TY - BOOK AU - Murphy,Joseph AU - Meyers,Coby V. ED - National Staff Development Council U.S. ED - American Association of School Administrators. TI - Turning around failing schools: leadership lessons from the organizational sciences SN - 9781412940962 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - LB2805 .M818 2008 U1 - 371.200973 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Corwin Press, National Staff Devlopment Council, American Association of School Administrators KW - School management and organization KW - United States KW - Local KW - Organizational change KW - Educational leadership KW - School improvement programs N1 - "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 ER -