Leadership and Management in Education: Cultures, Change and Context

摘要

This book emerged from a distance learning programme and the authors having rightly decided that these materials deserved a wider audience. Thirteen chapters consider in turn theories and practice of leadership and its cultural contexts; links between power, structure and culture within organizations, and between decentralization, autonomy and school improvement; the influence of the external environment; issues arising from reform and change; educational effectiveness; evaluation; management of finance, material and human resources; leading for effective learning; and continuing professional development. There is also a case study reflection on 'remote' leadership and how it can assist cultural change. 'International perspective' is an ongoing theme throughout the book. This means different things in different chapters, varying from simply using case studies from different countries worldwide (e.g. Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe are all represented), to a detailed and thoughtful comparison of three different reform agendas (in England, Macedonia and Pakistan) provided by Riley and Khamis in Chapter 7.