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Fundamental Concepts of Educational Leadership & Management

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Publisher Comments:

This comprehensive book introduces readers to the general principles of leadership and management as they apply to educational institutions. Written from a systems perspective, it offers the broadest treatment of educational leadership available in a single volume. Major topics discuss systems thinking, leadership contexts, leadership from reform, schools as learning organizations, communication and human interaction, generation and use of information in a learning organization, inquiry, evaluation, strategy formation and implementation, allocation of resources, the impact of technological advances, decision making and change, and leaders for the new millennium. For educational administrators and practitioners.
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Table of Contents

I. LEADERSHIP IN A PERIOD OF DYNAMIC CHANGE.
 1. The Context for Leadership.

 2. The Power of Systems Thinking for Educational Change.

 3. Leadership in a Reform Environment.

II. SCHOOLS AS LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS: COMMUNICATION AND HUMAN INTERACTION.

 4. Schools as Organizational Systems.

 5. Communication: The Breath of Organizational Life.

 6. Human Relations: The Base for Educational Leadership.

III. THE GENERATION AND USE OF INFORMATION IN A LEARNING ORGANIZATION.

 7. The Process of Inquiry and Analysis.

 8. Evaluation in Education: Theories, Models, and Processes.

IV. DECISION MAKING AND CHANGE.

 9. Educational Policy Formation in a Mixed Economy.

10. Organizational Decision Making.

11. Systemic Change.

V. STRATEGY FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION.

12. Impact of Universal Principles, Social Expectations, and Personal Values on Leadership.

13. Strategy Formation and Planning at the District and School Levels.

14. Allocation of Resources for Education: Adequacy, Equity, and Efficiency.

15. The Role of Information and Technology.

VI. LEADERSHIP FOR A NEW MILLENNIUM.

16. Educational Leadership for Systemic Change.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780023987328
Publisher:
Prentice Hall
Subject:
Administration
Author:
Razik, Taher A.
Author:
Swanson, Austin D.
Copyright:
2001
Publication Date:
20000721
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Pages:
508
Dimensions:
9.23 x 7.5 x 1.07 in 898 gr
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