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Book Leading   Managing Continuing Professional Development

Download or read book Leading Managing Continuing Professional Development written by Sara Bubb and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2007-09-25 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the first edition: ′Peter Earley and Sara Bubb bring together, in a very accessible way, theoretical and practical aspects of CPD and suggest how leadership and management can be applied in this vital area of staff development. This book will help co-ordinators and school leaders to develop their most important resource - the people who work with the children′ - Richard Stainton, Education Journal ′The most obvious target user for the book is the (not rare) person suddenly hoist with the staff development responsibility petard: but, thoughtfully used, most staffrooms will include several people who could benefit from thinking about its contents and putting some of the ideas into practice′ - British Journal Educational Technology ′This book is a welcome and practical guide to the wealth of publications on Continuing Professional Development... [M]akes an excellent contribution to the current and widening debate on the nature of Continuing Professional Development. For School Leadership Teams it is an essential resource and reference for the managing of professional development and learning. It also serves as an excellent practical guide, and CPD coordinators reading this book will find themselves questioning and as a result developing their own practice. The book is written in accessible language using believable case studies to illustrate the wealth of research that has been carried out. The deeply embedded notion among some teachers that professional development consists of the one day course is challenged, and the reader is left in no doubt as to the range of opportunities that exist and need for them to be harnessed in order to ensure school improvement. The book is will surely act as a catalyst for the review and development of CPD in schools′ - Stephen Merrill, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, British Journal In-Service Education ′A practical guide to all aspects of professional development which ought to be in the possession of every professional development coordinator in every primary and secondary school in the land - and their colleagues in leadership teams′ - Tim Brighouse, TES Friday Magazine This new edition of a best-selling book provides an up to date overview of Continuing Professional Development (CPD), combined with a guide to best practice. Changes include: - expanded sections on the professional development of support staff and the wider school workforce (particularly important in the light of workforce remodelling) and the evaluation of CPD - more on making sure that professional development has an impact, and provides good value for money - the common core of skills and knowledge for the children′s workforce, the new standards for qualified teacher status, induction, threshold, excellent teachers and advanced skills teachers as well as those for higher level teaching assistants. Drawing on the latest research, the contents include: - a clear explanation of CPD and latest developments; - practical tips on how to lead and manage CPD for a range of staff in schools - identifying training needs, designing and implementing programmes and evaluating their impact; - detailed guidance on CPD for staff at different stages of their careers. Written in a clear readable style it covers the latest standards and offers examples of current good practice. It is an essential professional reference for all those responsible for leading and managing professional learning in schools (headteachers, deputies, CPD and staff development coordinators) and Local Authorities (LAs). It will also prove invaluable to training providers and universities.

Book Management  Leading People and Professional Development

Download or read book Management Leading People and Professional Development written by BPP Learning Media (Firm) and published by BPP Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BPP Learning Media's Business Essentials books can be specifically used on courses leading to diplomas in business, as generic texts on a wide range of degree programmes or as background reading and reference materials for the particular subject areas on a multitude of business related courses. The Course Books cover Edexcel's current guidance for the Higher Nationals in Business.

Book Business Essentials Management  Leading People and Professional Development

Download or read book Business Essentials Management Leading People and Professional Development written by BPP Learning Media and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BPP Learning Media's Business Essentials books can be specifically used on courses leading to diplomas in business, as generic texts on a wide range of degree programmes or as background reading and reference materials for the particular subject areas on a multitude of business related courses. The Course Books cover Edexcel's current guidance for the Higher Nationals in Business.

Book Leading and Managing People in Education

Download or read book Leading and Managing People in Education written by Tony Bush and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ′This cutting-edge publication is drawn on international research and practice, and undoubtedly encourages reflection and personal development. The authors are experts in the field of education leadership and management.′ - Professor Raj Mestry, University of Johannesburg The Third Edition of this successful and respected book covers leadership and management of people at all levels in educational organisations. It contains up-to-date research and literature, covering the entire spectrum of educational institutions. This new and revised edition: deals with issues such as succession planning, leadership development and diversity has an enhanced focus on international trends, examples and research acknowledges the changing English context, including the shift to system leadership, academies and free schools covers changes in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland The book will be of great interest to postgraduate students, researchers and academics; candidates on professional leadership qualifications; middle and senior managers, and aspiring leaders in schools and colleges. Tony Bush is Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Warwick, UK and Visiting Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. David Middlewood is a Research Fellow at The University of Warwick.

