School Business Administration : A Planning Approach

by Ray, John R; Hack, Walter G.; Candoli, I. Carl

• ISBN13: 9780205414147
• ISBN10: 0205414141
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

School Business Administration, Eighth Edition helps readers develop a rationale for how school business administration functions and understand that role in current practice. This text maintains that the purpose of school business administration is to contribute to instructional effectiveness by helping key decision makers use financial resources wisely in support of educational goals. It views school business administration as a collaborative enterprise and takes a positive, proactive approach to the contemporary problems and issues facing education today. Hallmark Features bull; bull;Includes analysis of problems and issues that require leadership from school business administrators and also depicts the social, economic, and political context in which administrators work. bull;Facilitates understanding of key concepts through a developmental sequence of chapters and places the role of the school business office in its proper perspective as a support activity. bull;Uses site-based management to illustrate principal and teacher involvement in school business administration. bull;Presents chapters on management and information systems and a unique chapter on cash management with ways to enhance investment potential. bull;Describes sources of revenue and fiscal decisions and how these impact school business administration in this new environment. bull;Provides a unique focus on student achievement as the main goal that should be served by all divisions of the school organization. bull;Shows how school organizations can receive more";bang for the buck"; by providing guidelines and good business practices. bull;Explains the integral importance of how SBA concepts relate to the superintendence team. Visit our Educational Leadership Supersite at www.ablongman.com/edleadership for additional leadership resources!

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
School Business Administration: Context, Function, Practice, and Process	p. 1
The Evolving Context	p. 1
The Organizational Context of the Administrative Team	p. 5
Conceptualizing a School Business Administration Function	p. 7
Emerging Challenges to School Business Administration	p. 11
Planning as Strategy and Process	p. 15
An Alternative View of Educational Planning	p. 16
Summary	p. 18
Suggested Activities	p. 19
Suggested Readings	p. 19
Notes	p. 19
A Legislative and Judicial Context for School Business Administration	p. 21
Legislative-Judicial Origins of School Business Administration	p. 23
Legislative and Judicial Concepts Useful in School Business Administration	p. 26
Compliance Responsibilities and Practices	p. 33
Summary	p. 35
Suggested Activities	p. 35
Suggested Readings	p. 36
Notes	p. 36
The Revenue and Fiscal Context	p. 37
Taxation	p. 39
Planning for Local Revenues	p. 45
The Interactive Nature of State-Local Funding	p. 47
Planning for State Revenues	p. 47
Summary	p. 51
Suggested Activities	p. 51
Suggested Readings	p. 52
Notes	p. 52
A Management Concept	p. 53
The Nature of Management Concepts	p. 53
Private versus Public Sector Management	p. 64
School Business Administration as a Subset of Generic Management	p. 65
Management Applications	p. 65
Summary	p. 85
Suggested Activities	p. 85
Suggested Readings	p. 87
Notes	p. 88
An Information Systems Context	p. 89
The Linguistics of Information Systems	p. 89
Role and Scope of Information Flow as Related to Data-Based Management--MIS Concept	p. 93
Unique Role of the Business Administrator	p. 97
Effect on Staff/Administrators/Faculty	p. 98
Selection Process	p. 106
Utilization	p. 109
Types of Equipment	p. 111
The Future of Educational Computing	p. 118
Summary	p. 119
Suggested Activities	p. 120
Suggested Readings	p. 120
Notes	p. 120
Strategic Planning and Budgeting	p. 122
The Statutory Bases for School System Budgeting	p. 123
Concepts of Budgeting	p. 123
Concepts of Budgeting More Suited to Present and Future Educational Systems	p. 125
Site-Based Budgeting	p. 125
Evolution of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, Evaluation System	p. 138
Zero-Based Budgeting	p. 141
Concepts of Budget Development	p. 144
The Budget Process	p. 146
Summary	p. 149
Suggested Activities	p. 149
Suggested Readings	p. 149
Notes	p. 150
Accounting, Auditing, and Reporting	p. 151
School Accounting	p. 152
School Fund Accounting and Operation	p. 158
School Accounting in Contemporary Practice	p. 162
Auditing	p. 169
Reporting	p. 171
Summary	p. 175
Suggested Activities	p. 175
Suggested Readings	p. 175
Notes	p. 176
Personnel and Payroll Administration	p. 177
Challenges of Personnel Administration	p. 177
Personnel Planning and Recruitment	p. 180
Orientation, Training, Development, and Motivation	p. 185
Personnel Supervision	p. 189
Professional Negotiations	p. 194
Personnel Budgeting	p. 205
Summary	p. 207
Suggested Activities	p. 208
Suggested Readings	p. 208
Notes	p. 208
Purchasing and Distribution	p. 210
Purchasing	p. 211
Legal Aspects of Purchasing	p. 215
Inventory Control	p. 228
Educational Materials en Route--Distribution	p. 231
Evaluation of Purchasing, Inventory, and Distribution Systems	p. 233
Summary	p. 233
Suggested Activities	p. 234
Suggested Readings	p. 235
Note	p. 235
Maintenance and Operation	p. 236
Maintenance	p. 238
Plant Operation	p. 248
Summary	p. 266
Suggested Activities	p. 266
Suggested Readings	p. 267
Notes	p. 267
Capital Asset Planning and Management	p. 268
Comprehensive Strategic Planning	p. 268
Procurement of Furniture and Equipment	p. 288
Orientation and Training Programs	p. 289
Additional Planning Considerations	p. 290
Summary	p. 295
Suggested Activities	p. 296
Suggested Readings	p. 296
Notes	p. 296
Cash Management	p. 297
The Nature of Cash for Investment	p. 298
Cash Flow	p. 299
Investment Considerations	p. 301
Debt Management	p. 315
Summary	p. 316
Suggested Activities	p. 316
Suggested Readings	p. 317
Notes	p. 317
Risk Management and Insurance	p. 318
The Role of Insurance	p. 321
Planning Insurance Acquisition	p. 324
Insurance Contracts	p. 326
Types of Insurance Options	p. 327
Alternate Financing for Risk Management	p. 339
Insurance Records, Maintenance, and Protection	p. 339
Personnel and Contractor Concerns of Risk Management	p. 339
Vehicle Insurance	p. 340
Occupational Safety and Health Act	p. 341
Summary	p. 342
Suggested Activities	p. 342
Suggested Readings	p. 342
Notes	p. 343
Auxiliary Services	p. 344
Transportation Services	p. 345
Food Services	p. 354
Security Services	p. 362
Other Auxiliary Services	p. 365
Summary	p. 367
Suggested Activities	p. 367
Suggested Readings	p. 368
Note	p. 368
School Business Administration Perspectives	p. 369
Fiscal and Economic Perspectives	p. 370
The Centralization/Decentralization Dichotomy	p. 372
Site-Based Management	p. 376
Personal Skills for School Business Administrators	p. 379
Summary	p. 385
Suggested Activities	p. 386
Suggested Readings	p. 386
Notes	p. 386
Glossary	p. 388
Index	p. 399
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