Leadership Styles of Principals -- Authoritarian and Task Oriented

Contents: Foreword/Mohammad Miyan. Preface. 1. Role of principal. 2. How to study leadership styles. 3. Working conditions in government and private schools. 4. Challenges to the principals. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

"Leadership is more than just a science. It is an art as well. The art of leadership varies from leader to leader. Some leaders take a cold and analytical approach to things while others are aggressively emotional. Different situations call for different kinds of leadership styles.

In the educational institutions, the principal, the leader, plays an important role. The principal is responsible for exercising the expertise in the time management and leadership of school affairs. The job satisfaction of teachers is as important as the organizational climate of any educational institution. The school is a web of interactions among people who live and work together in a particular way. This interactive environment of the institution leads to an organizational climate.

The book presents a comparative study of leadership styles of principals in relation to job satisfaction of teachers and organizational climate in the Government and Private Senior Secondary Schools of Delhi. It has been observed that the leadership style of Principals, job satisfaction of teachers and organizational climate differ from school to school. The book deals with various factors that influence the relationship of these three variables. This contains the food for thought for the school principals of both government and private schools as to which style of leadership they should apply in their institutions." (jacket)