Turning around failing schools : leadership lessons from the organizational sciences

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Turning around failing schools : leadership lessons from the organizational sciences

Joseph Murphy, Coby V. Meyers

Corwin Press : National Staff Devlopment Council : American Association of School Administrators, c2008

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"A joint publication with the National Staff Development Council and the American Association of School Administrators."

Includes bibliographical references and index

HTTP:URL=http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0712/2007010019.html Information=Table of contents only

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  • 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

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