Overview of the Organizational Structure Burton Clark has coined the term organizational saga to encompass the totality of the school, or any organizational, culture. The organizational sag a arises from three elements of school practices which construct the ethos or saga . This ethos is a direct result of the organizational structure of schools. In most any organization, there are clearly definable socio-emotional roles . Schools provide their own means of promoting factionalization or the formation of cliques .
Tracking is a major contributor to clique formation.
In his research Rist has revealed what he says is the internalization process of labeling. Before dealing with the issues above, take a look at the responses of junior-high school students who were asked to identify the most popular students in their schools. There has, as one might expect, been a tremendous amount of research carried out to find out what makes one school better than another. While we cannot include a review of all such research here, we can provide a list of those characteristics which have demonstrated through research findings some relevance when identifying effectiveness of educational programs.