Strategic planning and school management: Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing?

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 407-424

  Bell, Les ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Improvement; Leadership; Management; Schools; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900512202     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230210440276     Document Type: Article

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