本研究旨在瞭解基隆市國民小學校長願景領導與教師工作投入之現況，並分析不同背景變項之教師在知覺校長願景領導與教師工作投入之差異情形，以及探討兩者之相關情形，最後藉由校長願景領導對教師工作投入進行預測。 本研究採問卷調查法，研究對象為基隆市34所公立國民小學，共計513位教師，有效問卷502份，可用率達97.86％，問卷回收後分別以描述性統計分析、t考驗、單因子變異數分析、Pearson積差相關、多元迴歸等統計方法進行統計分析。本研究獲致結論如下： 一、基隆市國民小學教師知覺校長願景領導為中高程度，以「願景的共識與轉化」知覺程度最高，其次由高至低依序為「願景的建構與發展」、「願景實踐與推廣」、「願景的回饋與修正」。 二、基隆市國民小學教師知覺教師工作投入為中高程度，以「工作樂趣」知覺程度最高，其次由高至低依序為「工作評價」、「工作專注」、「工作認同」、「工作參與」。 三、基隆市國民小學以男性、31-40歲、擔任主任職務與學校規模在12班（含）以下及13-23班之教師知覺「校長願景領導」的程度較高。 四、基隆市國民小學以服務年資11-20年、擔任主任職務與學校規模在12班（含）以下及24班（含）以上之教師知覺「教師工作投入」的程度較高。 五、校長願景領導與教師工作投入有顯著正相關，校長願景領導行為愈高，教師工作投入情形也愈高。 六、校長願景領導對教師工作投入具有預測力，以「願景的共識與轉化」對教師工作投入最有預測力。 最後，本研究根據研究結果提出具體建議，以供學校及未來研究之參考。 / This study aimed to investigate the status of principles’ visionary leadership and teachers’ job involvement in elementary schools in Keelung City, to analyze the differences of perceptions from different background teachers about principles’ visionary leadership and teachers’ job involvement, and to explore the relationship among these two variables. At last, predict teachers’ job involvement by principles’ visionary leadership. Questionnaire survey method was adopted in this study. The samples are teachers of public elementary schools in Keelung City, including 513 teachers from 34 elementary schools. There were 502 valid questionnaires finally used in the statistic analysis, and effective response rate is 97.86%. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and multiple regression. The conclusions are as follows: 1. Perceptions about principles’ visionary leadership from elementary school teachers in Keelung City is mid-high level.Among all, the sense to the “consensus and internalization of vision” is relatively the highest, and then the orders from high to low are “construction and development of vision”, “practice and promotion of vision” and “feedback and correction of vision”. 2. Perceptions about teachers’ job involvement from elementary school teachers in Keelung City is mid-high level. Among all, the sense to the “job enjoyment” is relatively the highest, and then the orders from high to low are “job self-evaluation”, “job concentration”, “job identification” and “job participation”. 3. Teachers of elementary schools in Keelung City are male, 41 to 50 years old, the chief of department, and from school which has 12 or 13-23 classes show higher perception about principles’ visionary leadership. 4. Teachers of elementary schools in Keelung City serve 11-20 years in school, work as the chief of department, and from school which has less than 12 or more than 24 classes school show higher perception about teachers’ job involvement. 5. There is significant positive correlation between principles’ visionary leadership and teachers’ job involvement in elementary schools in Keelung City. The higher the behaviors of principals’ visionary leadership are, the scores of teachers’ job involvement are also higher. 6. Principles’ visionary leadership has predictability on teachers’ job involvement, and “consensus and internalization of vision”has the highest predictive effect. Finally, based on the results of the research, suggestions for school administration, and future related research are provided.

