A PHILOSOPHICAL MEDITATION ON THE DEMANDS OF ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP
Academic leadership is a subject that is often ignored in research activities. Many think that by mere being a teacher qualifies one as an academic leader. But, the truth is far from this. Academic leadership goes beyond classroom management to embrace diverse efforts is achieving the desired overall educational goal of a particular academic establishment. It includes not only the professional side, but also business, management and accounting sides of the educational institution. Hence, like leadership in general, it involves organizational behavior and human resource management as they bear on educational and allied interests of the school. Needless to say, that an academic leader must not be a stranger to the business of teaching and learning. However, he or she is supposed to have some other special qualities that predispose him or her to perform the functions
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