The practice of leadership in higher education [electronic book] : real-world perspectives on becoming, being and leaving / edited by Kendall Jarrett and Stephen Newton.
Contributor(s): Jarrett, Kendall [editor]
| Newton, Stephen [editor].
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ArticlePublisher: Abingdon, United Kingdom ; New York : Routledge, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: online resource (iv, 258 pages) : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780367423674 (paperback); 9780367423650 (hardback); 9781000179507 (e-book); 9780367823849 (e-book).Subject(s): Educational leadership | Education, Higher -- Administration | Universities and colleges -- Administration | Education and globalizationDDC classification: 378.101 Online resources: e-Book
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This practice-orientated book explores the nature of leadership in higher education during three key stages of the leadership cycle: becoming, being, and leaving leadership.
Providing perspectives on leadership from a range of professional sectors, this book presents considered views on contemporary and future leadership practices in higher education from a global network of contributors. Included within each chapter are prominent questions designed to engage the reader to think about their own leadership experiences to date and leadership development needs. Key points covered include:
the complexities of leadership in higher education in a changing world discussion of internally resourced leadership development frameworks and programmes currently used across the sector leading complex education systems perspectives on leadership from a range of professional sectors such as corporate, military, elite sport, and public, that can be used to improve the quality of higher education leadership case studies of academics' leadership practices that provide readers with authentic personal insights into discipline-specific leadership experiences from around the world.Full of practical examples of personal leadership experiences which can be used to help inform readers' leadership aspirations, development, and legacy planning, this is the ideal read for anyone interested in understanding their identity and practice as a leader in higher education.
Includes index.
MTU Cork Module EDUC9065 - Supplementary reading.
Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Editors (p. viii)
- Contributors (p. x)
- Foreword (p. xvi)
- Introduction (p. xix)
- Part 1 Realities of leadership in higher education in a changing world (p. 1)
- 1 Defining leadership in HE (p. 3)
- 2 Developing leaders from within (p. 20)
- 3 Learning to be a leader (p. 43)
- Part 1 Summary (p. 57)
- Part 2A Leadership insights: from within the sector (p. 59)
- 4 The influence of experience and culture on leadership (p. 61)
- 5 Leading for learning: building on values and teaching expertise to effect change (p. 71)
- 6 Leading complex educational systems (p. 87)
- 7 Academics in exile: a ghost chapter (p. 102)
- 8 Leadership legacy in higher education (p. 105)
- Part 2B Leadership insights: from outside the sector (p. 119)
- 9 Lessons from corporate leadership (p. 121)
- 10 Military leadership (p. 136)
- 11 Leadership in sport (p. 150)
- 12 Leadership in the public and third sectors (p. 166)
- Part 2 Summary (p. 183)
- Part 3 Stories of leadership in higher education (p. 187)
- 13 Becoming a leader (p. 189)
- A Rachel Masika (p. 189)
- B Emily Rumschiag Booms (p. 194)
- C Dave Thomas (p. 198)
- Chapter 13 Summary (p. 204)
- 14 Being a leader (p. 206)
- A Joanne Bowen (p. 206)
- B Luke Buchanan-Hodgman (p. 211)
- C Lisa Fedoruk (p. 215)
- Chapter 14 Summary (p. 220)
- 15 Leaving leadership (p. 222)
- A Carlton Cooke (p. 222)
- B Fran Beaton (p. 228)
- C David Hopkins (p. 233)
- Chapter 15 Summary (p. 242)
- In conclusion (p. 245)
- Index (p. 248)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Kendall Jarrett is a Senior Lecturer in Higher Education Management at the University of Bath, UK, as well as a Lecturer in Higher Education at the University of Kent, UK.Stephen Newton is a longstanding management consultant and qualified business coach.