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| 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 ... MORE | 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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