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Brooks, Ann; Supina, Joyce – Studies in Continuing Education, 1992
Review of six studies of managers showed that much learning resulted from such factors as challenging job assignments, peer/supervisor relationships, community learning, family upbringing, life experiences, and organizational environment. Viewing humans merely as resources for economic development and ignoring this informal learning are neither…
Descriptors: Administrators, Corporate Education, Educational Environment, Informal Education
Leithwood, Kenneth – 1993
This paper provides a review of research that examined transformational leadership in the context of K-12 school restructuring. It presents a rationale for studying transformational leadership, a theoretical framework for such study, and findings of six studies about the effects of transformational leadership. The framework is comprised of…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Qualities, Management Development
Mitchell, Douglas – 1990
A theoretical framework for leadership development is developed in this paper that links prior research findings to a cultural theory of principal influence on school performance. Four core dimensions of principal work--supervision, administration, management, and leadership--are analyzed in terms of their contributions to underlying cultural…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Educational Environment
Sharpe, F. G. – 1992
This paper compares two Australian educational administration texts published in 1963 to reflect critically on the radical changes that have occurred in educational administration in Australia since then. The books are "Headmasters for Better Schools," by Bassett, Crane, and Walker; and "Training the Administrator," by…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Sackney, L. E.; Wilson, K. A. – 1987
Although effective schools research has indicated the need for an added emphasis on increasing student achievement within a satisfying learning climate, the issue of how best to implement this research has been perplexing for both researchers and practitioners. Different approaches are being tried in two rural Saskatchewan school divisions. In…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
LYNTON, ROLF P.; PAREEK, UDAI – 1967
AN OVERVIEW IS PRESENTED OF THE BROAD ASPECTS OF TRAINING FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WITH SOME REFERENCE TO NEEDS AND EXPERIENCES IN INDIA. PART 1 DIFFERENTIATES TRAINING FROM OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES AND TRACES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS TO THE TRAINING PROCESS. PART 2 DISCUSSES ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS…
Descriptors: Action Research, Case Studies, Conflict Resolution, Educational Environment