Accelerating change in schools : leading rapid, successful, and complex change initiatives

Research indicates change is complex and difficult, and requires considerable time to achieve, sometimes years or even decades. This book presents major findings from a research study exploring the leadership needed to enact rapid change - defined as three years or less - in various school contexts...

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Other Authors Dudar, Linda (Editor), Scott, Shelleyann (Editor), Scott, Donald E. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
SeriesAdvances in educational administration ; v. 27.
Subjects
Educational leadership.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781786355010
9781787143081
ISSN1479-3660 ;
DOI10.1108/S1479-3660201727
Physical Description1 online resource (296 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Prelims
  • Section I - Leadership and rapid change
  • The demand for rapid change
  • Understanding the theory of change processes
  • Stakeholders and change participants - Important influencers
  • Defining change leadership
  • The self-aware and discerning change agent
  • The rapid change model
  • Section II - Rapid change: success stories from educational leaders
  • The head and heart of change: leaders' advice about change
  • Leaders' success stories of culture (people) change
  • Leaders' success stories of program change
  • Stakeholders are important too!
  • Context is interesting and important
  • Are you ready?
  • About the Authors
  • References
  • Index.

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