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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED163614 AUTHOR: Duhamel, Ronald J.; Johnson, Kenneth D.
TITLE: Leadership Skills of the Future.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1978
NOTE: 21 p.; Paper presented at the Canadian School
Trustees' Association Congress on Education (1st, Toronto,
Ontario, June 17-21, 1978)
ABSTRACT: A framework, borrowed from systems theory, is set
up to identify societal forces and changes that will affect
educational leaders of the future. These are the economic
system with fewer dollars and the reality of declining
enrollment, the trend towards conservatism and
traditionalism in programming, the deluge of information
from which leaders must make decisions, and the cultural
plurality that society itself has recognized. Major leader
behaviors that will result from these changes are mainly
changes of emphasis. There will be a greater need for
business and finance skills such as forecasting, cost
analysis, and cost-effectiveness. Greater accountability
will be required of more individuals, students, teachers,
and leaders, and there will be more evaluation, for
example, of performance and programs. Also since there is
presently much greater cultural diversity accepted in
society, there will be a need to deal with sets of values
that leaders have not always considered in the past.
Furthermore, skills of information processing such as
interrogation and analysis will require greater attention.
Finally, the ability to say "no" and stick to it will
become increasingly important.
(Author/MLF)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Cultural-Pluralism; Economic-Climate;
Elementary-Secondary-Education; Enrollment-Trends; Foreign
Countries; Higher-Education; Information-Dissemination;
Information-Retrieval; Leadership-Qualities; Political
Attitudes; Social-Change; Socioeconomic-Influences
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Administrators-; *Futures-of-Society;
*Leadership-; *Skills-; *Systems-Analysis
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