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creators_name: Muhamad Bustaman , Abdul Manaf 
creators_id: mbustaman@iab.edu.my
corp_creators: INSTITUT AMINUDDIN BAKI
title: THE ISSUES AND THEORIES OF EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
ispublished: pub
subjects: LB2300
full_text_status: public
keywords: strategic leadership, issues, theories education
abstract: This paper attempts to explore the issues and theories of Strategic Leadership to day against the backdrop of current structure and processes in the education institution. An exploratory qualitative survey method was used to study strategic management practices in nine polytechnics located in Peninsular Malaysia. The main personnel involved in this research were the Directors and all members of the planning committee from these three institutions. 73 respondents took part in the study. All respondents participated in both data collection methods: interview and questionnaire. The main finding of the study is that visionary leadership seen as the essential elements for a successful of formal strategic planning practices in participating institutions. The paper does not attempt to measure the effectiveness of the strategic leadership but contends that educational strategic leadership is being affected by the current development of administrative and decision making processes and distribution of workload. In short the educational strategic leadership is too tied to the overloaded in basket of routine sign-off and endless committee meetings and leaders need to be free to get together and coordinate strategic visions for the myriad of change projects and to go out and explain, inspire, guide and persuade.

date: 2006-12-01
date_type: published
publication: Jurnal Pengurusan Dan Kepimpinan Pendidikan
volume: 16
number: 02
publisher: Institut Aminuddin Baki
pagerange: 29-41
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1511-4147
citation:   Muhamad Bustaman , Abdul Manaf   (2006) THE ISSUES AND THEORIES OF EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP.  Jurnal Pengurusan Dan Kepimpinan Pendidikan, 16 (02).  pp. 29-41.  ISSN 1511-4147     
document_url: http://eprints.iab.edu.my/v2/78/1/THE_ISSUES_AND_THEORIES_OF_EDUCATIONAL_STRATEGIC_LEADERSHIP.pdf