This document discusses the external environment and accountability of schools. It covers resource dependence perspective, which is how external resources affect an organization's behavior. Schools must adapt to external environments like national standards and frameworks. It also discusses the difference between globalization and internationalization. Globalization is the integration of cultures and universal economic policies due to faster transportation and communication. Internationalization is taking one country's business abroad or making products for other cultures, while retaining identity. Globalization increases interdependence involuntarily, whereas internationalization is need-based.