Leadership and Strategic Management in Education

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).Marianne Coleman is Reader Emerita in Educational Leadership at University College London, Institute of Education. Before a career in higher education at the University of Leicester and the Institute of Education she was a secondary school teacher and an advisory teacher in an LEA. Now retired, she continues to research and write focusing on her interest in gender and leadership and wider issues of diversity and social justice. She has recently co-authored a book on ageing and is a trustee of the Nurture Group Network, an educational charity which supports children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.

• PART ONE: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN EDUCATIONLeadership and ManagementWhat Is Educational Management?The Purpose of Educational ManagementThe Context of Educational ManagementStrategy and Self-ManagementPART TWO: VISION, MISSION AND STRATEGYVisionMissionStrategyPART THREE: LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENTLeadership and ManagementTheory and PracticeTransformational and Transactional LeadershipEducational LeadershipThe Moral and Ethical Dimensions of LeadershipLeadership of the Autonomous School or CollegeStrategic LeadershipGender in Educational LeadershipLeadership and RolesPART FOUR: ORGANISATIONAL THEORY AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENTThe Theory/Practice DivideThe Relevance of Theory to Good PracticeThe Nature of Theory in Educational ManagementModels of Educational ManagementOrganizational CultureOrganizational Culture and Strategic ManagementConceptual PluralismUsing Theory to Improve PracticePART FIVE: THE PURPOSE OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENTThe Concept of EffectivenessThe Concept of ImprovementThe Concept of QualityOrigins of TQM and Its Application to EducationRe-EngineeringPART SIX: STRATEGIC AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING IN EDUCATIONWho is Involved in Strategic Planning?Development PlanningManagement Style and Development PlanningDevelopment Planning, Improvement and Effectiveness and ChangePART SEVEN: MANAGING STRATEGIC CHANGE

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