THE IMPACT OF THE EXERCISE OF POWER ON THE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT PROCESS IN TECHNOLOGICAL SECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: THE CASE OF THE DGETI IN MEXICO CITY

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Published: Jan 1, 2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35426/IAv34n95.03
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Top School Management, Power Exercise, Formal Structure, Informal Structure, Organizational Complexity

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María Trinidad Cereced Mercado
National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico
Carlos Topete Barrera
National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico
Isaías Alvarez García
National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico

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The overall purpose of this research is to analyze the effects that power exercise has in the top management processes carried out in medium - high educational centers in order to improve educational quality standard.
The field of this research is the top management processes and its power exercise. Both derive from two structures generated in the organization: formal and informal. The interaction of both structures through power exercise modulates the direction and leadership generated that has an impact on the outcomes obtained in relation to the educational quality standard.
A qualitative methodology was followed by interviewing the experts, directors, former directors and key actor who play an important role in the educational centers of study. These interviews were taped – recorded and transcribed.
Moreover the conceptual content was analyzed through software called Atlas TI, which enhanced a code abstraction and the construction of families. These two tasks were essential for setting up the nets that would constitute the explicative conceptual maps of power exercise and top management.
The main outcomes enlighten the informal processes given at the time of power exercise and therefore, typologies and modalities are set to explain the existing interrelation between power exercise and top management.

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Author Biographies

María Trinidad Cereced Mercado, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico

PhD in Administrative Sciences, Professor in the Graduate Studies and Research Section of ESCA Santo Tomás Unit, Research lines: Management, leadership and quality of education and the decentralization of institutions in the educational system. Email: tricermer@yahoo.com

Carlos Topete Barrera, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico

PhD in Pedagogy, Professor in the Graduate Studies and Research Section of ESCA Santo Tomás Unit. Research interests include leadership and quality in education, and training of managers, professors, and researchers. Email: cartopba@yahoo.com

Isaías Alvarez García, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico

PhD in Education, Professor in the Graduate Studies and Research Section of ESCA Santo Tomás Unit. Research areas: Leadership and quality of education, and Training of managers, professors, and researchers. Email: ialvarez@ipn.mx

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