Archives for July 21st, 1999

WEBSITE SUPPORTS LEARNING

Headlines, PublicNet: 21 July, 1999

The Planning Officers Society has scored a ‘first’ with a website that supports learning about best value. The innovative site at http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/planning/home.html displays four draft chapters of a guide which will be finalised early next year.

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DO IT YOURSELF TEACHER TRAINING

Headlines, PublicNet: 21 July, 1999

A new training course has been launched to give head teachers and senior staff the skills to carry out a ‘do it yourself’ inspection of their own school. The course is built around the role of the OFSTED inspector. It will help course members to evaluate standards and assess the quality of teaching, leadership and management. It is also designed to raise an awareness of strengths and weaknesses so that management strategies can be revised.

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TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Abstracts, PublicNet: 21 July, 1999

Coad A F, Berry A J
Leadership & Organization Development Journal, (UK), Vol 19 No 3 98
Start page: 164. No of pages: 9

Examines the effect that leadership behaviour has on employees’ motivation to learn and perform well. Analyses the different motivations and attitudes of employees who are performance-oriented and those who are learning-oriented, and considers how leadership mode might affect this. Tests out in a survey of member of the UK Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and finds some support for the hypotheses. Concludes that these results indicate that learning organizations should consider adopting more transformational styles of leadership.

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