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Tables of Contents for Quality Human Resources Leadership
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction
xv
Section I. Transforming the Culture of Schools Through Leadership
1
60
Cultural Leadership: Promoting Human Potential
3
20
Cultural and Human Resource Leadership
3
1
Historical Overview of Personnel Administration and Human Resource Management
4
3
Human Resource Leadership
7
2
Productive School Cultures
9
10
References
19
4
Leadership for Maximizing Human Potential
23
38
The Enigma of Leadership
23
3
Leadership Perspectives
26
10
Leadership and Power
36
11
Quality Leadership
47
6
Evolution of Human Resource Leadership Theory
53
4
References
57
4
Section II. Methods Used By Principals to Transform the Cultures of Their Schools
61
100
Communications and Human Relations For Effective Education
63
22
The Communication Process
63
6
Communication for Persuasion and Influence
69
11
A Communication Improvement Plan
80
1
References
81
4
Maximizing Human Resource Potential Through Team Building and Teamwork
85
30
Empowerment and Power
85
3
Role of the Principal in Effective Team Building
88
8
Problem Solving and Decision Making
96
5
Group Dynamics: Decision Making Through Consensus
101
3
Quality Tools for Solving Problems and Making Decisions
104
3
Evaluating Team Performance
107
3
Adult Learning and Teams
110
2
References
112
3
Staff Development: Maximizing Human Potential Through Continuous Improvement
115
28
Providing for Continuous Improvement through Staff Development
115
1
Process Management: Designing Quality Programs
116
1
Problems with Traditional Staff-Development Programs
117
3
Effective Staff-Development Programs
120
2
Continuous Improvement
122
1
Developing Human Resources
122
1
Process Models for Change
123
3
Assessing Teacher Needs
126
5
Evaluating Staff-Development Programs
131
2
Evaluating Program Goals
133
2
Summative and Formative Evaluation
135
1
Measurements for Decision Making
135
3
Scoring Evaluation Inventories
138
1
Developing Evaluation Instruments
138
1
Format of Evaluation Instruments
139
1
References
139
4
Promoting Human Resources through Rewards and Recognitions
143
18
Rewards and Recognitions
143
1
Motivating Staff Members
144
1
Empowerment and Shared Governance
145
2
Teacher Empowerment
147
2
Motivational Theory
149
8
References
157
4
Section III. Necessary Skills and Knowledge for the Development of Human Resource Potential
161
126
Maximizing Human Potential through Conflict Management
163
24
Understanding Conflict
163
3
Managing Conflict
166
5
Stages of Conflict
171
1
Conflict: Process and Structural Constructs
172
8
Skills to Resolve Conflict
180
5
References
185
2
Recruitment, Selection, Retention, Dismissal, and Reduction
187
32
Recruitment, Selection, Retention, Dismissal, and Reduction: An Overview
187
1
Recruitment of Personnel
188
4
Selection of Personnel
192
13
Retention of Personnel
205
2
Dismissal of Personnel
207
7
Demotions, Reassignments, and Reduction in Force
214
3
References
217
2
Promoting Human Potential through Performance Appraisal
219
30
Appraisal Systems
219
3
Developing an Appraisal System
222
4
Some Appraisal Concerns
226
4
Performance Criteria and Assessment
230
2
Criterion: Plans Lessons for Daily Instruction
232
7
Developing an Effective Appraisal Model
239
4
Avoiding Charges of Discrimination in Performance Appraisal
243
3
References
246
3
The Beginning Teacher: Maximizing Potential
249
22
The Need for Induction Programs
249
5
Short-Range Goals
254
4
Facilitating Personal and Professional Adjustment through Mentoring
258
3
Calculating Class Loads
261
1
Assistant Principal Induction
261
1
Long-Range Induction Planning
262
4
End-of-Year or Exit Interviews
266
1
Induction for Support Personnel
267
2
References
269
2
Developing Teachers as Leaders
271
16
The Need for Teachers as Leaders
271
1
Teachers as Leaders Defined
272
1
Teacher Leadership Roles
273
3
The Principal's Role in Developing Teacher Leaders
276
1
A Leadership Development Model for Teachers
277
3
Site-Based Managed Schools and Teacher Leadership
280
2
Encouraging Reluctant Teachers to Lead
282
1
School Culture and Teachers as Leaders
282
1
A Personal Philosophy on Teacher Leadership
283
1
References
284
3
Index
287
12
About the Authors
299