The management of education and the social theory of the firm

From distributed leadership to collaborative community

Bibliographic Data

ID10105955
AuthorsDavid Hartley (0000-0003-2589-2538, University of Birmingham, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume42
Issue4
Pages345-361
Publication date2010-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Educational Administration & History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0620 • E-ISSN: 1478-7431
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00220620.2010.492958
OpenAlexW1973398975
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Modes of organisation and control within educational organisations have tended to accord with those of the workplace. Bureaucracy has endured in both. Of late, it has been loosened. This has opened up a new conceptual space within educational management and leadership. Its underlying theme is collaboration. The analysis here extends the space associated with concepts such as distributed leadership and system leadership. It draws upon the recent social theory of the firm proposed by Paul Adler and Charles Heckscher, and introduces their concept of collaborative community, a concept which when applied to educational administration re‐instates both trust and community as contributing to education, economy and society

Business · Collaborative leadership · Distributed leadership · Leadership style · Participative decision-making · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Shared leadership · Sociology · Educational and Social Studies · Management, Economics, and Public Policy

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