Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1 - Introduction: Setting the Scene -- Section I: Schools and Self-Management -- 2 - Modern Headship for the Rationally Managed School: Combining Cerebral and Insightful Approaches -- 3 - Decentralisation and Deregulation in Europe: Towards a Conceptual Framework -- 4 - Continuities and Changes in Primary Headship -- 5 - Primary Schools and the Nature of the Education Market Place -- Section II: Professional Development -- 6 - Understanding Leadership: Developing Headteachers -- 7 - Stages of Headship -- 8 - Promoting Continuing Professional Development for Teachers: An Achievable Target for School Leaders? -- 9 - Headteachers' Knowledge, Practice and Mode of Cognition -- Section III: Theory Development -- 10 - Combining Cultural and Political Perspectives: The Best of Both Conceptual Worlds? -- 11 - Institutional Transformation and Educational Management -- 12 - Gender and Education Management: Duel or Dialogue? -- 13 - School Effectiveness and School Improvement: Critique of a Movement -- 14 - Can Leadership Enhance School Effectiveness? -- Section IV: Research in Educational Management -- 15 - Educational Administration, Leadership and Management: Towards a Research Agenda -- 16 - Overview of a Group of Research Projects with Relevance to School Management -- 17 - Pedagogy, Educational Management and the TTA Research Agenda -- 18 - Researching and Constructing Histories of the Field of Educational Management -- Index.