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Author Murphy, Joseph, 1949-

Title Turning around failing schools : leadership lessons from the organizational sciences / Joseph Murphy, Coby V. Meyers.

Publication Info. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press : National Staff Devlopment Council : American Association of School Administrators, [2008]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  371.2 M978T    Check Shelf
Description xii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note "A joint publication with the National Staff Development Council and the American Association of School Administrators."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Subject School management and organization -- United States.
School improvement programs -- United States.
Educational leadership -- United States.
Organizational change -- United States.
Added Author Meyers, Coby V.
National Staff Development Council (U.S.)
American Association of School Administrators.
ISBN 9781412940962 cloth alkaline paper
1412940966 cloth alkaline paper
9781412940979 paperback : alk. paper
1412940974 paperback : alk. paper
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