EBOOK: Towards Strategic Staff Development in Higher Education

EBOOK: Towards Strategic Staff Development in Higher Education
ISBN-10
0335224318
ISBN-13
9780335224319
Series
EBOOK
Category
Education
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2003-07-16
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Authors
Richard Blackwell, Paul Blackmore

Description

This book focuses on strategic staff development in higher education, a sector in which it has been largely viewed as an operational activity with little organizational relevance. The book demonstrates how staff development needs to be based on modern theories of 'organizational learning', aligning itself with institutional and departmental needs as well as the wants and needs of individual staff. The book takes a broad definition of staff development and seeks to cover all aspects of the academic role and the interests of all staff. The traditional focus on teaching and learning is covered but not to the exclusion of other aspects or the interface between different roles. In order to achieve a strategic focus, authors are drawn from a range of backgrounds, including senior staff with strategic leadership roles. The book is, therefore, directed to a wider readership than the community of staff development professionals and designed partly to challenge the dominant discourse and established priorities of staff developers. Towards Strategic Staff Development in Higher Education seeks to combine scholarly review of relevent literature with practical strategies and suggestions for the intended readership, principally senior staff, heads of department and staff development professionals.

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