Management concerns in United Arab Emirates state schools Available to Purchase

Examines the context for management studies of Gulf schooling,indicates areas of concern, suggests topics for research and discusses field research in Dubai. Most staff are Arabic‐speaking expatriates, and reliable statistical information is not at present available. Education is a free gift to citizens who are not taxed, and is thus unaccountable. A public policy tradition hardly exists. Decision making is in the hands of a heavily bureaucratic local ministry, and tends to lack coherence. There is a pressing need for research in management, particularly in the key area of reducing educational wastage rates. Management of contract expatriate staff, policy at institutional level, staff development,curricular issues and teacher training also merit study.