School Human Resources Leader: Principal's Handbook for Primary and Secondary Schools

Author: Weiler (USA) Weiler, Yang Ying, et al.
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Publishing Date: 2005-04-01
Features: "School Human Resource Leadership—Principal's Handbook" is structured around the core framework of management psychology and human resource management, highlighting the essence of today's human-centered management philosophy. It aims to help school leaders develop the potential of their staff and enhance their leadership qualities. In addition to theories and research, the book also provides relevant cases to demonstrate how to apply research and theory to daily work. It offers valuable insights for China's educational reform and school development. This book is specifically designed for school leaders to help them develop the potential of their staff and improve their leadership skills. Besides theories and research, it also provides cases to show how to apply research and theory to daily work. Without practical application cases, theories and research may be doubted by practitioners. Only when practitioners experience the benefits of theories and research will they internalize them and recognize their value to their work. The book is divided into three parts: Part One discusses how leaders can transform school culture, including two chapters: Creating a Culture to Maximize Human Potential, and Leadership Skills Needed to Maximize Employee Potential. Part Two discusses methods for transforming school culture and fully developing human resources, including four chapters: Communication and Interpersonal Relationships, Team Building and Teamwork, Employee Development, and Motivation and Recognition. Part Three discusses the knowledge and skills needed to cultivate and develop human potential, including five chapters: Conflict Management, Recruitment and Selection, Hiring, Firing, and Layoffs, Performance Evaluation, and New Teacher Onboarding, Developing Teachers into Leaders. The three parts of the book primarily discuss two themes: one is establishing a school culture centered around the principal's leadership to fully develop human potential, and the other is transforming school culture, emphasizing that leadership knowledge and skills are essential for developing human potential.