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Exploring consensual leadership in higher education : co-operation, collaboration and partnership /

"Exploring Consensual Leadership in Higher Education explores the idea that the nature of academic work is both creative and consensual. Higher education relationships, whether between managers staff, learners or the public sphere, are at their most effective when rooted in partnership, teamwor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gornall, Lynne (Editor ), Thomas, Brychan (Editor ), Sweetman, Lucy (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
Colección:Perspectives on leadership in higher education.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; List of Figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Notes on Contributors; Volume Editors; Contributors; Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgements; Consensual Leadership and Higher Education Work: Introduction to the Book, Its Contexts and Concerns; Introduction; Setting the context: problems in the micro-managed academy; Thinking about 'leadership'; Our contribution to the debate; Producing the book; Rationale for the sections; In/outside the academy and missing voices; Looking forward; References; Part One: Co-operation
  • Chapter 1: Co-operation and Participatory Leadership: Building Trust to Connect Professional Bodies and Universities in NigeriaIntroduction; Higher education and professional bodies in Nigeria; Leadership and its impact on consensus relationships; Trust and its impact on consensus relationships; Inter-organizational co-operation; Issues in connecting universities and professional bodies; Industry and accreditation; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Insights from Early Career Academics: Making Time for Working Together in Finland; Introduction; Good co-operation versus bad
  • Dimensions of sharingForms of co-operation and leadership; Discussion and conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Dilemmas for Managers in Departmental Relationships: Some Research Observations from Spain; Introduction; Dilemmas in educational management; Spanish universities' management model; Dilemmas faced by Spanish academic university managers; Reasons for using co-operation; Two cases about co-operating as strategy; Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 4: Co-operative Approaches to Leading and Learning: Ideas for Democratic Innovation from the UK and Beyond; Context and framework
  • Ownership and higher educationCo-operation; A co-operative university for the UK?; Co-operative alternatives beyond the UK; Summary of themes; References; Summary; Part Two: Collaboration; Chapter 5: Stories of Leading and Being Led: Developing Collaborative Relationships in an English Research-Intensive University; Introduction; Theoretical underpinnings; Context; Methods; Stories of leading and being led; The Assigned Academics' stories; The Academic Leads' stories; Discussion; Conclusions; References; Chapter 6: Research Leaders and Student Collaborators: Insights from Canada; Introduction
  • Literature reviewMethods; Leadership and collaboration; Academic work in challenging times; Implementing social justice in a research team; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 7: A Paradoxical Blend of Scientific Authority and Distributed Leadership: Exploring Higher Education Research Collaborations in Spain; Introduction; Scientific collaboration in an era of academic capitalism; The cases; Collaboration strategies inside the groups; Leadership; Conclusions; Note; References; Chapter 8: Networks, Alliances and Emergent Leadership: A Large-Scale Innovation Project in UK Distance Education
  • Introduction
  • From Local to global