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Pietsch, Marcus; Tulowitzki, Pierre; Cramer, Colin – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2022
Both organizational and management research suggest that schools and their leaders need to be ambidextrous to secure prosperity and long-term survival in dynamic environments characterized by competition and innovation. In this context, ambidexterity refers to the ability to simultaneously pursue exploitation and exploration and thus to deliver…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Behavior, Administrator Role, Leadership Styles
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Koranyi, Franz; Kolleck, Nina – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2022
Educational collaborative networks (ECNs), as instruments for achieving educational goals through the integration of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), have become frequent elements of public education worldwide. Despite their contribution of additional resources to the education enterprise, the roles of philanthropic foundations in ECNs are…
Descriptors: Governance, Philanthropic Foundations, Municipalities, Foreign Countries
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Buske, Ramona; Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2019
In this study, we examine the relationships between principals' evidence-oriented attitudes and their data use in school leadership practices. Based on theoretical assumptions and existing empirical research, we develop hypotheses on the correlation of evidence-oriented attitudes, epistemological beliefs and principals' data use. We test these…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Data Analysis, Evidence Based Practice
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Gessler, Michael; Ashmawy, Iman K. – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
In this explorative qualitative study the effect of political decentralization on vocational school leadership is investigated. Through conducting structural interviews with 15 school principals in the states of Bremen and Lower Saxony in Germany, the study was able to conclude that political decentralization entails the creation of elected bodies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Schools, Administrative Organization, Politics of Education
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Huber, Stephan Gerhard – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2013
This article investigates the use of multiple learning approaches and different modes and types of learning in the (continuous) professional development (PD) of school leaders, particularly the use of self-assessment and feedback. First, formats and multiple approaches to professional learning are described. Second, a possible approach to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Professional Development, Foreign Countries, Administrator Education
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Wittmann, Eveline – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2008
In the face of globalization, states around the world have tried to regain legitimacy by using a policy framework known as new public management (NPM). In education, it promises to improve quality and competitiveness, by means of increasing control over educational institutions, implementing managerial techniques and submitting educational…
Descriptors: Semantics, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Global Approach