Organizational Effectiveness and Improvement in Education

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· McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
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This book focuses upon the relationship between effectiveness and improvement in schools and colleges. The main theories and research findings concerning organizational effectiveness and improvement are brought together within this single volume. The book aims to provide an understanding of the way in which organizational effectiveness is conceptualized, measured and realized in practice. It also explores the ways in which change associated with organizational improvement is effectively managed. The emphasis throughout the book is upon making theory accessible and of practical use to those concerned with organizational effectiveness and improvement. It will assist practitioners and managers to understand how improvement can be initiated, managed and sustained at all levels within the organization.

This volume forms part of the Leadership and Management in Education series. This four book series provides a carefully chosen selection of high quality readings on key contemporary themes in educational management: professional development, reflection on practice, leadership, team working, effectiveness and improvement, quality, strategy and resources. The series will be an important resource for classroom teachers and lecturers as well as those holding designated management posts in schools and colleges and will provide a valuable basis for professional development programmes.

About the author

Alma Harris is Lecturer in Education in the Centre for the Study of Teacher Development and School Improvement at Nottingham University. Her most recent research and writing has focussed upon school effectiveness and school improvement. She is a Research Associate of the International Centre for School Improvement at the Institute of Education, London.

Nigel Bennett is a lecturer in the Centre for Educational Policy and Management in the Open University School of Education. He is the author of Managing Professional Teachers: Middle Management in Primary and Secondary Schools, (published by Paul Chapman 1995) and is currently researching the cultures and subcultures of very effective schools.

Margaret Preedy is a lecturer in the Centre for Educational Policy and Management, School of Education, The Open University.


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