Perusing the pages of "A Chronology of Business Education in the United States" can bring only a sense of pride as history records the exemplary leadership and vision demonstrated by business educators to shape the field since business education was first taught in the Plymouth Colony in 1635. Since that time business education has recorded…

Purpose: This paper aims to assess the impact and value of non-binding agreements or declarations in achieving sustainability in universities. Design/methodology/approach: A case study of Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University is presented, analysing the reasons for lack of progress towards sustainability and evaluating best…

Purpose: The purpose of this conceptual paper is to examine multiple-faculty identifications to propose a differentiated management system that can be effective in today's changing educational environment. Design/methodology/approach: The paper examines multiple-faculty identifications that faculty members have with their institution from an…

In this article, prevailing professional, business and managerial discourses of team leadership are "troubled" by some feminist critiques and analyses of collectivity and gendered discursive relations of power. I draw on a study of primary school co-principalships to describe and reflect on Karen's (a pseudonym) accounts of her personal and shared…

The rise of digital repositories is helping libraries reinvent themselves. The benefits to libraries and universities creating institutional repositories (IRs) are great as libraries restructure, pursue collaborations, and re-position themselves to become major digital publishers and broadcasters in the scholarly world. They will no longer be…

Administrative managers who have the trust of their employees, who listen to their employees openly, and who share power with their employees are better equipped to confront and overcome obstacles. This paper discusses models for structural management that include participatory reforms. It identifies four common models of administration--rational,…

Fusion leadership is a metaphor for a certain style of management where partnerships are created, barriers reduced, conversation increased, and joint responsibility enhanced. Ways in which an organization can implement this type of leadership are presented. The book details various characteristics of fusion leadership, describing the forces that…

Findings from a study that explored the relationship between school restructuring and school leadership are presented in this paper. Specifically, the research examined the processes involved in implementing the Primary Program, the first stage of British Columbia's "Year 2000" plan for the first 4 years of education. A survey of 2,547…

The essence of school-based decision-making is accepting the importance of decentralization and placing emphasis on process in planning efforts. "Synergistic planning" may be a more realistic term, instead of planning, to convey meaning to educators concerning educational organizations. In this model, all people in the organization look…

Interviews with the chief executive officers of 14 small businesses revealed the leadership challenges that they face. Some of the challenges are the following: (1) creating change; (2) building a robust organization, with a well-defined structure, an effective management team, plans for succession, established delivery systems, and people who…

The 12 chapters of this book trace the history of the National Business Education Association (NBEA) and outline the development of its related regional and international affiliates. Chapter 1 sketches the evolution of the National Business Education Association. In Chapter 2, the major activities of the NBEA during the period from 1946 to 1991…

Accompanying the frequent calls for school reform is the assumption that the leadership needed to bring change will somehow emerge. Education researchers have begun to examine school administrators' leadership skills looking for the characteristics that help or impede efforts to improve education for at-risk students. Personal qualities have an…

A brief history of the Rural Education Association (REA) precedes a listing of presidents and publications of the REA under the different names and affiliations it has had since 1907. Yearly listings note 77 REA presidents and their institutional affiliations, as well as 23 presidents of the Division of County and Intermediate Unit Superintendents…

During periods of organizational stress such as the implementation of major organizational change, the tendency for group formation may be increased and the effects of informal relations relatively more pronounced than in times of routine and regularity. (Author)

Managers and researchers alike have tended to concentrate on the wrong problems in the administration of technological change. The most difficult and critical problems in the development process appear to be in the linkages that tie together all the stages between inception and application or use. (Author/WM)