Strategic Management in Schools and Colleges

David Middlewood is currently a part-time Research Fellow at the Centre for Educational Studies in the University of Warwick, having previously worked at the University of Lincoln and the University of Leicester where he was Deputy Director of the Centre for Educational Leadership and Management. Prior to working in Higher Education, David taught in schools for many years, culminating in the principalship of a comprehensive secondary school for nine years, where awards were won for creative arts and equal opportunities. He has taught and researched extensively in the UK and also in various countries in Europe and Africa, being a visiting professor in New Zealand and in South Africa. David has written and edited more than twenty books, many on people leadership and management, strategic leadership, appraisal, practitioner research and some recent research includes work on high performing teams, support staff and student voice. He was co-editor of two professional journals for both primary and secondary school leaders for over six years. He recently co-authored a book on the leadership of groups of schools and his current work (with Ian Abbott) concerns leadership of learning for disadvantaged pupils. Jacky Lumby (Ph.D. University of Leicester) is Professor of Education and Head of the School of Education at the University of Southampton, UK. She has taught and led in a range of educational settings, including secondary/high schools, community and further/technical education. She has also worked for a Training and Enterprise Council, with a regional responsibility for developing leaders across the public and private sectors. She has researched and published widely on educational policy, leadership and management in schools and colleges, in the UK and internationally. Her work on leadership encompasses a range of perspectives, including diversity issues, comparative and international perspectives and leading upper secondary education. She has co-edited International handbook on the preparation and development of school leaders (2008). Her most recent book is, with Marianne Coleman, Leadership and Diversity: Challenging Theory and Practice in Education (2007). She is co- editor of the journal International Studies in Educational Administration and a member of the Council of the British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society.

Foreword - Tony Bush Preface - David Middlewood and Jacky Lumby PART ONE: DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC APPROACH Strategic Management in Education - David Middlewood An Overview Vision and Mission - Keith Foreman Organizational Culture and Strategic Management - Tony Bush PART TWO: EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGY Linking Marketing to Strategy - Nick Foskett Autonomy, Constraint and the Strategic Management of Resources - Tim Simkins Effective School Development Planning - Edith Jayne Strategic Planning in Further Education - Jacky Lumby PART THREE: STRATEGIC ROLES IN ACTION Working Together - Carol Cardno Managing Strategy Collaboratively The Strategic Role of Governors in School Improvement - Michael Creese Strategic Leadership in Education - Valerie Hall Becoming, Being, Doing Middle Management - Peter Earley The Key to Organizational Success PART FOUR: REVIEWING STRATEGIC EFFECTIVENESS Managing, Monitoring and Evaluation - Brian Hardie The Place of External Inspection - Marianne Coleman Understanding Strategic Change - Jacky Lumby

`The Stratergies presented here are quite useful to provide future directions not only to the managers but also to the planners and trainers' - Journal of Education Planning and Administration