Book Leading   Managing Continuing Professional Development

Download or read book Leading Managing Continuing Professional Development written by Sara Bubb and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2007-09-25 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the first edition: ′Peter Earley and Sara Bubb bring together, in a very accessible way, theoretical and practical aspects of CPD and suggest how leadership and management can be applied in this vital area of staff development. This book will help co-ordinators and school leaders to develop their most important resource - the people who work with the children′ - Richard Stainton, Education Journal ′The most obvious target user for the book is the (not rare) person suddenly hoist with the staff development responsibility petard: but, thoughtfully used, most staffrooms will include several people who could benefit from thinking about its contents and putting some of the ideas into practice′ - British Journal Educational Technology ′This book is a welcome and practical guide to the wealth of publications on Continuing Professional Development... [M]akes an excellent contribution to the current and widening debate on the nature of Continuing Professional Development. For School Leadership Teams it is an essential resource and reference for the managing of professional development and learning. It also serves as an excellent practical guide, and CPD coordinators reading this book will find themselves questioning and as a result developing their own practice. The book is written in accessible language using believable case studies to illustrate the wealth of research that has been carried out. The deeply embedded notion among some teachers that professional development consists of the one day course is challenged, and the reader is left in no doubt as to the range of opportunities that exist and need for them to be harnessed in order to ensure school improvement. The book is will surely act as a catalyst for the review and development of CPD in schools′ - Stephen Merrill, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, British Journal In-Service Education ′A practical guide to all aspects of professional development which ought to be in the possession of every professional development coordinator in every primary and secondary school in the land - and their colleagues in leadership teams′ - Tim Brighouse, TES Friday Magazine This new edition of a best-selling book provides an up to date overview of Continuing Professional Development (CPD), combined with a guide to best practice. Changes include: - expanded sections on the professional development of support staff and the wider school workforce (particularly important in the light of workforce remodelling) and the evaluation of CPD - more on making sure that professional development has an impact, and provides good value for money - the common core of skills and knowledge for the children′s workforce, the new standards for qualified teacher status, induction, threshold, excellent teachers and advanced skills teachers as well as those for higher level teaching assistants. Drawing on the latest research, the contents include: - a clear explanation of CPD and latest developments; - practical tips on how to lead and manage CPD for a range of staff in schools - identifying training needs, designing and implementing programmes and evaluating their impact; - detailed guidance on CPD for staff at different stages of their careers. Written in a clear readable style it covers the latest standards and offers examples of current good practice. It is an essential professional reference for all those responsible for leading and managing professional learning in schools (headteachers, deputies, CPD and staff development coordinators) and Local Authorities (LAs). It will also prove invaluable to training providers and universities.

Book Everyone Deserves a Great Manager

Download or read book Everyone Deserves a Great Manager written by Scott Jeffrey Miller and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER*** From the organizational experts at FranklinCovey, an essential guide to becoming the great manager every team deserves. A practical must-read, FranklinCovey’s Everyone Deserves a Great Manager is the essential guide for the millions of people all over the world making the challenging and rewarding leap to manager. Based on nearly a decade of research on what makes managers successful—and includes new ways of thinking, tips and techniques—this volume has been field-tested with hundreds of thousands of managers all over the world. Organized under four main roles every manager is expected to fill, Everyone Deserves a Great Manager focuses on how to lead yourself, people, teams, and change. Readers can start anywhere and go everywhere with this guide—depending on their current problem or time constraint. They can pick up a helpful tip in ten minutes or glean an entire skillset with deeper reading. The goal is for the busy manager to know what to do and how to do it without interrupting their regular workflow. Each role highlights the current, authentic problems managers face and briefly explores the limiting mindsets or common mistakes that led to those problems. With skill-based chapters that cover managerial skills like one-on-ones, giving feedback, delegating, hiring, building team culture, and leading remote teams, the book also includes more than thirty unique tools, such as a prep worksheets and a list of behavioral questions for your next interview. An approachable, engaging style using real-world stories, Everyone Deserves a Great Manager provides the blueprint for becoming the great manager every team deserves.

