‘This book provides critical understandings on the causes of organizational decline, a comprehensive conception of the turnaround process, and powerful insights for transforming failing schools into the kind we all want for our children.’
—Kenneth Leithwood, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
‘Murphy and Meyers do a first-rate job of mapping the territory of school turnarounds and identifying the options for educators to consider and researchers to investigate.’
—Daniel L. Duke, Professor of Educational Leadership and Research
University of Virginia
The guide to successfully restructuring schools in trouble!
This insightful resource integrates research, strategies, and lessons from business, government, and not-for-profit organizations that have transformed their substandard performance into a proactive approach for renewal. The authors provide:
- A comprehensive overview of the literature on organizational deterioration
- An in-depth examination of the causes and symptoms of degeneration
- A two-part model for preventing educational collapse and crafting an effective turnaround
- A review of the efficacy of educational reform initiatives
This indispensable text is ideal for district administrators, superintendents, policy makers, and individuals with an interest in organizational accountability and meaningful school reform.
Tabela de Conteúdo
Preface
About the Authors
Part I. An Introduction
1. A Framework for Understanding Turnaround
Part II. Decline and Failure
2. Symptoms of Decline
3. Causes of Organizational Failure
4. Crisis, Consequences, and Dysfunctional Reactions
5. Context and Analytic Frames for Turnarounds
Part III. Retrenchment
6. Getting the Right Leadership
7. Diagnosing the Situation and Taking Emergency Action
Part IV. Recovery
8. Pathways to Recovery: Operational Vision, Efficiencies, and Organizational Processes
9. Organizational Work Ethic and Products
Part V. Understanding Turnarounds in Schools
10. Turning Around Failing Schools: The Landscape
11. Turning Around Failing Schools: The Evidence
References
Index
Sobre o autor
Coby V. Meyers is a doctoral student in the Leadership, Policy, and Organizations program at Vanderbilt University. His current research interests include school improvement, sociology of education, and Islamic school education. Previously, he taught middle school and high school English at an Islamic school in the Chicago suburbs.
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