Leadership and Strategic Management in Education

`This is one of very few texts to give recognition to the difficulties in large institutions and to give practical advice about the degree to which collegiality can be built into strategic planning. The authors provide an overview of all aspects of leadership within education, giving ample references within each section for more detailed study' - Mentoring and Tutoring

`The book would constitute a good starting-point for anyone wishing to understand contemporary developments in educational management' - ***Educational Research

Leadership and strategic management are both issues of central importance in raising achievement in schools and colleges and thus are at the heart of the educational debate today.

This book is concerned with such major issues as: the nature of strategic management in education; the importance of vision, and mission; styles of leadership; models of educational management; and the purposes of strategic management, which here are equated with the effectiveness and improvement of the institution.

It will be invaluable for students of educational management, such as those following masters degrees. It is also directly relevant to teachers and lecturers and schools of all phases and in further education colleges, particularly those who have, or aspire to, management responsibilities.

The textbook is designed to be used either to accompany a taught course, or for self-study via distance-learning, thus practical and reflective activities are included.

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Tony Bush is Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Nottingham, and previously held similar posts at the universities of Leicester, Reading, Lincoln and Warwick. He is President of the British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS) and was presented with the Society's Distinguished Service Award in 2008. He is also a Fellow of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM). He has an established international profile, with research, consultancy, or invited keynote presentations in 22 countries on all six continents. He has published extensively on many aspects of educational leadership and management, and has been editor of the leading ISI-listed international journal, Educational Management, Administration and Leadership, since 2002. His other recent books include Leading and Managing People in Education (with David Middlewood), and The Principles of Educational Leadership and Management (with Les Bell and David Middlewood).

Inhalt

PART ONE: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN EDUCATION
Leadership and Management
What Is Educational Management?
The Purpose of Educational Management
The Context of Educational Management
Strategy and Self-Management
PART TWO: VISION, MISSION AND STRATEGY
Vision
Mission
Strategy
PART THREE: LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT
Leadership and Management
Theory and Practice
Transformational and Transactional Leadership
Educational Leadership
The Moral and Ethical Dimensions of Leadership
Leadership of the Autonomous School or College
Strategic Leadership
Gender in Educational Leadership
Leadership and Roles
PART FOUR: ORGANISATIONAL THEORY AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
The Theory/Practice Divide
The Relevance of Theory to Good Practice
The Nature of Theory in Educational Management
Models of Educational Management
Organizational Culture
Organizational Culture and Strategic Management
Conceptual Pluralism
Using Theory to Improve Practice
PART FIVE: THE PURPOSE OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
The Concept of Effectiveness
The Concept of Improvement
The Concept of Quality
Origins of TQM and Its Application to Education
Re-Engineering
PART SIX: STRATEGIC AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING IN EDUCATION
Who is Involved in Strategic Planning?
Development Planning
Management Style and Development Planning
Development Planning, Improvement and Effectiveness and Change
PART SEVEN: MANAGING STRATEGIC CHANGE