Book Managing and Leading People Through Organizational Change

Download or read book Managing and Leading People Through Organizational Change written by Julie Hodges and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2016-02-03 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tremendous forces for change are radically reshaping the world of work. Disruptive innovations, radical thinking, new business models and resource scarcity are impacting every sector. Although the scale of expected change is not unprecedented, what is unique is the pervasive nature of the change and its accelerating pace which people in organizations have to cope with. Structures, systems, processes and strategies are relatively simple to understand and even fix. People, however, are more complex. Change can have a different impact on each of them, all of which can cause different attitudes and reactions. Managing and Leading People Through Organizational Change is written for leaders with the key responsibility of managing people through transitions. Managing and Leading People through Organizational Change provides a critical analysis of change and transformation in organizations from a theoretical and practical perspective. It addresses the individual, team and organizational issues of leading and managing people before, during and after change, using case studies and interviews with people from organizations in different sectors across the globe. This book demonstrates how theory can be applied in practice through practical examples and recommendations, focusing on the importance of understanding the impact of the nature of change on individuals and engaging them collaboratively throughout the transformation journey.

Book Managing Product Management  Empowering Your Organization to Produce Competitive Products and Brands

Download or read book Managing Product Management Empowering Your Organization to Produce Competitive Products and Brands written by Steven Haines and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2011-12-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build better products by expanding the role of Product Management Managing Product Management argues that product management should be reinstituted as a key source of innovative ideas that solve broad market problems. It illustrates how to organize the product management function of a company to create, build, and produce innovative and game-changing products and services. Steven Haines is the founder and president of Sequent Learning Networks, a training and advisory services firm with an international client base. He held leadership roles for AT&T and Oracle and was adjunct professor at Rutgers University's business school.

Book Leading People

Download or read book Leading People written by Peter Mills and published by Made For Success Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of the manager is to achieve the business goals set for them and at the same time to provide an environment that allows their team members to be effective and satisfied with their work while developing their full potential. It is not a balance between work and people as both outcomes must be achieved. The ‘10 things successful managers know and do’ is based a coherent framework for managing people in the context of an organisation i.e. the ‘Leadership Framework’. It addresses leadership at the individual, team and organisational levels. It’s based not just on management customs but is underpinned by solid research combining sociology and psychology with management science. At the Frameworks core is a strong manager - employee relationship. This is a two-way, trusting, productive, working relationship focused on achieving business goals with team members working to their full potential. For managers to be a successful manager they must: Understand their role. The role of the manager is to achieve the business goals set for them and at the same time, provide an environment that allows their team members to be effective and satisfied with their work while developing their full potential.Understand the role of others. Organisations have extensive networks of people working together and unless there is a clear understanding of the accountabilities and authorities of other roles and strong understanding of the legitimate nature of these working relationships, work will be inefficient and conflict can occur.Build a team that works together to deliver business outcomes bringing together the full capability of team members. There must be a shared understanding of why the team exists and what they are expected to deliver. The manager creates a work environment that encourages a good flow of information and advice in all directions – top down, bottom up, across the team and the organisation.Build mutual trust and a strong, two-way, trusting, working relationship with each team member. The focus of the relationship is to achieve business goals and the employee working to their full potential. Productive work is enabled by systemic trust and fairness and is reduced by fear.Have integrated models for people and work. Without a clear and integrated framework managers will not have a theoretical or practical base of knowledge for what they do or how they do it. This can result in poor decision making and inconsistent treatment of team members, work will be inefficient and conflict can occur.Create effective roles and put with good people in them. Effectively designed roles fill with capable people is the foundation to building a successful team.Effectively assign work to team members and then assess this work to ensure it has been performed at the required standard. Effectively assigning and assessing work enables managers to achieve their business outcomes and at the same time allows team members to be satisfied with their work and helps build strong manager - employee working relationships.Build an effective team, so that each member is fully committed to and capable of moving in the direction set. They create opportunities to coach team members on how to be more effective.Recognize and reward team members appropriately and fairly. The ideal state is where the employee can say ‘I feel I am working at a level suited to my capability and I am fairly rewarded for that work. I feel I am contributing to the success of the organisation and I can see a clear link between my performance and my remuneration’.Identify ways to improve how work can be done more effectively and efficiently and implement the necessary changes for this to occur. When the direction of the team or organisation changes, managers lead their team in the direction set. Performing these ‘10 things’ effectively will make managers and create a work environment where people feel productive and valued.