This study examines the nature of learning organisations with a special focus on how these organisations manage to sustain and reinvent themselves despite changing contexts. In particular, the study focuses on one NGO operating in the South African education field. The intention of this research report is to determine how the specified organisation has been able to sustain and expand its operations while remaining effective and relevant despite changing political, economic and social contexts. The findings of the study have been drawn from interviews held with key personnel who presently work or previously worked for the organisation under study. Data from the interviews was triangulated with data extracted from the organisation’s annual reports. The data shows that the organisation grew from a regional entity to having offices all over South Africa. In order to do so, the organisation had to adapt to changing circumstances which it did by learning from experts and other organisations worldwide that were involved in similar pursuits. From these sources, the organisation learnt about innovative literacy materials and development strategies. The spearhead for many years behind these developments was a leader with a strong and charismatic personality and so, ultimately, it is difficult to distinguish between her personal learning and the organisational learning that took place.

Historians of antebellum America have focused on shifting social patterns caused by trends such as democratization and proto-industrialization to explain the rise of new religious communities. These studies, however, have overlooked the ways that the members of these new groups and their visionary leaders understood their goals--in particular their desire to develop new ethical systems from the religious experiences of their founders. My study combines more traditional historical understandings of community formation in antebellum American with methods employed by scholars of religion to provide a clearer picture of the development of unique groups during this era of increased religious diversity. In particular, I argue that scholars must employ both Ann Taves' and William James' methods to study visions and revelations to comprehend how communities addressed the problem of religious experiences' interiority through communal processes of evaluation. To that end, I investigate Elias Hicks, founder of Hicksite Quakerism, and Ellen G. White, the founder of Seventh-day Adventism. My work on Hicks and White focuses on the processes by which their visionary ethics were transmitted into and practiced by their communities over time. Taken together, their ministries demonstrate that the visions of founders typically spoke to ethical issues--broadly and narrowly construed. Both leaders addressed personal, interpersonal, and social ills, and they each presented themselves as the model of obedience to their own visions and revelations in their autobiographies. Yet they faced different issues in convincing people of the truth of their visions for their communities. All Quakers expected their ministers to receive revelations during worship, so Hicks only had to persuade them that following revelation over scripture represented true Quaker orthodoxy. Sabbatarian Adventists, however, came from a wide variety of denominational backgrounds, so White had to persuade some of them not only to accept her teachings, but the existence of visions in the first place. Ultimately, their different views of the trajectory of history influenced their lasting legacies to their communities: eventually Hicks' specific teachings fell out of favor among Hicksites who maintained only his commitment to continuing, progressive revelation. White's teachings, however, remain both influential and hotly contested, because her reputation as prophet is bound up in Adventists' belief in the end of days. / text

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The research conceptualizes how visionary leaders have the ability to develop a vision for an organization, make it a shared one among its stakeholders and lead them towards the realization of the vision. The type of leadership within marketing agencies has a great impact on performance due to the level of creativity needed in the industry. A visionary leadership style possesses skills to motivate people which is necessary to be creative. The purpose of the study is to investigate how visionary leadership impacts business strategies focusing on organizational cultures from the viewpoint of marketing agencies. In the research, a qualitative study has been applied where data has been collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews with respondents working in marketing agencies providing the empirical findings. It is found through the research that leadership traits of visionary leaders are beneficial and have a great impact on organizational cultures. Visionary leaders possess the ability to communicate and implement visions within companies and guide organizations through action steps to realize the visions.

