Leadership and teams in educational management
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Leadership and teams in educational management
(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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