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Direct linkBriggs, Ann R. J. – Management in Education, 2007
A recent study of middle managers in English further education (FE) colleges explored the concept of professionalism as displayed by the various types of manager in the study. The study tracked the shifting patterns of professional identity in the sector. Within any one college, individual managers may hold differing constructs of professionalism;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Middle Management
Briggs, Ann R. J. – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
The purpose of this article is to exemplify and enhance the place of modelling as a qualitative process in educational research. Modelling is widely used in quantitative research as a tool for analysis, theory building and prediction. Statistical data lend themselves to graphical representation of values, interrelationships and operational…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, Statistical Analysis, Educational Research, Educational Administration
Peer reviewedBriggs, Ann R. J. – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2002
Interviews with staff, focus groups with middle managers, and a survey of management teams in British further education colleges identified aspects of middle managers' role. The role is largely intuitive and has transactional, transformational, supervisory, and representative aspects. Facilitators include clarity of college systems, support of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Foreign Countries, Middle Management
Briggs, Ann R. J. – Management in Education, 2005
Changes in the concepts of professionalism in English Further Education (FE) colleges can be traced back to the Further Education Reform Act 1988 and the incorporation of colleges in 1992. Incorporation--essentially a decentralising of control over colleges--entailed new forms of governance, and the transfer of functions such as finance, estates…
Descriptors: Adult Education, School Districts, Educational Change, Case Studies
Briggs, Ann R. J. – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2005
This research examines the work of middle managers in English further education colleges holding a range of responsibilities. Case study research at four colleges drew on data from senior managers, middle managers and their teams, college documents and observation of meetings. The enquiry focused upon the aspects of role performed by the managers,…
Descriptors: College Students, Adult Education, College Environment, Middle Management
Briggs, Ann R. J. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2004
The findings reported here are part of a larger study of the role of middle managers in the UK further education colleges. The study proposes and discusses a typology for the middle manager role, analyses factors which facilitate and impede managers in role, and models the interaction of the college environment with the role. This process gives…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Environment, Foreign Countries, Administrator Role
