The Organisational Reform RIG, formally known as the Structural/Institutional Reform RIG, has emerged from a programme of small scale research projects funded by BELMAS over the period 2011-2013.
The focus of the group’s work is on reform and change in educational organisations, both within the UK and globally.
Background and Themes
Members of the group are interested in a range of issues around organisational reform, including:
Structures and processes within organisations that affect leaders and leadership in educational contexts.
Different emerging models of leadership that may occur from organisational reform
Development in our understanding of the role of leadership in organisational change
Topics and Subject Matters Covered by this RIG
Previous topics of meetings have included:
‘Schools working together: researching trusts, federations and alliances’
‘Free schools: what do we know? what do we need to know?’
‘Teaching schools: where are we now?’
‘The leadership and management of co-operative schools in a challenging policy landscape’
‘Executive headteachers: key players in emerging school landscapes’
Special issues on the research projects have been published in Educational Management Administration and Leadership (Vol. 42 no. 3, 2014) and Management in Education (Vol 29, no. 1, 2015).
Benefits from Participation
Membership of a community of learners engaged in advancing understanding of policy and practice in relation to the restructuring of schooling
The opportunity to identify and explore the relationship between theory and practice as this pertains to the structure of education systems
The opportunity to collaborate or correspond with colleagues engaged in similar studies, research or activity
Participation in future events specifically covering issues related to education policy and organisation
