Leadership and teams in educational management

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Leadership and teams in educational management

edited by Megan Crawford, Lesley Kydd, and Colin Riches

(Leadership and management in education)

Open University Press, 1997

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Effective leadership and team working makes a crucial difference to the management of schools and colleges. This book takes readers through the different dimensions of leadership, and its relationship to good team work. Personal and organizational skills are dealt with alongside the more theoretical aspects of the subject. Throughout, the editors stress that leadership and team working are the core activities in managing people. This volume forms part of the Leadership and Management in Education series. This four book series provides a carefully chosen selection of high quality readings on key contemporary themes in educational management: professional development, reflection on practice, leadership, team working, effectiveness and improvement, quality, strategy and resources. The series will be an important resource for classroom teachers and lecturers as well as those holding designated management posts in schools and colleges and will provide a valuable basis for professional development programmes.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part one: Leading and leadership The quality organization and leadership Dimensions of leadership Primary headship and leadership A critique of leadership studies Women in educational management Motivation in education Managing stress in education organizations Managing conflict in organizations Part two: Working in teams Staff teams and their management The dynamics of teams Headship and effective teams in the primary school Managers communicating Communication in educational management Effective teambuilding Index.

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