| The purposes of this study were to (1) identify the perceptions of school board presidents and superintendents regarding the relative importance of school district business management functions in selected Illinois school districts; (2) determine the relationship, if any, between these perceptions and selected personal and school district variables; and (3) determine the relationships, if any, between the perceptions of board presidents and superintendents.;A survey instrument was developed and mailed to the public school superintendents of 424 randomly selected Illinois public school districts. In addition, 424 survey instruments were included with the mailing for superintendents to distribute to their school board presidents. Of the survey instruments mailed, superintendents returned 69.1 percent and board presidents returned 45.0 percent.;Although some differences existed between the importance rankings of the ten major school business management functions by board presidents and superintendents, there was a high correlation in the importance rankings of school business management functions by board presidents and superintendents. Fiscal Management was regarded by board presidents and superintendents as the most important school business management function.;Overall perceptions of both groups placed Data Processing Management, Food Service Management, Insurance Management, and Pupil Transportation Management as lower priority school business management functions. Aggregate responses of both groups placed Physical Management as an average priority function.;School board presidents regarded Personnel Management as a slightly higher priority than did superintendents. Superintendents perceived the Accounting and Records Management function as a higher priority in school district operation than did board presidents. |
