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The improvement of staff utilization practices through the technique of differentiated staffing is the subject of this paper. The authors bring together the various definitions of the term “differentiated staffing” and propose a more inclusive definition. Drawing from the literature in organizational change, the authors document in a logical and systematic manner the parameters of differentiated staffing and the problems that are likely to be associated with its introduction. The major part of the paper analyzes the potential of differentiated staffing for improving many deficiencies that are apparent in present methods of utilizing professional personnel in the public schools and in the decision-making procedures of those organizations. The authours urge controlled and systematic pilot projects be undertaken before largescale or even system-wide adoption.
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Le sujet de cette étude porte sur l'amélioration des méthodes d'utilisation du personnel au moyen de la technique de la différenciation du personnel. Les auteurs regroupent les diverses définitions de l'expression “différenciation du personnel” et proposent une définition plus globale. En s'inspirant des documents relatifs aux changements structuraux en matière d'organisation, les auteurs appuient sur des documents, d'une manière logique et systématique, leur idée des paramètres de la différenciation du personnel et des problèmes qui vraisemblablement accompagneront sa mise en application. Cette étude est consacrée principalement à l'analyse des possibilités qu'offre la différenciation du personnel en vue d'améliorer les nombreuses lacunes que l'on constate à l'égard des méthodes actuelles d'utilisation du personnel qualifié dans les écoles publiques et au niveau des méthodes de prise de décision des ces organismes. Les auteurs préconisent le recours à des projets pilotes méthodiques et bien dirigés avant que cette nouvelle technique soit adoptée sur une vaste échelle ou même à celle du système.
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The authors wish to express their appreciation to the following for their helpful criticisms of an earlier draft of this paper: Dr. John Brubacher, Dept. of Educational Administration, University of Connecticut, Storrs; Dr. Walter J. Hartrick, Centre for the Study of Education Administration, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Dr. James L. Olivero, The Southwestern Cooperative Educational Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Dr. Philip J. Runkel, Center for the Advanced Study of Educational Administration, University of Oregon, Eugene.
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Coleman, P., Wallin, H.A. A rationale for differentiated staffing. Interchange 2, 28–37 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02282468
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