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Introduction to educational leadership & organizational behavior /
"This introductory textbook succinctly presents concepts and theories of educational leadership and organizational behavior and immediately applies them to problems of practice. The second edition includes a new chapter on organizational culture, expanded overage of organizational structure, sy...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Edición: | 2nd edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; About the Author; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 Applying Organizational Theory to Educational Leadership: An Overview of Theoretical Foundations; Three Periods of Organizational Theory; Classical Organizational Theory; Behaviorist Period; Systems Theory; Application of Theory to Practice; References; 2 Organizational Structure: Fundamental Constructs that Define Schools; Synopsis of Organizational Structures; Organizational Typologies; Formal Organizational Structure: Bureaucracy; Division of Labor and Specialization; Rules and Regulations.
- Technical Competence and Career OrientationImpersonal Orientation; Hierarchy of Authority; Separation of Ownership and Administration; The Informal Organization: Human Elements; Structural Constructs of Organizations; Persistent Dilemmas that Define School Organizations; Summary; Theory into Practice; The Case of the Missing Microscopes; Sample Analysis; Reader's Application; Rehab or Restructure?; Student Exercise: Case Analysis; References; 3 Systems Theory: Understanding the Dynamics of Schools as Open Systems; Synopsis of Systems Theory; Social System Theory.
- Fundamental Constructs of Social System TheoryNomothetic and Idiographic Components; Role Conflict; Leadership-Followership Style; Feedback Loops; Leadership Style; Institutional Theory; Summary; The Case of No Band Marching; Sample Analysis; A New Discipline Approach for Old Ways; Student Exercise: Case Analysis; References; 4 Organizational Culture: Schools as Learning Organisms; Synopsis of Organizational Culture; Culture as a Defining Element of School Climate; Interrelationship of Structure, Climate, and Culture; Social Structure and Culture; Schools as Learning Organizations.
- Culture and CommunityConsiderations for Diversity and Social Justice; Summary; Theory into Practice; Big Horn and Deep Creek Come Together: A Case of School District Consolidation; Sample Analysis; Reader's Application; Everyone's Kids; Student Exercise: Case Analysis; References; 5 Leadership: Influencing Behavior, Relationships, and School Effectiveness; Synopsis of Leadership Theories; Trait Theories of Leadership; Power Approaches to Leadership; Behaviors of Leaders; Transformational Leadership; Critical Theory Perspectives on Leadership; Toward an Integrated Approach to Leadership Theory.