ABSTRACT
This chapter examines examples of the relationships which existed between institutions such as school boards, town councils and ratepayers; and individuals such as the clergyman, landowner and subscriber. The allocation of specific tasks, as a result of a growing volume of legislation and instructions from Government agencies, called for a body of individuals to put these into effect. Constraints on the activities of managers and their reactions to them, particularly by Government Departments or their agents, produced some interesting developments. For example, administrative decisions taken by the Education Department often drew a response from managing bodies, which led to discussions on matters of principle by administrators on the interpretation of managers’ functions. Managers became dissatisfied with their diminishing powers, as centralization of education policy increased. Also the lack of consensus among themselves arose because of the division between board and other managers.
