The Relationships Among School-Based Budgeting, Innovative Management, and School Effectiveness: A Study on Specialist S
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The Relationships Among School-Based Budgeting, Innovative Management, and School Effectiveness: A Study on Specialist Schools in Taiwan Joseph Meng-chun Chin • Ching-Pao Chuang
Ó De La Salle University 2014
Abstract In response to the international trend of educational decentralization in recent decades, many elementary and junior high schools in Taiwan had adopted subbudgets of the ‘‘subordinate unit budgets’’ in the Local Education Development Fund for years so as to develop school-based budgeting. Furthermore, with the decline in birth rates and the need of enrollment, the establishment of specialist schools has been encouraged nationwide in Taiwan since 2007. These specialist schools took advantage of specific geographical and cultural features to develop their localized educational features so that their educational competitiveness and qualities could be enhanced. The major purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships among school-based budgeting, innovative management, and school effectiveness in Taiwan’s specialist schools. This paper adopts a questionnaire and employs structural equation modeling for the purpose of analysis. Innovation is a determining point whether schools can make progress or not. The results of the study show that innovative management conduces to direct enhancement of school effectiveness. Moreover, innovative management will be carried out more smoothly when school-based budgeting is performed positively. However, it was surprising to find that school-based budgeting cannot enhance the school
J. M. Chin (&) Department of Education, National Chengchi University, Jing Tang Building, No. 64, Sec. 2, Zhinan Rd., Wenshan Dist., Taipei City 116, Taiwan, ROC e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] C.-P. Chuang Department of Education, Science and Culture, Executive Yuan, No.1, Sec. 1, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan, ROC
effectiveness directly. Instead, it can promote the improvement of school effectiveness indirectly through innovative management. Keywords School-based budgeting (SBB) Local education development fund (LEDF) Innovative management Specialist school School effectiveness
Introduction In the recent decades, educational decentralization has been an important issue, which is extensively discussed in many countries of the world. Educational decentralization, often in the form of school-based management, is widespread in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. The goals of educational decentralization frequently include improved education quality, expanded access, and increased efficiency (Umansky and Vegas 2007). Based on decentralization, school-based management aimed to create more effective learning environments for students, principals, teachers, and parents so that these people will get greater freedom and responsibility in influencing schools’ decisions on budgets, personnel, and curriculum (Ng and Chan 2008). Nevertheless, how to put school-based management into effect is worthy of discus
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