Leadership and teams in educational management / edited by Megan Crawford, Lesley Kydd, and Colin Riches.

Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction / Megan Crawford -- 1. Leadership as an organizational quality / Rodney T. Ogawa and Steven T. Bossert -- 2. Dimensions of leadership / Hedley Beare, Brian Caldwell and Ross Millikan -- 3. Primary headship and leadership / Geoff Southworth -- 4. Critical leadership studies / Gerald Grace -- 5. Women in educational management / Valerie Hall -- 6. Motivation in education / Colin Riches -- 7. Managing stress in educational organizations / Megan Crawford --8. Managing conflict in organizations / R. E. Walton -- 9. Staff teams and their management / Les Bell --10. The dynamics of teams / Mike Wallace and Valerie Hall -- 11. Headship and effective teams in the primary school / John Johnston and Susan Pickersgill --12. Managers communicating / Colin Hargie, Dennis Tourish and Owen Hargie -- 13. Communication in educational management / Colin Riches -- 14. Effective teambuilding / John Adair. Effective leadership and team working makes a crucial difference to the management of schools and colleges. This book takes readers through the different dimensions of leadership, and its relationship to good team work. Personal and organizational skills are dealt with alongside the more theoretical aspects of the subject. Throughout, the editors stress that leadership and team working are the core activities in managing people.

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