Book Business Essentials

Download or read book Business Essentials written by BPP Learning Media and published by BPP Learning Media. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to be of value to anyone who is studying management, whether as a subject in its own right or as a module forming part of any business-related degree or diploma.However, it provides complete coverage of the topics listed in the Edexcel Guidelines for Units 13 (Personal and Professional Development) and 14 (Working with and Leading People), of the BTEC Higher Nationals in Business (revised 2010).The book contains these sections: * Managing professional development * Working with and leading peopleFeatures include summary diagrams, worked examples and illustrations, activities, discussion topics, chapter summaries and quick quizzes, all presented in a user friendly format that helps to bring the subject to life.

Book Level Up

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrea Fredrickson
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-10-28
  • ISBN : 9781695361256
  • Pages : 122 pages

Download or read book Level Up written by Andrea Fredrickson and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-28 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great leaders inspire action. Gear up, we'll help you become a great manager! For over 30 years, we've watched as companies promote employees into management roles. One day, the employees are welding or entering data into a spreadsheet; and the next day, they have a team of people to lead. But nothing changed except their title. We assume that because they are technically competent people with good intentions, they will be successful in their new role. But being technically competent has very little to do with managing and leading a team. During the first months in management, they will do their best. They will try to manage and lead based upon what they have seen modeled from their previous leaders, picking and choosing what they like and don't like. They will probably try a lot of things. They might ruffle a few feathers along the way. And after time, they'll settle into a routine of surviving. For a long time, this is how most people were promoted into management. Promoting people into roles, regardless of their skills, and then assuming they'll figure it out - eventually. It is with this premise the team at Revela has captured several of the core areas necessary for leading people. While there are many more chapters that could be included, this book outlines the basics of communication, difficult conversations, delegating, managing time, building a team, and developing people. Starting with the belief that managers and employees have good intentions and want to be successful, we have provided a structure to help build confidence and create the foundation for success. Imagine a future where newly promoted managers are given tools, resources, training, and feedback on how to be more effective early in their new role. Or one where these tools were provided before employees are even promoted. This book puts a fresh spin on management practices and challenges 'the way we've always done it.' Managing and leading takes practice. Just like learning the skills that create expert technicians, managers and leaders must be given what it takes to be successful. And then they must intentionally practice and hone those new skills so they can be experts in their new role. Along with other books by Revela, Level-Up was created to provide individuals and companies a guide to help their people be more successful, no matter their role. Level-Up uses research and processes to help people store the information in their long-term memory. Employees are then able to pull that information when they need it, and not just to pass a test. At Revela, we believe employees, those who manage others and those who don't, have the right to be successful. And companies need the best resources to help them. This book uses the knowledge and experiences we've gained over thirty years of working with leaders at all levels, in multiple different industries.Based in Omaha, Nebraska, Revela is one of the region's most experienced thought challengers, helping individual and companies across the country unleash their potential. Revela's passion is fueled by positive experiences and individual growth. With a belief in relationships, community, supporting others, and delivering business results, Revela goes beyond the expected to benefit the collective cause. Fully authentic and down to earth, Revela's confidence and pride stems from the positive change in others.Founded in 1989, Revela believes in the untapped human potential, that everyone has value, and that fundamentally everyone deserves a chance at success. Taking a different approach to development because they see things differently, the Revela team goes beyond the expected to help individuals discover their strengths, transform their weaknesses, and experience an even greater level of professional and personal growth.

