What future for school business leadership? Recent change and looming possibilities

Starr, Karen

doi:10.1177/0892020620969855

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“…e entropy method is based on the difference of information contained in the indicators, completely using the original indicator data information, that is, the inherent information of the indicator data to determine the utility value of the indicator, thereby determining the entropy weight of each indicator. In the target evaluation system, the operator needs to consider the importance of each index and assign weight to it [5]. e higher the utility value of the evaluation index, the greater the degree of variation, the greater the information-carrying capacity of the index, and the higher the weight; for the secondary evaluation index, the degree of variation is less, the amount of information is less, and the weight is also higher.…”

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Corporate Leadership Strategy Management Based on Entropy Coupling Algorithm

Liao

Wang

et al. 2021

Mobile Information Systems

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With the continued economic downturn, coupled with the slowdown of domestic economic development and fierce market competition, the development of small and medium-sized enterprises has become more and more difficult. Because the financial background and operating strength of small and medium-sized enterprises are far inferior to large-scale enterprises, coupled with the influence of global economic integration, many small and medium-sized enterprises have gradually closed down. Therefore, exploring the entropy coupling algorithm is of great significance to the role of corporate leadership strategy management. This paper studies the coupling conditions and coupling process of corporate strategy and business model, builds a new coupling model, and goes deep into the coupling model to study the cooperation mechanism between its internal modules and initially builds the company to break through the two major dilemmas at the same time. This paper uses entropy theory to evaluate corporate leadership strategy, constructs an evaluation index system based on entropy, determines the weight of each index, and calculates the entropy value. This paper uses the alpha coefficient to test the reliability of the questionnaire. The value range of α coefficient is [0, 1], and different values represent different reliability. Large enterprises as a whole are mostly in the highly coupled (41.80%) and moderately coupled (27.34%) stages; medium-sized enterprises as a whole are mostly in the highly coupled (39.50%) and moderately coupled (31.50%) stages; small enterprises as a whole are mostly in the moderately coupled (39.50%) and moderately coupled (40.72%), low coupling (33.20%), and high coupling (25.9%) stages; microenterprises as a whole are mostly in the low coupling (43.70%), moderate coupling (36.41%), and high coupling (30.51%) stages. The results show that the entropy coupling algorithm can improve the deficiencies in the leadership strategy and provide a practical and reliable path for carrying out leadership development projects.

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Corporate Leadership Strategy Management Based on Entropy Coupling Algorithm

Liao

Wang

et al. 2021

Mobile Information Systems

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“…As this article later traces, within the English context, considerable effort has been undertaken by professional bodies to underpin a level of requirement for those undertaking school business practitioner roles in the changing policy context. Indeed, as Starr (2020) highlights within this special issue, professionalisation has continued at pace through evidence of self-governance and self-regulation, and the development of professional standards, qualifications, career pathways, and practitioner networks. However, ‘the process of professionalisation is not a linear and smooth path… ’ (Gunter, 2001: 143).…”

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Positioning school business practitioners in the English school system

Creaby

2021

Management in Education

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This article explores the increasing professionalisation of school business practitioners in the state school system in England. Often referred to a ‘school business managers’ or ‘school business leaders’, this cohort of the school workforce have been increasingly tasked with leading crucial site-based management functions in schools, such as finance and budgeting, human resources and school operations. As this area of practitioner activity has grown over the last two decades, ‘school business leadership’ has increasingly been positioned by education policy makers and professional bodies as a distinct field of practice within the school system. However, despite increasing recognition of the value of school business leadership within the school system, there is evidence of continued tensions around the inclusion of such practitioners in matters of leadership. Further, there is a paucity of scholarly research exploring school business activity and the increasing professionalisation of its practitioners. Therefore, this article serves to contribute to this gap by exploring the evolution of school business practitioners and their positioning within the wider field of education in England. It argues for further research in England and for knowledge exchange with other education contexts to share insight and explore future potential.

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“…The HE systems and institutions have been under the constant pressure of performance and efficiency since their considerable expansion in the 1990s (Starr, 2020; Vasyakin et al, 2016); this pressure increased in the last decades as a result of the financial crisis, the spreading of international and national rankings and the growing competition for international students (Lumby and Foskett, 2015). Throughout the last two decades, the tertiary education field has faced intense competition in Hungary as well.…”

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Applicants' institution selection criteria in the higher education: An empirical study in Hungarian higher education management

Sipos

Kuráth

Bányai

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Management in Education

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The purpose of this paper is to show what are the applicants' institution selection criteria in higher education in Hungary and what changes this will imply in higher education management and communication. These questions were investigated based on a review of the most relevant literature and the analysis of 1396 Hungarian higher education University of Pécs applicants in two consecutive years. Exploratory and confirmative factor analyses were used to identify the relative order of the application influencing factors: as a result, the first most important is the vivacity, followed by career and costs, fourth is image and the last one is the low commitment. In this context, the paper has shown that the identification of the application strategies requires renewed management and communication techniques. The results help the institutions to determine the possible actions to be implemented to attract more students and improve the level of offered services. The permanent system change of the Hungarian higher education as a phenomenon versus the applicants' institution selection criteria gives the uniqueness of the Hungarian situation, and this study provides information for researchers in higher education in this field additionally.

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What future for school business leadership? Recent change and looming possibilities

Cited by 6 publications

References 19 publications

Corporate Leadership Strategy Management Based on Entropy Coupling Algorithm

Corporate Leadership Strategy Management Based on Entropy Coupling Algorithm

Positioning school business practitioners in the English school system

Applicants' institution selection criteria in the higher education: An empirical study in Hungarian higher education management

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