Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- The authors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Strategic management in education -- Introduction -- Leadership and management -- What is educational management? -- The purpose of educational management -- The context of educational management -- Strategy and self-management -- 3. Vision, mission and strategy -- Vision -- Mission -- Strategy -- 4. Leadership in educational management -- Introduction -- Leadership and management -- Theory and practice -- Transformational and transactional leadership -- Educational leadership -- The moral and ethical dimension of leadership -- Leadership of the autonomous school or college -- Strategic leadership -- Gender in educational leadership -- Leadership and roles -- 5. Organisational theory and strategic management -- Introduction -- The theory/practice divide -- The relevance of theory to good practice -- The nature of theory in educational management -- Models of educational management -- Organisational culture -- Organisational culture and strategic management -- Conceptual pluralism -- Using theory to improve practice -- 6. The purpose of strategic management -- Introduction -- The concept of effectiveness -- The concept of improvement -- The concept of quality -- Origins of TQM and its applicability to education -- Re-engineering -- 7. Strategic and development planning in education -- Introduction -- Who is involved in strategic planning? -- Development planning -- Management style and development planning -- Development planning, improvement and effectiveness and change -- 8. Managing strategic change -- References -- Author index -- Subject index.