A Leadership that sets organizational goals, does needs analysis, sets achievable priorities including, planning, budgeting, implementing and evaluating organizational performance.
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Effective Educational Leadership in the Digital Age: An Examination of Professional Qualities and Best Practices
Kwesi Armah Tandoh (Ball State University, USA) and Josephine Effibah Ebe-Arthur (Methodist University College, Ghana)
Copyright: © 2018
|Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2953-8.ch013
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to develop and promote a realistic understanding of leadership in higher education in a digital learning environment. This is critical to supporting current generations of students also known as digital natives in the digital age. This chapter also discusses the importance of immediacy in educational leaders in education, and its ability to allow both learners and leaders to work together in an environment that promotes teaching and fosters meaningful learning. Leadership challenges discussed include lack of communication between leadership, students, and employees, maintaining quality with diminished resources. Best practices discussed include setting the pace, developing the human capital, and developing the school as an organizational unit and also promote individual responsibility and leadership accountability. Finally, workplace behaviors such as effective leadership behavior and role modeling, interaction between leaders, stakeholders, and the promotion of mutual understanding are discussed.