Management of Educational Institutions - Theory, Research and Consultancy

List of contents

Foreword. Introduction 1. The Management of Education in its Social Setting L.E. Watson 2. A Perspective on Organization Theory H.L. Gray 3. The Performers: Higher Education as Theatre I.L. Mangham 4. Mysticism, Management and Marx R.I. Simon 5. The Nature of Managerial Activities in Education P.C. Webb and G. Lyons 6. The Emergence of the Politics of Education as a Field of Study D.H. Layton 7. What Business Management Can Teach Schools C. Brooklyn Derr and T. J. DeLong 8. Organization Development for the 1980s R.A. Schmuck 9. Training Internal Change Agents for Schools M.M. Milstein 10. Consulting with Education Systems is about the Facilitation of Coordinated Effort W. Mulford 11. Management Development for Headteachers H. Heller 12. Research into Educational Innovation M. Fullan 13. Problems of Institutional Management in a Period of Contraction Tom Bone

Summary

Originally published in 1982. This book is a collection of specially commissioned papers by writers who are closely involved in education management as practitioners, researchers and trainers. It provides readers with an insight to some of the major theoretical considerations in managing educational institutions.

Product details

• Authors: H. L. Gray
• Assisted by: H. L. Gray (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781138545366
• ISBN: 978-1-138-54536-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education Management
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization