Middle managers in further education colleges: The "New Professionals"

Author: Ann R.J. Briggs

Source: Journal of Educational Administration, Volume 42, Number 5, 2004 , pp. 586-600(15)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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Abstract:

The findings reported here are part of a larger study of the role of middle managers in the UK further education colleges. The study proposes and discusses a typology for the middle manager role, analyses factors which facilitate and impede managers in role, and models the interaction of the college environment with the role. This process gives insight into the emerging concepts of professionalism, which are discussed here in relation to the literature of managerialism and "new" professionalism. The paper discusses what manifestations of new professionalism can be observed in the colleges, how perceptions of professionalism differ from role to role and from college to college, and how professionalism can be modelled and further understood.

Keywords: Further Education; Middle Managers; Management Roles; Managerialism

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09578230410554089

Publication date: 2004-05-01