Leadership and Management in Education: Developing Essential Skills and Competencies

ISBN-10: 9629960540
ISBN-13: 9789629960544
Category: Educational leadership
Pages: 322
Language: English
Published: 2003
Publisher: Chinese University Press
Authors: David Thenuwara Gamage, Nicholas Sun-keung Pang

Description

This book is designed to help educational administrators in developing essential skills and competencies for leading and managing educational institutions. Text covers three inter-related parts: history and foundations, structures and processes, leadership and management. Each part contains comprehensive chapters with discussions on theoretical concepts and best practices in approaching leadership and managerial issues in educational contexts including clear learning objective and a focus for each chapter.

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Other editions

Leadership and Management in Education: Cultures, Change and Context
- 2005
- 291 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press

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