Competing Conceptions and Values in School Strategy: Rational Planning and Beyond

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-124

  Davies, Peter ^a   Coates, Gwen ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

managerialism; planning; professional development; uncertainty; volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993797577     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143205048177     Document Type: Article

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