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Sinking ships, emerging leadership: a true story of sustainability (or the lack thereof)
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Mulford, WR and Moreno, J, Sinking ships, emerging leadership: a true story of sustainability (or the lack thereof), The Educational Forum, 70, (3) pp. 204-214. ISSN 0013-1725 (2006) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/00131720608984897
Abstract
Sustainable educational leadership — leadership which leaves a legacy
that lasts beyond the leader’s professional lifetime — is very much in fashion
nowadays. A recent edition of this journal was devoted entirely to the topic
(Hargreaves 2005a). However, it is important to ensure that, together with leadership
itself, the impact of leadership is sustainable. The self-aggrandizement, silver
bullets, short-term big-bang approaches, procedural illusions, witch hunts,
failures to communicate, and lack of accountability evident in the story of the
building of the Swedish 17th century warship, the Vasa, do not sit well with
sustainable and effective leadership. In this article, lessons learned from the
Vasa are compared and contrasted with those put forward by the contributors
to the recent themed edition of this journal. The authors then identify what
they believe, on the basis of North American and international research evidence,
to be the emerging priorities for sustainable and effective educational
leadership.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | sustainable educational leadership |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Specialist studies in education |
Research Field: | Educational administration, management and leadership |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Schools and learning environments |
Objective Field: | Policies and development |
UTAS Author: | Mulford, WR (Professor Bill Mulford) |
ID Code: | 39542 |
Year Published: | 2006 |
Deposited By: | Education |
Deposited On: | 2006-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2012-11-21 |
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