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Books: Text Books: Administration
Church Administration: Creating Efficiency for Effective Ministryby Robert H. Welch List Price: $34.99 Available from Amazon $22.04 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description For churches and religious nonprofits, the business of business is not business-it is ministry. However, these organizations still have to plan. Because organization is needed to accomplish specific tasks, leadership must train and motivate workers and progress and effectiveness. Church Administration will assist the pastors and church administrators in becoming effective and efficient leaders, managers, and administrators. |
The Licensing Exam Review Guide in Nursing Home Administration: 1000 Test Questions in the National Examination Format on the Nab 2002-2007...by James E. Allen Available from Amazon $35.00 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description newly revised and updated study guide is based on the same format as the actual exam, and provides an easy-to-use, effective way to Review essential concepts and practice test- taking skills Book Info Exam Review and study guide based on the same format as the actual exam. Serves as a key companion to Nursing Home Administration, 4th ed., c2003, which listed in approval week 2002-49. Previous edition: c1997. Softcover. DNLM: Nursing Homes--organization & administration--United States--Examination Questions. |
The Practice of Managementby Peter F. Drucker List Price: $18.95 Available from Amazon $12.32 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page -- Wall Street Journal "The dean of this country's business and management philosophers." -- Tom Peters "Our debt to Peter Drucker knows no limit." |
Leadership for the Twenty-First Centuryby Joseph C. Rost Available from Amazon $25.95 On 7-21-2006
See Item's Page Product Review “What a pleasure to report on a new book in leadership studies--a term, not incidentally, with which the author has some considerable problems--that is simultaneously intelligent and provocative. leadership for the Twenty-First Century is testimony both to Rost's breadth of knowledge and to his iconoclasm.”– “Rost examines twentieth century leadership studies decade by decade. His critiques are probing and insightful, while providing an exhaustive Review of the literature. . . . Rost's work is likely to be a major turning point in how we think about leadership for the twenty-first century. Community development practitioners and scholars cannot ignore the questions and insights raised by Rost.”– “This book is an extremely thoughtful and meticulous effort to identify the bases for the often cited lack of progress in leadership research, and to offer a way out of this dilemma. Rost's critical, reflexive analysis of leadership studies provides a much needed prod to step back from the frenzied production of research and how-to books and examine how our thinking is limited by broader cultural trends and assumptions.”– Book Description This illuminating study critiques the concept of leadership as understood in the last 75 years and looks to the twenty-first century for a reconstructed understanding of leadership in the postindustrial era. More similarities in past decades were found than had been thought; the thread throughout Rost's book is that leadership was conceived of as "good management." He develops a new definition and paradigm for leadership in this volume that distinguishes leadership from management in fundamental ways. The ethics of leadership from a postindustrial perspective completes the paradigm. The book concludes with suggestions that can be immediately utilized in helping to transform our understanding of leadership. |
School Leadership and Administration: Important Concepts, Case Studies, and Simulationsby Petra E Snowden and Richard A Gorton Available from Amazon $53.43 On 7-21-2006
See Item's Page Book Description School leadership and Administration is designed to help prospective and experienced principals, administrators and supervisors increase their knowledge and skills through concepts, case-studies, and simulations. Two parts make up this text. Part I presents important theoretical concepts and research findings that if adequately understood and appropriately applied can improve educators’ problem solving and leadership effectiveness. Part II consists of over 65 reality-based case studies, “In-Basket Exercises,” simulations, and role-plays to illustrate problems and issues. The case studies, simulations, and exercises stimulate class discussion and reflection on key issues facing today’s school administrator with guidelines for thoughtful problem solving and resolution. About The Author Petra E. Snowden, received her Ph.D. in Urban Education/Educational Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she also earned a Master of Science degree in German literature and a Bachelor of Science degree in French, German, and Secondary Education. At present, Dr. Snowden is Director of the Ph.D. in Urban Services/Urban Education Concentration at Old Dominion University in Norfolk VA. She is past coordinator of the alternative Norfolk Public Schools and Old Dominion University principal preparation program, Principal leadership for Urban Schools, Co- director of the Danforth Tidewater Principal Preparation program, Chair of the Department of Educational leadership and Services, and Associate Professor of Educational Administration at Old Dominion University. She founded the Principal Center at Old Dominion University and served as assessor, coach, and mentor for the Tidewater NASSP/Assessment Center. Her research and writing interests focus on linkages between schools, universities, and community service agencies, particularly as these structures affect the lives of vulnerable children, youth , and adults, non traditional principal preparation, and mentoring. She remains active presenting at national conferences and providing professional development seminars within school settings on topics such as school board and superintendent roles and responsibilities, program evaluation, and planning. In addition, Dr. Snowden served as president of the Hampton Roads YWCA and is an advocate for urban and women's issues. She is the author of numerous articles related to the improvement of school practices and has spoken on a variety of topics pertaining to educational training in community organizations, the "School as a Care Provider," and school leadership. She is completing a multilingual book on the identification of abused children in schools from a multicultural perspective, and the appropriate actions to be taken by principals, counselors, and teachers. Richard A. Gorton received his doctorate from Stanford University, majoring in school administration. His Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and his Master’s Degree in Counseling and Guidance were conferred by the University of Iowa. Dr. Gorton’s school experience includes teaching, counseling and guidance, and administration. He was Department Chairperson and Professor of Administrative leadership and Supervision at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. He is currently a consultant with Gorton Associates in San Diego, California. A leader in state and national administrator orga-nizations, Dr. Gorton has collaborated on a national study of “the effective principal.” Because of his expertise and practical experience, he has frequently been called on as a consultant and workshop leader in the areas of teacher and administrator evaluation, in-service education, program evaluation, instructional supervision, student disciplinary problems, school-community relations, problem solving, and conflict resolution. Dr. Gorton has published two textbooks, two monographs, and over 100 articles, book Reviews, and abstracts on a variety of topics related to educational administration and supervision, as well as education in general. Dr. Gorton’s other textbook for which he was senior author, School-Based Leadership. Challenges and Opportunities, is used in nu-merous university courses devoted to administrator preparation and by school districts for in-service education. He has also served as senior editor for The Ency-clopedia of School Administration and Supervision. |
Nursing Home Administrationby James E. Allen Available from Amazon $80.00 On 7-21-2006
See Item's Page Book Description contains the knowledge essential to prepare for licensure and employment as a nursing home administrator Book Info Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Text covers the National Association of Boards and Examiners for Long Term Care Administrators, Domains of Practice. effective 2002-2007. topics include management, human resources, finance, physical, environmental and atmosphere, and resident care. Previous edition: c1997. DNLM: Nursing Homes--organization & administration. |
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrongby James W. Loewen List Price: $16.00 Available from Amazon $10.08 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page From Publishers Weekly Sociology professor Loewen lambastes history textbooks as both too inaccurate and too bland to engage students. Copyright 1996 Reed business Information, Inc. From Booklist When textbook gaffes make news, as with the tome that explained that the Korean War ended when Truman dropped the atom bomb, the expeditious remedy would be to fire the editor. Loewen would rather hire a new team of authors bent on the pursuit of context instead of factoids. In Loewen's ideal text, events and people illuminating the multicultural holy trinity of race, gender, and social class would predominate over the fixation on heroes and acts of government. Such is the mood adopted throughout this critique of 12 American history texts in current use. Vetting 10 topics they commonly address--from the Pilgrims to the Vietnam War--Loewen bewails a long train of alleged omissions and distortions. To account for the deplorable situation, he offers this quasi-Marxist explanation: "Perhaps we are all dupes, manipulated by elite white male capitalists who orchestrate how history is written as part of their scheme to perpetuate their own power and privilege at the expense of the rest of us." Certainly students' appalling ignorance of history is troublesome, and broken families and excessive TV viewing are at least the equals of white male conspirators as the cause. However, libraries located where dissatisfaction with textbooks exists should be interested in Loewen's critique. Gilbert Taylor --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. |
Introduction to Educational Administration: Standards, Theories, and Practiceby Douglas J. Fiore List Price: $74.95 Available from Amazon $67.42 On 7-21-2006
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