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The anatomy of a professionalization project : the making of the modern school business manager /
"Public services have been a target for reform in Western-style democracies for more than three decades. This volume documents and examines the case of School Business Managers (SBMs) as an example of a growing but scarcely-acknowledged phenomenon: the government-backed creation of new 'pr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter 1 The Making of a New Profession: The Case Explained; Why the SBM case?; A few words on terminology; Origins of the SBM project; The public sector professional; Aims and scope; Map of the book; Part 1 Politics and the Professional Project; Chapter 2 The School Business Manager Project in the Context of Public Sector Reform; Going global; Public management reform; Common characteristics of reform; Transnationalism; Privatization; Decentralization and autonomy; Accountability and audit.
- Workforce reformsChapter 3 The Public Sector Professional; Common understandings of professionalism; Challenges to the nostalgic view of professionalism; Professionalism as project; Alternative understandings of professionalism; Conceptualizing the study; Part 2 School Business Manager Professionalization; Chapter 4 The School Business Manager Professionalization Programme; Origins of the professional project; The project begins; Further programmes; Additional project elements; SBMs by numbers; Note; Chapter 5 Professional Knowledge and Skill; Knowledge, skill and professionalism.
- SBM knowledge and skillSBM and head teacher competencies compared; Division of labour; Professional education themes and implications; Chapter 6 Credentials and Careers; Professional careers as personal projects; Careers and credentials; SBM credentials and the labour market; Crossing the boundary from business to education; Part 3 Professional Knowledge Applied; Chapter 7 Individual Perspectives on Professional Practice; Perceptions of working life; Personal attributes; Professional networks; Orientation to the role; Distinctive contribution.
- Chapter 8 Applying Expertise Inter-professionallyHead teacher understandings of the SBM role; Discretionary application of knowledge; Negotiation of jurisdiction; Professional relationships; Understanding the co-professional's role; Shifting attitudes; Chapter 9 Institutional Arrangements and Knowledge Application; The academies programme; SBMs and academies; SBM partnership research; SBM partnership findings; Part 4 Politics and the Professional Project; Chapter 10 Professionalism as Personal Project; Estelle Morris; Trevor Summerson; Linda Lee, Victoria state, Australia.
- Mary Monaghan, New South WalesVal Wenham, New Zealand; David Ginsberg, South Africa; Chapter 11 Professionalism as Political Project; The project begins; Influence strategies; Shifting political priorities; Future priorities for the SBM professional project; Chapter 12 Professionalization Revisited; Anatomy of a professional project; Professional projects revisited; Professionalization attempts are not for the faint-hearted; Professionalization is a long-term process, not a finite project; Professionalization projects do not stand alone; Professionalism is our best hope.