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ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR MANAGERS OF CHILD-CENTRED SETTINGS
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| By: |
Shelly Newstead, Emma Isles-Buck |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1136645071 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781136645075 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2013 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Pages: |
104 |
| Synopsis: |
`I found this book really insightful and a manageable read - everything is broken down into easy to read chunks. I've taken a lot from the book and the main message for me was that you need to be confident about your ideas, vision and objectives as a person as well as a manager.' - Laura Watkins, manager at St Mary's Fun Club, St Mary's C of E Primary School, Barnsley, UKManagers in child-centred settings need to be able to draw on a wide range of personal and professional skills to ensure that they are providing the best possible service. Now in its second edition, Essential Skills for Managers of Child-Centred Settings looks at how you can develop the key leadership skills needed to manage people to achieve excellent settings for children. The authors outline ten `essential skills' for leading and supporting those around you in your child-centred settings and offer sound advice so you can build your personal and professional skills and become a confident and assertive manager. With a balance of both accessible theory and practical application from a wide range of settings, this book explains management theory and will help you to develop the skills to:Become a confident leader;Set clear aims and objectives for your setting;Manage your time effectively;Make decisions and implement change;Build and develop a team;Reflect on and develop practice;Deal with difficult situations and people.This book also contains case studies and `real-life' scenarios from managers undertaking training with the authors which will ensure you provide an excellent service in your setting. No manager or leader should be without this user-friendly guide! |
| Illustrations: |
1 Illustrations, black and white |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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