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Murphy, Joseph,

Turning around failing schools leadership lessons from the organizational sciences Joseph Murphy, Coby V. Meyers. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. Corwin Press National Staff Devlopment Council American Association of School Administrators c2008. - xii, 350 p. ill. 24 cm.

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN: 9781412940962 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781412940979 (pbk. alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007010019

Subjects--Topical Terms:
School management and organization--United States.
Organizational change--United States.
Educational leadership--United States.
School improvement programs--United States.

LC Class. No.: LB2805 / .M818 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 371.200973