Educational leadership

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Some 800 English-language entries arranged by subject. Each annotation describes the focus and scope of the publication, compares it with similar titles, and identifies the most appropriate audience for readership and professional use. Information concerning manuscript selection policy, availability, price, frequency of publication, special issues, reviewing, indexing/abstracting, reprints, microforms, and databases is supplied for each title. Typeset. Indexed by publisher, title, country of origin and subject. In contrast to the positivistic thrust of management science, Hodgkinson (U. of Victoria, BC) introduces a paradigmatic theory of value which can be used for analytic purposes in the daily life of administration--especially educational administration--to address such issues as the application of power, the shaping of people and organizations, the search for better values, the making of choices, and the justification of the administrator's power and acts. Paper edition (unseen), $12.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)