Managing further education : learning enterprise / Jacky Lumby.
By: Lumby, Jacky
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BookSeries: Educational management, research and practice: Publisher: London : Paul Chapman, 2001Description: xiii, 183 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780761965589; 0761965599; 9780761965596.Subject(s): Adult education -- Great Britain -- Administration | Universities and colleges -- Administration -- Great Britain | Education | Educational administration & organization | Higher & further education, tertiary educationDDC classification: 374.120941 LUM Summary: This text explores the experiences of leaders and managers in further education, providing a valuable resource of practical ideas. It focuses on a different aspect of management in each chapter.
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| 374.1 TIG Key concepts in adult education and training / | 374.1 USH Adult education and the postmodern challenge : learning beyond the limits / | 374.1 USH Adult education and the postmodern challenge : learning beyond the limits / | 374.120941 LUM Managing further education : learning enterprise / | 374.13 DAI Adult learning, adult teaching/ | 374.13 ROG Teaching adults / | 374.13 ROG Teaching adults / |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
`This is a welcome addition to an impoverished field and will be referred to extensively by management developers, college managers undertaking postgraduate studies and by researchers′ - Learning and Skills Research Journal
The incorporation of the further education sector in 1993 was followed by a period of extreme turbulence. Colleges plunged into the complex task of managing huge organizations while under pressure from cuts in funding and a steady expansion in the number and range of students. While financial scandals may have attracted attention, the success of the further education sector in continuing to provide a vital educational service for millions of people has been less recognized.
Despite the significant contribution of the sector to education and training, practitioners struggle to find adequate research evidence on which to base reflection and practice. They need material relevant to the specific situation of managers working within this very hybrid sector, part public sector education and part commercial organization, catering for an age and ability range greater than that of any other educational sector.
Based on a national survey of college managers, this book investigates how managers are responding to the challenge to increase the numbers and range of students and to improve learning and teaching. The author shows what it means to lead in a college and how the culture has evolved. Each chapter focuses on an aspect of management. The book concludes that ′learning enterprise′ is an apt description of further education, a sector which has retained learning at its core and has learned to adopt an entrepreneurial spirit to shape its future.
Managing Further Education will be essential reading for professionals working in further education and all those interested in the management of this complex and vital part of educational provision.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text explores the experiences of leaders and managers in further education, providing a valuable resource of practical ideas. It focuses on a different aspect of management in each chapter.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- The Diverse Sector
- Leading Colleges
- Managing People
- Managing Finance
- Managing Marketing
- Understanding Quality
- Changing Structures and Roles
- Information and Communication
- Teaching and Learning
- Working with Students
- Working with Employers
- Evolving the Culture
- Looking to the Future
- Learning Enterprise