Leadership and Strategic Management in Education

Citation

Atherton, B. (2001), "Leadership and Strategic Management in Education", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 15 No. 1, pp. 48-48. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijem.2001.15.1.48.2

In the transformation of the education system since the early 1980s management has been accorded a central role. Management has provided the link between, on the one hand, political commitments to change and a response to educational consumers; and, on the other, the institutional reform of education as a welfare service. New forms and ideas of management have had profound consequences for the organization and delivery of education as a public service; the political processes of policy formation and control, and the experiences of both recipients of the education service and those involved in its delivery.

In examining the significance of leadership and strategic management in the specific context of the education service, this book offers a unique insight into the current shaping of education by the processes of managerialism. It will be essential reading for students of education, and social and public policy. The activity boxes will be of particular value to students, helping them to clarify their thinking. While this book has been produced for the University of Leicester MBA in education, Tony Bush and Marianne Coleman are both noted for the quality of their publications on educational management, and readers following courses in other institutions will find the quality of their writing and thoughts reproduced in this publication.