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Author Branson, Christopher M., author.

Title Leadership in Higher Education from a Transrelational Perspective / Christopher M. Branson, Maureen Marra, Margaret Franken and Dawn Penney.

Publication Info. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
©2018

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 216 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Perspectives on leadership in higher education
Perspectives on leadership in higher education.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Editors' Foreword; Introduction: What is Universal about Leadership in Higher Education?; The nature of leadership, management and administration; Leadership in the context of this book; What is universal in higher education leadership?; An overview of this book; Chapter 1 Organizational Culture: Recognizing its Invisible Force; Introduction; The foundations of organizational culture; Exploring higher education culture; The cultural effects of managerialism on higher education; Corporate concerns with managerialism.
Cultural insights for a better form of higher education leadershipChapter 2 The Theoretical Foundations of Transrelational Leadership; Introduction; Making leadership the first priority; Overcoming past habits and convictions; Acknowledging the inherent limitations of management; The foundation of leadership for todays organizations; Embracing the essential relational aspect of leadership; Embodying transrelational leadership; The four fundamental qualities of a transrelational leader; An example of a transrelational leader; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Leadership as Transrelational Practice.
IntroductionContrasting leadership characteristics; Two serious future implications for higher education leadership; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Real Power and Influence; Introduction; Possible sources of power; Relational power deconstructed; Three important applications of relational power; Commitment; Responsibility; Conclusion; Chapter 5 The Challenge of Organizational Change; Introduction; Organizational change in the higher education context; An overview of developments in organizational change; Overcoming employee resistance to organizational change; Where to for organizational change?
ConclusionChapter 6 Seeking High Performance; Introduction; Limitations of performance management; The impact of performance management in higher education; The currency of employee engagement in the business world; Defining employee engagement; Exploring the likely drivers of employee engagement; Towards a more holistic understanding of employee engagement; Conclusion; Chapter 7 Reinventing Human Resource Management; Introduction; The foundations of HRM; A review of contemporary HRM; Where to next for HRM?; Where to next for higher education organizations?; Conclusion.
Chapter 8 Learning for Future LeadershipIntroduction; Why learning and not development?; Leadership preparation programmes in higher education; The fundamental principles of a leadership-learning programme; Conclusion; Conclusion: What Might Tomorrow Bring?; Why leadership in higher education needs to change; Building on what is known to work; The essence of transrelational leadership; The challenges and benefits of transrelational leadership; Preparing higher education leaders to be transrelational; Concluding comments; References; Index.
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Subject Educational leadership.
Educational leadership.
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
Organization & management of education.
Higher & further education, tertiary education.
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Marra, Maureen, author.
Franken, Margaret, author.
Penney, Dawn, 1966- author.
Other Form: Print version: Branson, Christopher M. Leadership in Higher Education from a Transrelational Perspective. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018 9781350042384 1350042382 (DLC) 2018289108 (OCoLC)1012763228
ISBN 9781350042391 (electronic book)
1350042390 (electronic book)
9781350042384
1350042382