The Principles and Practice of Educational Management by Tony Bush

The Principles and Practice of Educational Management by Tony Bush

`The adoption of Principles and Practice of Educational Management as a course reader for the educational MBA should ensure it is successful. Though, as a thoroughly admirable book in it own right it deserves a much wider readership. Masters students as well as educational leaders, governors, senior managers and administrators in a wide variety of establishments stand to gain a great deal from it′ - Tony Rea, Escalate Providing an overview of all major topics within the field of educational management, with newly commissioned material from major authors, this book reviews relevant theory, explains relevant research and provides an unrivalled overview of educational management from an international perspective. It includes the following sections: - The Context of Educational Management - Leadership and Strategic Management - Human Resource Management - Managing Learning and Teaching - Managing Finance and Resources - Managing External Relations - Managing Quality in Education.

`Masters students as well as educational leaders, governors, senior managers and administrators in a wide variety of establishments stand to gain a great deal from it′ - Tony Rea, Escalate

Tony Bush is Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Nottingham, and previously held similar posts at the universities of Leicester, Reading, Lincoln and Warwick. He is President of the British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS) and was presented with the Society’s Distinguished Service Award in 2008. He is also a Fellow of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM). He has an established international profile, with research, consultancy, or invited keynote presentations in 22 countries on all six continents. He has published extensively on many aspects of educational leadership and management, and has been editor of the leading ISI-listed international journal, Educational Management, Administration and Leadership, since 2002. His other recent books include Leading and Managing People in Education (with David Middlewood), and The Principles of Educational Leadership and Management (with Les Bell and David Middlewood). Les Bell is Emeritus Professor of Educational Leadership at the Universities of Leicester and Lincoln.  He trained as a teacher at Goldsmiths College, London and taught in both primary and secondary schools.  He joined the Education Department at Coventry College of Education and subsequently became a member of the Education Department at the University of Warwick. He has held posts at the Universities of Warwick, Liverpool John Moores, Lincoln and Leicester. He has written and researched extensively on educational management and leadership, particularly on ambiguity theory, strategy and change management, leading schools in challenging circumstances, new developments in educational leadership and the formulation and implementation impact of government policy and its impact on schools. He is co-editor, with Howard Stevenson, of Organizing Public Education – a four volume collection in the Major Works series. London, Sage His latest publications Leading Schools in Challenging Circumstance: Strategies for Success. London. Bloomsbury Press (2016), (with Phil Smith) and Agency, Structure and the NEET Policy Problem: The Experiences of Young People. London. Bloomsbury (2017) (with Ian Thurlby-Campbell)

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ISBN 13	9780761947929
ISBN 10	0761947922
Title	The Principles and Practice of Educational Management
Author	Tony Bush
Series	Centre For Educational Leadership And Management
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	SAGE Publications Inc
Year published	2002-06-07
Number of pages	332
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