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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454965803321

Autore

Gronn Peter

Titolo

The new work of educational leaders [[electronic resource] ] : changing leadership practice in an era of school reform / / Peter Gronn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Paul Chapman, 2003

ISBN

9786612337284

1-4462-1634-9

1-282-33728-9

1-84920-816-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Disciplina

371.2

371.2011

Soggetti

School management and organization

Educational leadership

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-171) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Figures and Tables; Author Details; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART 1: THE ARCHITECTURE OF LEADERSHIP; 1 - Designing Leaders; 2 - A Distributed View of Leadership; 3 - The Disengagement of Leaders; PART 2: THE ECOLOGY OF LEADERSHIP; 4 - What do Leaders do?; 5 - Leaders' Committees and Meetings; 6 - Leadership Teams; 7 - The Emotions of Leaders; 8 - Leadership as Greedy Work; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Peter Gronn provides a new framework for understanding leadership practice. The work of leaders will increasingly be shaped by three over-riding themes; design, distribution and disengagement.