A survey of secondary-school professional-development coordinators within one British local education authority was conducted to ascertain whether their professional-development priorities reflected their changing role. Results indicate a growing acceptance of middle-management responsibility for departmental performance measured by SAT results…

Examines academic middle managers' monitoring role in British secondary schools since implementation of the 1988 Education Reform Act, drawing on a large-scale postal survey of middle managers in three local authorities and three case-study schools. Participants acknowledge the need for monitoring colleagues' teaching, but experience departmental…

Middle-level managers in education and in business were asked to rank characteristics of effective managers and to evaluate managers known to themselves. Managers of both types agreed on the importance of delegation in the ranking study, but disagreed on its importance in the individual cases. (PGD)

Considers case-study data from four English further-education colleges. Responses from a total of 16 senior managers, 45 middle managers, and 288 team members were analyzed to assess key features of the middle-manager role, and to identify factors that enable or impede them. (Contains 1 table and 16 references.) (MLF)