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The conceptual categories that underlie the business analysis of intellectual capital are relevant to providing an explanation of school performance. By gathering data on student learning, this research provides empirical evidence for the use of school results as an accurate indicator of the effectiveness of the management of public education.
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Why is it important?
This article concludes that schools are essentially knowledge-based organizations, but that is not enough for them to operate as effective learning organizations. Under such conditions, intellectual capital, crafted from intangible assets such as knowl- edge and trusting, represents an interesting and appropriate conceptual category in order to analyse school management quality.
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Angelo Paletta is Professor of Management Control Systems at Alma Mater Studiorum, Univer- sity of Bologna, deputy rector position, responsible for the Finance and Social Responsibility Reporting of the University of Bologna. He was appointed by Pope Francis as a member of the Vatican Catholic Education Congregation. His main research interests include: educational management and leadership; public governance and accountability; crisis management and reorganization.
angelo paletta
Universita degli Studi di Bologna
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This page is a summary of: Managing Student Learning, Educational Management Administration & Leadership, November 2011, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1741143211416385.
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