaptation and change occurs without disrupting actual activities
Implications for research and theory. Schools and other organizations are affected by their institutional environments
Propositions comparing societies
The formal structure of educational organizations tends to correspond with environmental categories Educational content is organizationally most loosely coupled in societies with pluralistic systems of control The more education is important, the more loosely coupled its internal structure and the more control rests on professionalization and logics of confidence
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