The purpose of the study was to determine administrators’ self-assessed perceived knowledge, importance, and perceptions of the International Society for Technology in Education Standards for Administrators (ISTE Standards-A) and the Virginia Technology Standards for Instructional Personnel (VTSIP). A survey instrument based on the ISTE Standards-A and the VTSIP was used in the study. 43 administrators in Virginia participated in the study. The participants were members of the Virginia Association of Elementary or Secondary School Principals. The study found that administrators perceived their knowledge of the ISTE Standards-A as good and their knowledge of the VTSIP as excellent. Administrators strongly agreed that both the ISTE Standards-A and the VTSIP were important in their practice. Additionally, their perceptions of both the ISTE Standards-A and the VTSIP were excellent. There were no statistically significant differences found between the perception of the standards and most of the demographic variables. However, there was a statistically significant difference found between male and female perceptions of the VTSIP. Also, there was a statistically significant difference found between administrators’ perceptions of the ISTE Standards-A and perceptions of the VTSIP. The study provided quantitative data on administrators’ perceived knowledge, importance and perceptions of practicing the ISTE Standards-A and the VTSIP. The findings of this study provide valuable information for administrators as they investigate their technology leadership and note areas of improvement, and for the Virginia Department of Education, local education agencies and universities. It is recommended that future research look qualitatively at administrator perceptions of the standards and why males and females differ in their perception of the standards. Further research is also recommended using a larger sample in the state or nationwide, and conducting more research to look into administrative leadership preparation programs, administrators’ perceptions of practice, program alignment or administrator implementation of the ISTE Standards-A and the VTSIP.

本研究旨在探討竹苗區國民中學教師知覺校長願景領導、學校組織氣氛與學校效能之關係。為達研究目的，首先蒐集相關文獻資料加以探討分析，瞭解校長願景領導、學校組織氣氛與學校效能之內涵，以建立本研究架構之理論基礎，及問卷編製的依據。在實證研究上採調查研究法，以竹苗區公立國民中學教師為樣本對象，採「分層隨機抽樣」方式，進行研究資料的蒐集，共發出600份問卷，有效問卷582份，回收可用率達97.0%。問卷回收後，分別以描述性統計、t考驗、單因子變異數分析、皮爾遜積差相關及逐步多元迴歸等進行統計分析。 綜合文獻探討及調查研究結果，本研究獲致研究結論如下： 一、竹苗區國中教師知覺校長願景領導屬於中高程度，其中以「願景的發展與宣導」層面最佳。 二、竹苗區國中教師知覺學校組織氣氛屬於中高程度，其中以「教師承諾行為」層面最佳。 三、竹苗區國中教師知覺學校效能屬中高程度，其中以「有效的教學品質」層面最佳。 四、在「校長願景領導」方面，不同「學校位置」背景變項之國中教師，知覺校長願景領導有顯著差異。 五、在「學校組織氣氛」方面，不同「性別」、「現任職務」、任職學校「校長性別」及「學校位置」背景變項之教師，知覺學校組織氣氛有顯著差異。 六、在「學校效能」方面，不同「學校規模」及「學校位置」背景變項之教師，知覺學校效能有顯著差異。 七、竹苗區國中校長願景領導與學校組織氣氛具有顯著相關。 八、竹苗區國中校長願景領導與學校效能具有顯著相關。 九、竹苗區國中學校組織氣氛與學校效能具有顯著相關。 十、竹苗區國中校長願景領導與學校組織氣氛對學校效能具有顯著預測作用。 根據以上研究結果，提出具體建議，提供教育行政機關、學校行政及教師未來相關研究之參考。 / The overall objective of this study is to estimate the associations among the principal’s visionary leadership, school organization climate, and school effectiveness in Hsinchu and Miaoli junior high schools. To achieve the research purposes, a literature review was conducted to understand the principal’s visionary leadership, school organization climate and school effectiveness, and then to establish the fundamental theory of this study and develop questionnaires. This is a cross-sectional survey study using stratified random sampling design. The study recruited teachers in Hsinchu and Miaoli areas public junior high schools. A sample of junior high school teachers in Hsinchu and Miaoli areas, stratified random sampling, issued a total of 600 parts, 582 valid questionnaires, the effective rate of 97.0% questionnaires. The collected data was analyzed by descriptive analyses, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation, and multiple stepwise regression analysis. The main findings of the study include： 1.Moderate-high teacher’s perceptions of the principal’s visionary leadership were shown, and “development and propaganda of the vision” had the highest level. 2.Moderate-high teacher’s perceptions of the school organization climate were shown, and “teacher’s commitment behaviors” had the highest level. 3.Moderate-high teacher’s perceptions of the school effectiveness were shown, and “effective teaching quality” had the highest level. 4.School location showed significant effect on teacher’s perceptions of the principal’s visionary leadership. 5.Teacher’s gender, current position, principal’s gender, and school location showed significant effects on teacher’s perceptions of the school organization climate. 6.School scale and location showed significant effects on teacher’s perceptions of the school effectiveness. 7.Principal’s visionary leadership and school organization climate were positively correlated. 8.Principal’s visionary leadership and school effectiveness were positively correlated. 9.School organization climate and school effectiveness were positively correlated. 10.Principal’s visionary leadership and school organization climate were significant predictors of school effectiveness. According to the above research conclusions, the suggestions are proposed to be used as reference by educational institutions, school administrative units, and teachers in the future.

Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2004. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There are many new developments in education taking place specifically in the field of schooling. Some of these developments - school based management, OBE curriculum developments and the devolution of control to the school level have brought with it many significant policy changes. Many educational leaders are struggling to keep abreast with these transformational changes that are confronting them with regard to leadership and management of education, and educational structures within the school. Therefore, visionary leadership is an essential ingredient in understanding the democratic changes and restructuring taking place at present. Many principals at schools are struggling with the changes, while possibly not fully understanding the political, social and economic dynamics of these changes. This assignment seeks to establish the need for visionary leadership in order to meet the challenges and constraints educational leaders face in their attempts to effect transformation in South Africa. I strongly identify with the democratic principles used to overcome the challenges and constraints to redress education in South African schools. Interviews were conducted and data was constructed with principals of six different schools in the East London area. The educational leaders interviewed, ranged from primary to high school principals giving a vast expanse of expertise as leaders within a specific school community. This assignment is based on the assumption that there is scope for educational leaders to bring about greater change and transformation in schools. There are many ways to visualise an effective school landscape based on a combination of personal, organisational and professional strategies. This assignment can be considered a contribution in this regard. KEY WORDS: Educational leaders, transformation and visionary leadership / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Daar is baie nuwe verwikkelinge wat plaasvind in die onderwys veralop die gebied van skole. Baie van hierdie verwikkelinge, onder andere, skoolgebaseerde bestuur, kurrikulumontwikkeling en die oordrag van gesag op skoolvlak het baie nuwe, aanpasbare opvoedkundige beleide en veranderings verwesenlik. Baie opvoedkundige leiers worstelom aan te pas by hierdie veranderinge. Hierdie veranderinge vereis dat leiers en bestuurders in die onderwysomgewing en strukture binne skoolverband om meer responsief op te tree. Visionêre leierskap is 'n belangrike vereiste om die demokratiese veranderinge en herstrukturering van skole te bevorder. Baie skoolhoofde worstel met hierdie veranderinge, omdat hulle nie heeltemal besef wat van die politieke, sosiale en ekonomiese uitdagings wat verandering bied, verwag word nie. Hierdie taak poog om die noodsaaklikheid vir visionêre leierskap en die vereistes en beperkinge wat onderwysleiers konfronteer in hulle benadering om transformasie in Suid-Afrikaanse skole te bewerkstellig, te ondersoek. Onderhoude was onderneem en data was gekonstrueer met skoolhoofde van ses verskillende skole in die Oos-London-omgewing. Die onderhoude met die onderwysleiers het plaasgevind by primêre- sowel as hoërskole. 'n Omvattende uitbreiding van wysheid en vaardigheid as leiers binne 'n spesifike skool omgewing was geopenbaar. Hierdie taak is gebaseer op die aaname dat daar ruimte is vir onderwysleiers om beter transformasie in skole aan te bring. Daar is baie maniere om visuele, effektiewe skole se terrein, gebaseer op 'n kombinasie van persoonlike, organisitoriese en professionele strategieë, te verwesenlik. Hierdie taak kan beskou word as 'n definitiewe bydrae in hierdie verband. KERNBEGRIPPE: Onderwysleiers, transformasie en visionêre leierskap.