Initiation of Educators into Educational Management Secrets [Hardcover]

This book provides a comprehensive method for learning modern management processes, and applying those methods to improve leadership in educational settings. The authors include case studies and techniques to solve a variety of managerial problems so that members of the educational community may improve their abilities and skills in a range of related disciples, including:?strategic planning, effective decision making, time management, management conflict strategies, oral communication, management strategies for school crises, and the development of good relations and a cooperative spirit.Chapter 1.Basic Dimensions of School Leadership.- Chapter 2.The function of planning and programming.- Chapter 3.Decision making and problem solving.- Chapter 4.Leadership and Leaders.- Chapter 5.Communication in the field of education.- Chapter 6.Conflict Resolution and Complaint Management at School.- Chapter 7.Practical strategies for the Teachers Council operation.- Chapter 8.Dimensions of School Management Leadership.- Chapter 9.Control Process in Education._ Chapter 10.Crisis management at school.

Dr Christos Saitis ?is Emeritus Professor of University of Athens, Athens, Greece. He received his Bachelor Degree in Organization and Business Administration from the University of Piraeus, Athens, Greece, his M.A. in Public Administration from the University of Liverpool, Liverpool, U.K., and his PhD in Management in Education from the University of Hull, Hull, U.K. His research interests focus on management in education. He has participated in several international conferences and he is the author of several books (in Greek) on administration of education such as Organization and Administration of Education (2012) (co-authored by A. Saiti), Problems in One-Post Primary Schools (2000), The Manager in a Modern School (2008), etc. He has written several articles regarding management in education that have been published in both Greek and foreign scientifilc&