Leadership in post-compulsory education / Marian Iszatt-White ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Iszatt-White, Marian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership.

Post-compulsory education.

Physical Description:

xii, 195 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2011]

Summary:

Iszatt-White (management development, Lancaster U., UK) and co-authors who are sociologists and management theorists in the UK and Singapore, analyze the concept of leadership in post-compulsory education by focusing on the study of the everyday work of college leaders in England. After reviewing the research literature in the field and leadership in education, they analyze how leadership is conducted; leaders' work in accounting for educational outcomes; the various technologies involved in their work, including email, documents, and presentations; the everyday management of personnel and meetings; and how they define and understand success and failure. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 Introduction: The Practice of Leadership 1

2 The Trouble with Leadership 15

3 The Art of Purposeful Hanging Around: An Ethnomethodologically-Informed Ethnography 38

4 Leadership as Mundane Work 61

5 Leadership as Presentation, Production and Performance 88

6 Technologies of Leadership: The Medium and the Message 110

7 Leadership: Success and Failure 131

8 Conclusion: Reflections and Cautionary Tales 153.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441156990

1441156992

9781441132598

1441132597

9781441104380

1441104380

OCLC:

657602720