International Journal of Educational Management: Volume 13 Issue 2

Total quality management in education: problems and issues for the classroom teacher

Lachlan E.D. Crawford, Paul Shutler

Total quality management (TQM), a management philosophy developed for industrial purposes, is now attracting increasing attention in the field of education. Different…

The president and the college bottom line: the role of strategic leadership styles

Yoram Neumann, Edith F. Neumann

Examines university presidents’ strategic style and relates it to the college bottom line. Eight different presidents’ profiles of strategic leadership style are discussed and…

The importance of department heads in the development of teacher support for school vision

Mahmood Abolghasemi, John McCormick, Robert Conners

Investigates how high school department heads may play a role in the alignment of teachers with a principal’s vision for the school. A survey study based on a theoretical position…

Appraisal policy and implementation issues for New Zealand schools

Carol Cardno

The failure of schools between 1990 and 1995, to respond to the imperative to establish systems for staff appraisal resulted in the Ministry of Education in New Zealand…