Book Business Essentials Management  Leading People and Professional Development

Download or read book Business Essentials Management Leading People and Professional Development written by BPP Learning Media (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-30 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BPP Learning Media's Business Essentials books can be specifically used on courses leading to diplomas in business, as generic texts on a wide range of degree programmes or as background reading and reference materials for the particular subject areas on a multitude of business related courses. The Course Books cover Edexcel's current guidance for the Higher Nationals in Business.

Book Management

Download or read book Management written by Gary Dessler and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A review of management concepts and techniques in a traditional management-process format. This new edition has been revised to reflect changes in managing organizations. It also covers globalization, deregulation and technological advances.

Book Leading  Managing and Developing People

Download or read book Leading Managing and Developing People written by Gary Rees and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading, Managing and Developing People is critical reading for all those studying the CIPD Level 7 Advanced module in Leading, Managing and Developing People as well as all HR and L&D practitioners. It provides extensive coverage of the aims, objectives and contribution of HRM such as the scope and nature of human resources, HR's role when organisations grow and how to ensure professionalism and ethical behaviour when managing people. This book also includes discussion of major contemporary themes in leading, managing and developing people including leadership development, flexibility, agile working and the psychological contract. This ensures that readers are fully prepared to lead, manage and develop staff in the new world of work. With rigorous academic underpinning and clear theoretical exploration, Leading, Managing and Developing People also includes practical advice on key activities including recruitment, job design, performance management, motivation and reward. Supported by online resources including an instructor's manual, lecture slides, international case studies, example essay questions and annotated web links, this is an indispensable guide for both students and practitioners.

Book Gung Ho

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ken Blanchard
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 1997-10-08
  • ISBN : 068815428X
  • Pages : 216 pages

Download or read book Gung Ho written by Ken Blanchard and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1997-10-08 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles, co-authors of the New York Times business bestseller Raving Fans, are back with Gung Ho! Here is an invaluable management tool that outlines foolproof ways to increase productivity by fostering excellent morale in the workplace. It is a must-read for everyone who wants to stay on top in today's ultra-competitive business world. Raving Fans taught managers how to turn customers into full-fledged fans. Now, Gung Ho! brings the same magic to employees. Through the inspirational story of business leaders Peggy Sinclair and Andy Longclaw, Blanchard and Bowles reveal the secret of Gung Ho--a revolutionary technique to boost enthusiasm and performance and usher in astonishing results for any organization. The three principles of Gung Ho are: The Spirit of the Squirrel The Way of the Beaver The Gift of the Goose These three cornerstones of Gung Ho are surprisingly simple and yet amazingly powerful. Whether your organization consists of one or is listed in the Fortune 500, this book ensures Gung Ho employees committed to success. Gung Ho! also includes a clear game plan with a step-by-step outline for instituting these groundbreaking ideas. Destined to become a classic, Gung Ho! is a rare and wonderful business book that is packed with invaluable information as well as a compelling, page-turning story. Management legend Ken Blanchard and master entrepreneur Sheldon Bowles are back with Gung Ho!, revealing a surefire way to boost employee enthusiasm, productivity, and performance and usher in astonishing results for any organization. Raving Fans brilliantly schooled managers on how to turn customers into raving fans. Gung Ho! now brings the same magic to employees. Here is the story of how two managers saved a failing company and turned in record profits with record productivity. The three core ideas of Gung Ho! are surprisingly simple: worthwhile work guided by goals and values; putting workers in control of their production; and cheering one another on. Their principles are so powerful that business leaders, reviewing the manuscript for Ken and Sheldon, have written to say, "Sorry. Ignored instructions. Have photocopied for everyone. I promise to buy books, but can't wait. We need now!" Like Raving Fans, Gung Ho! delivers.

Book Leading and Managing Continuing Professional Development

Download or read book Leading and Managing Continuing Professional Development written by Professor Peter Earley and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004-02-03 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives an up to date picture of a rapidly changing field, enhances understanding of continuing professional development and its potential to bring about change and development to improve the quality of teaching and learning in schools.

Book Managing People

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dean Sickels
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 9780983477945
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Managing People written by Dean Sickels and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: