Includes bibliographical references and index

Part One: Leadership, Management, and Organizational Behavior -- 1. The Nature of Leadership -- 2. "Give Me a Lever Long Enough ... and Single-Handed I Can Move the World" -- 3. Condensation of the Fourteen Points for Management -- 4. We Need Noncoercive Lead-Management from the State Superintendent to the Teacher -- 5. Leadership as an Organizational Quality -- 6. People and Organizations -- Part Two: Principals and Superintendents -- 7. Looking for Leaders -- 8. Standards for School Leaders -- 9. The Unheroic Side of Leadership: Notes from the Swamp -- 10. Educational Leadership for the Twenty-First Century: Integrating Three Essential Perspectives -- 11. Learning to Lead -- 12. Leadership for te Twenty-First Century: Breaking the Bonds of Dependency -- 13. The Manager as Politician -- 14. Leading a School System Through Change -- 15. Eight Roles of Symbolic Leaders -- Part Three: Diversity and Leadership -- 16. Gender and Race as Factors in Educational Leadership and Administration -- 17. Gender and Supervision -- Part Four: Moral Leadership -- 18. Leadership as Stewardship: "Who's Serving Who?" -- 19. The Authentic Leader -- 20. Building a Community of Virtue -- Part Five: Shared Leadership -- 21. Good-Bye, Command and Control -- 22. Teacher Leadership: Ideology and Practice -- 23. Principals, Shared Decision Making, and School Reform -- 24. Assessing the Prospects for Teacher Leadership

Filled with critical insights from best-selling authors and expert practitioners, this unique anthology presents important articles, seminal reports, and book excerpts defining the field of educational leadership today. This comprehensive reader features twenty-four chapters in five primary areas of educational research and concern: Leadership, management, and organizational behavior Principals, superintendents, and other leaders Diversity, including gender and race issues Moral leadership and building community Shared leadership between educators Both policy and practice are the focus of this rich and varied volume. The authors base their findings on real-world experience and leading-edge research--sharing practical lessons and strategies for the school or classroom. From the scholar to the practitioner, The Jossey-Bass Reader on Educational Leadership is a powerhouse of valuable information.

The Jossey-Bass reader on educational leadership (1st ed.). (2000). Jossey-Bass.