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Leadership Of Australian Pows In The Second World War, Katie Lisa Meale
Leadership Of Australian Pows In The Second World War, Katie Lisa Meale
University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016
This thesis is a study of one common aspect of the Australian POW experience across the Pacific and European theatres of the Second World War; leadership. The leadership of POWs is examined through a series of case studies based on three different types of leaders; positional (rank), professional (Medical Officers or chaplains) or emergent. Dependent on their leadership type, these men were responsible for a formal or informal group. Formal groups consisted of the POW population within a camp, compound, prisoner battalion or marching group. Informal groups were usually mates or acquaintances who found themselves in the same camp compound, …
Imagining And Shaping: Exploring Creativity In Leadership, Julie Maree Wilson Reynolds
Imagining And Shaping: Exploring Creativity In Leadership, Julie Maree Wilson Reynolds
University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016
The aim of this research is to better understand the role of creativity in educational leadership. As school leaders are charged with the task of shaping learning communities it is important to understand the ways in which they approach this complex challenge. Toward that end, the researcher probed a number of questions: What elements of creativity are evident in the role of the principal? Do these elements impact on leadership decisions? How do social, political and technological changes impact school leadership? Do school leaders see themselves as creative? Are some principals more attuned to the creative aspects of their roles? …
An Investigation Into The Feasibility And Significance Of Identifying Potential Moral Leadership Capability In Adolescence, Rosemary Cathcart
An Investigation Into The Feasibility And Significance Of Identifying Potential Moral Leadership Capability In Adolescence, Rosemary Cathcart
University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016
This research took as its starting point the view expressed by various writers that humanity urgently needs renewed positive moral leadership if current world problems are to be addressed, and that therefore there is a need to identify and nurture individuals with the potential to take such a leadership role. However, Renzulli (2002) has argued that at the present time, while we can recognise such individuals in maturity, we have no understanding of how they develop into that role, and are therefore unable to identify and nurture those young individuals who might have that potential.