Turning around failing schools : [book] leadership lessons from the organizational sciences /
Murphy, Joseph.
Turning around failing schools : leadership lessons from the organizational sciences / [book] Joseph Murphy, Coby V. Meyers - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press : National Staff Devlopment Council : American Association of School Administrators, 2008 - xii, 350 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
"A joint publication with the National Staff Development Council and the American Association of School Administrators."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A framework for understanding turnaround -- Symptoms of decline -- Causes of organizational failure -- Crisis, consequences, and dysfunctional reactions -- Context and analytic frames for turnarounds -- Getting the right leadership -- Diagnosing the situation and taking emergency action -- Pathways to recovery: operational vision, efficiencies, and organizational processes -- Organizational work ethic and products -- Turning around failing schools: the landscape -- Turning around failing schools: the evidence.
9781412940962 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781412940979 (pbk. alk. paper)
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION--UNITED STATES
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS--UNITED STATES
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP--UNITED STATES
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE--UNITED STATES
LB 2805 / M81T 2008
Turning around failing schools : leadership lessons from the organizational sciences / [book] Joseph Murphy, Coby V. Meyers - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press : National Staff Devlopment Council : American Association of School Administrators, 2008 - xii, 350 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
"A joint publication with the National Staff Development Council and the American Association of School Administrators."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A framework for understanding turnaround -- Symptoms of decline -- Causes of organizational failure -- Crisis, consequences, and dysfunctional reactions -- Context and analytic frames for turnarounds -- Getting the right leadership -- Diagnosing the situation and taking emergency action -- Pathways to recovery: operational vision, efficiencies, and organizational processes -- Organizational work ethic and products -- Turning around failing schools: the landscape -- Turning around failing schools: the evidence.
9781412940962 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781412940979 (pbk. alk. paper)
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION--UNITED STATES
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS--UNITED STATES
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP--UNITED STATES
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE--UNITED STATES
LB 2805 / M81T 2008