A REVIEW OF RESEARCH CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SITE-BASED MANAGEMENT

Seventy-seven empirical and case studies of the implementation of scho ol-based management (SBM) reported between 1985 and 1995 are reviewed in order to determine obstacles typically encountered in the early to middle stages of such implementation and promising strategies for deal ing with them. Results are reported in terms of obstacles relevant to teachers, principals, parents and the wider community, site councils, schools as a whole, and district administrators. These results are dis cussed in terms of the potential role for SBM in the creation of ''hig h involvement'' schools.