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Sessa, Valerie I.; Kaiser, Robert; Taylor, Jodi K.; Campbell, Richard J. – 1998
This book presents a study that examined the apparent failures of many top-level executive selections. For the study, information was gathered from 494 top executives. The research's purpose was to determine how executives are defined as successful or unsuccessful, how executive selection takes place in modern organizations, and what determines…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Ashkenas, Ron; And Others – 1995
The process of reexamining and reinventing a company demands a new organizational theory and, at the same time, a critical evaluation of the limits of existing theory. This book argues for change strategies that are aimed at creating more permeable boundaries within organizations. Four major sections focus on one of the four types of…
Descriptors: Corporations, Management Development, Organizational Change, Organizational Climate
Seldin, Peter – 1988
The complete process of initiating and monitoring an evaluation program is presented, noting that the ability to assess the performance of administrators and implement programs to enhance their skills and abilities is essential to the effective management of higher learning institutions. Such field tested resources as evaluation forms, performance…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Check Lists, Educational Improvement
Mink, Oscar G.; And Others – 1979
This volume offers a theory-based approach intended to create organizations that are both adaptable and stable, sensitive to the needs of constituents, and able to achieve goals productively. It is addressed to those who are interested in identifying and releasing organizational potential. The book begins with a practical working model of the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adjustment (to Environment), Administration, Administrator Guides
Lindley, Frederick A. – 2003
Intended for the beginning principal and the principal's mentor, this book explores the duties in the principal's first year on the job from the viewpoint of both the principal and the mentor. It emphasizes organization during the first-year principalship; tasks to be accomplished each month; leading versus managing and how both can benefit the…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Guides, Beginning Principals, Collegiality
Lambert, Linda – 2003
This book is intended to enable educators to more fully implement the concept of leadership capacity in schools and districts. It begins by outlining the five major prerequisites for high leadership capacity: (1) skillful participation in the work of leadership; (2) inquiry-based use of data to inform decisions and practices; (3) broad involvement…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Beginning Principals, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
