Effective School Management

CODE: R – Responsibility (initiates)
A – Approval (right to veto)
S – Support (put resources against)
I – Inform (to be informed)
ACTORS
DECISIONS
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EFFECTIVE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
(1) Break the problem down into smaller parts.
(2) Move the R up one level in the organization by including a new actor.
(3) Move the decision about the allocation of the R up one level.
Once the R has been placed, other letters can be agreed. A ground rule is that
a decision must be made on which single letter goes into the box.
Another problem that will occur is that agreement may only be reached on
some activity by assigning a large number of As. This, however, is unrealistic,
because it leads to a situation in which there is great difficulty in getting
decisions that allow progress on the work. Discussion is then needed on how
to change some As into Ss or Is.