The Two Faces of Micropolitics

A reading of the contributions in this special feature led the present author to distinguish between two 'faces' of micropolitics as an area of enquiry. 'Policy micropolitics' is concerned to maintain a distinction between micropolitics and management and is focused on the relati...

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Published in:School Organisation 1999-05, Vol.19 (2), p.213-222
Main Author: Hoyle, Eric
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collegiality
Educational Change
Elementary Secondary Education
Instructional Leadership
Leaders
Leadership
Leadership Training
Logical Thinking
Management
Management Development
Micropolitics
Organizational Culture
Policy Formation
Politics
Politics of Education
School Administration
School Organization
Schools
Semantics
Teaching Methods
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Summary:A reading of the contributions in this special feature led the present author to distinguish between two 'faces' of micropolitics as an area of enquiry. 'Policy micropolitics' is concerned to maintain a distinction between micropolitics and management and is focused on the relationship between micropolitics in the school and the wider macropolitical context. 'Management micropolitics' does not draw such a clear distinction between micropolitics and management and is focused on the strategies used by school leaders and teachers in pursuit of their, sometimes conflicting, interests. The paper considers the other contributions in terms of this distinction according to a number of emergent themes, i.e. boundary, professional expertise, participation, ambiguity, and the management of change. A final section takes seriously the implications of micropolitics for school leadership and offers some observations on its place in leadership development programmes.
ISSN:1363-2434
0260-1362
1364-2626
DOI:10.1080/13632439969249