Managing Effective Relationships in Education

Dr Carol Cardno is Professor of Educational Management and until recently was Head of the School of Education at Unitec Institute of Technology. She has held several school management positions and was principal of Waitakere College before establishing an Educational Management Centre at Unitec in 1991

• IntroductionConcepts of Educational Administration, Management and LeadershipThe Leadership of Teaching and LearningOrganisational Learning in a Learning OrganisationManaging Dilemmas through Productive DialogueManaging and Developing Professional PerformanceManaging Decision-Making CollaborativelyProductive TeamworkStrategic Leadership and Management

′This is an important book and essential reading for all leaders in education. It skilfully weaves together theory and practice and presents a demanding curriculum for leadership learning. Drawing on her own extensive work as an educational professional and leading academic, Carol Cardno expertly shows how effectiveness can be enhanced when complex problems are openly, collaboratively and trustingly resolved. This book offers a refreshing insight into the complexities of being a leader and exercising effective leadership in modernised organisations′ - Professor Tanya Fitzgerald, La Trobe University, Melbourne ′Arguing that theory is demanding, but essential, in resolving the most complex of problems, the author writes an essential book for all leaders in education...An englightening and empowering read, well worth the effort′-Martine Horvath, Early Years Eductor