Professional development and management training needs for heads of department in UK secondary schools

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-43

  Brown, Marie ^a   Boyle, Bill ^a   Boyle, Trudy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual development; Management; Professionals; Schools; Training needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846570711     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230210415634     Document Type: Article

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