Murphy, Joseph, <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/> "A joint publication with the National Staff Development Council and the American Association of School Administrators." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781412940962 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781412940979 (pbk. alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007010019 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>School management and organization--United States.<br/>Organizational change--United States.<br/>Educational leadership--United States.<br/>School improvement programs--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB2805  / .M818 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>371.200973