Modern School Business Administration A Planning Approach (Peabody College Education Leadership Series)

Name: Modern School Business Administration A Planning Approach (Peabody College Education Leadership Series)
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ISBN: 9780205572144

ISBN-10: 0205572146

ISBN-13: 9780205572144

Edition: 9th 2008

Authors: James Guthrie, Christina Hart, John Ray, I. Candoli, Walter Hack

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This text in ABLrsquo;s new Educational Leadership series from Peabody College covers historical and current trends in leadership in a very practical way, using cases and a problem-solving approach as vehicles for examination.

Book details

List price: $166.65
Edition: 9th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 10/10/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.13" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English



Preface


i



Specification of how this volume aligns with ELCC Standards



Clarification of approach to citations/references via provision of further readings section and end note citations


ii


iii



Contextual Factors Influencing Schools and Educational Leaders



The Evolving Context of Strategic Education Leadership


The evolving nature of 21 st Century life and its consequences for education


The changing nature of leadership when change itself is the dominant force in the world


Strategic leadership contrasted with historical predecessors


Forces shaping, including those opposing, the new globalism


Consequences for organizations of the new global dynamic



Qualities of Strategic Education Leaders


A discussion of the definition of leadership


Historic insights regarding the origin of leadership, nature or nurture


Characteristics that distinguish a modern, ldquo;strategicrdquo;, leader


Significance of vision


The application of strategic leadership to educational settings though cycles of appraisal, analysis and action


Strategic teacher leadership



Creating a Strategic Organization


Alignments between strategic leadership and a strategic organization


Components of organizations as systems


What is known regarding organizational change


Organizational change imperatives



Knowledge Strategic Leaders Need



Governance


The organization and control of American education


The never-ending layers of statutory and legal authority that impinge on educ