OERU Leadership and School Management Draft Generic Principal's Desk Manual

Leadership and management of educational services and schools are evolving concepts and practices. Educational management and leadership as efficiency have had a long history, being focused for a long time on ideas about production from the world of industry. Social science influences have also shaped the course of educational leadership casting the phenomenon in a psychological or sociological paradigm. In recent times the concentration has been on accountability, using such terminology as key result areas, level of effort, deliverable/output, outcome and impact.

Leadership and management of educational services and schools are evolving concepts and practices. Educational management and leadership as efficiency have had a long history, being focused for a long time on ideas about production from the world of industry. Social science influences have also shaped the course of educational leadership casting the phenomenon in a psychological or sociological paradigm. In recent times the concentration has been on accountability, using such terminology as key result areas, level of effort, deliverable/output, outcome and impact.