This paper reports on the initial stages of research into the strategic leadership of primary school principals in New South Wales. Strategic leadership, a leadership dimension present in all leadership theories and perspectives, holds the key to effectively linking the actions of today with the future. This study draws on a theoretical framework derived from a comprehensive study undertaken in...

Purpose: determine the relationship of pedagogical leadership and educational management considering a primary level institution. Theoretical framework: The literature has reported good findings on independently from management, which is one reasons why it was decided to investigate both categories. Design/methodology/approach: Under an exploratory basic study, with qualitative, relational appr...

The need for strong leadership and increased diversity is a prominent issue in today's health services workforce. This article reviews the latest literature, including research and proposed agendas, regarding women in executive healthcare leadership. Data suggest that the number of women in leadership roles is increasing, but women remain underrepresented in the top echelons of healthcare leade...

This paper reports the outcomes of a two-phase investigation into leadership development in SMEs in the South West of England that aimed to devise an educational programme matched specifically to their needs. Phase One aimed to determine the demand for leadership development in SMEs in the Region by means of face-to-face interviews with 20 SME directors and was supported by interviews with lead...

This paper describes a model of training in leadership and project management skills for advanced trainees, using educational projects within the Severn School of Psychiatry. Fellowships lasting 1 year have been developed to enable trainees, working with a senior consultant trainer associated with the School of Psychiatry, to support important new educational initiatives. Linkage with the local...

BACKGROUND Formal leadership training is a relatively recent addition to the educational armamentarium of the health care executive. Leadership training opportunities for physicians, surgeons, and scientists have gradually appeared over the past 15 to 20 years, but information about them has been scant, with few comprehensive reviews made available to the community at large. This article descri...

Copyright and Moral Rights for the articles on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. For more information on Open Research Online's data policy on reuse of materials please consult the policies page. It is widely acknowledged that good leadership and management practice is vital for the success of educational institutions (Bush et al. 2010) and that goo...

Aesthetic knowing may be valuable to educational leadership practice because it links feeling and intuition to procedural information to inform decision-making. Within the large and diverse field of aesthetics, some models apply aesthetic knowing to leadership practice. Scholarly interest in this area emerged in the late 1980’s, and various conceptualizations of aesthetic leadership abound in t...

The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between leadership styles with nurse's staff organizational maturity. With aid of Rnsys Laykert and Kenneth Hersey Blanchard theory; a survey was conducted among managerial staff and nurses. A questionnaire with 30 questions was used to determine the leadership styles of 12 managers in 4 educational hospitals. Another questionnaire including ...