Organizational effectiveness and improvement in education

Author(s)

• Harris, Alma
• Bennett, Nigel
• Preedy, Margaret

Bibliographic Information

Organizational effectiveness and improvement in education

edited by Alma Harris, Nigel Bennett, and Margaret Preedy

（Leadership and management in education）

Open University Press, 1997

• : pbk
• : hard

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book focuses upon the relationship between effectiveness and improvement in schools and colleges. The main theories and research findings concerning organizational effectiveness and improvement are brought together within this single volume. The book aims to provide an understanding of the way in which organizational effectiveness is conceptualized, measured and realized in practice. It also explores the ways in which change associated with organizational improvement is effectively managed. The emphasis throughout the book is upon making theory accessible and of practical use to those concerned with organizational effectiveness and improvement. It will assist practitioners and managers to understand how improvement can be initiated, managed and sustained at all levels within the organization. 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

Acknowledgements Introduction organizational effectiveness and improvement in education Part one The organization as an open system Power, authority and influence Cultural change an integration of three different views Cultural norms and individual action Organizational structure and organizational effectiveness Collegial models Models of co-ordination in educational organizations Towards a cultural and political perspective Organizational effectiveness Part two Towards a theory of educational effectiveness School effectiveness and school improvement in the United Kingdom School effectiveness research the policy makers' tool for school improvement? A study of 'effective' departments in secondary schools Quality management in education Current developments in value added Measuring added value in schools Value-added principles, practice and ethical considerations Part three Planning, doing and coping with change Perspectives on educational change Organizations or communities? changing the metaphor changes the theory School culture, school effectiveness and school improvement Linking school effectiveness knowledge and school improvement practice School improvements propositions for action Fair Furlong primary school Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA30695426
• ISBN:
  • 0335198430
  • 0335198449
• LCCN: 96042219
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Buckingham ; Philadelphia
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 288 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : LB2900.5
  • DC20 : 371.2/00941
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : School management and organization -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : School improvement programs -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : Educational evaluation -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : Educational change -- Great Britain
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA29730756