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T16:44:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Final 23 nov 05.pdf: 659695 bytes, checksum: 26500e108b828b8a8f98dc43a6af772f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-12-15 / Leadership has been considered one of the basic issues for a successful company in the contemporary world since there is an upward demand for leaders that are able to sustain the Agency s success. The concept of Agency has to be understood as professionals that are in leadership positions inside the organization and are working for the stockholders. Among the many leadership theories developed in the last ten decades there is the group of Contemporary Leadership Theories and in this group there is one theoretical approach that outstands, the Visionary Leadership approach developed by Burt Nanus in 1992. This approach suggests a way of leadership that holistically benefits the organization which results are reflected in every stakeholder. Organizations inevitably achieve success under this kind of management. Therefore the purpose of this study is to analyze if nowadays successful leaders agree with the approach suggested by Burt Nanus and if they do so, how this is put into practice. In order to obtain the data for this study, a research was conducted with the first leader of many profit-oriented companies. Data were collected through a questionnaire using the Likert 5 possibilities scale in order to asses the degree of agreement / disagreement with the Visionary Leadership concepts. Also was researched with those leaders, which were the recognized drivers that lead to the development of this leadership style. The obtained results point that the researched leaders considers themselves visionary leaders, validating the visionary leadership concept and suggesting ways to be used in its development. From this data was possible to reflect about the importance of investing in people to add value to the company / No mundo contemporâneo, a liderança tem sido considerada uma das questões fundamentais para o sucesso das organizações, haja vista a crescente procura por líderes que garantam o sucesso das agências, aqui entendidas como os profissionais que estão na liderança das organizações, respondendo pelos interesses dos acionistas. Dentre as muitas teorias de liderança desenvolvidas nos últimos cem anos, há as Teorias Contemporâneas de Liderança e, fazendo parte dessas, chama-nos a atenção a abordagem da Liderança Visionária desenvolvida por Burt Nanus em 1992. Essa abordagem propõe uma forma de liderar que beneficia as organizações de uma forma holística, e os resultados disso se refletem na comunidade como um todo, isto é: funcionários, fornecedores, acionistas e clientes. Sob esse estilo de direção, inevitavelmente as organizações obtêm sucesso. O propósito deste estudo, portanto, é analisar se líderes de sucesso concordam com a abordagem de Burt Nanus e, em caso afirmativo, como a aplicam. Para tanto, realizamos uma pesquisa com o primeiro líder de várias empresas com fins lucrativos. Os dados foram coletados por um questionário em que se utilizou uma escala de tipo Likert de 5 possibilidades, e avaliou-se o grau de concordância/discordância com os conceitos da Liderança Visionária. Pesquisou-se, ainda, quais os meios reconhecidos pelos participantes como responsáveis pelo desenvolvimento desse estilo de liderança. Os resultados obtidos apontam que os líderes pesquisados se consideram visionários, reafirmam o conceito da liderança visionária, e sugerem meios para serem utilizados no seu desenvolvimento. A partir desses dados, pudemos refletir sobre a importância de investir em pessoas para agregar valor ao negócio

Learners in disadvantaged environments are less likely to do well at school. Yet some of the most successful schools operate in such environments. The purpose of this study was to establish the relative influence of various determinants of school success in disadvantaged environments. To this end literature study was done in two phases. The first resulted in a taxonomy of success factors, which was then used to guide the second in-depth phase. Thereafter an empirical study was done, involving qualitative field work at four successful schools in disadvantaged environments. Empirically it was discovered that there is no single most important success factor because all success factors are interrelated and interdependent. The over-arching success factor discovered in this study which was involvement of all stakeholders. / Education / M.Ed.