Title: Power, politics, and ethics in school districts : dynamic leadership for systemic change /
Authors: Duffy, Francis M. 1949-
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Educational change United States; School districts United States Administration.; School-based management United States.
Contents: A change leader's guide to systems thinking -- Change leadership for strategic change -- Change leadership challenges -- The destination of three paths : improved student, faculty and staff and system learning -- Power, political behavior and ethics -- Using power and political behavior to lead whole district transformation -- Change leadership ethics : a moral compass for navigating whole-district transformation -- Using power and political skills in ethical ways to manage resistance to change -- The voices of reason : essays on power, politics and ethics -- Essay 1. On the ethical use of power and political behavior to lead systemic change / Russell L. Ackoff and Sheldon Rovin -- Essay 2. Decisions, dilemmas and dangers / Richard Farson -- Essay 3. Parents, power, and the politics of school reform / Michael E. Hickey -- Essay 4. Disrupting the status quo : a case for empowerment / Libia S. Gil -- Essay 5. Schools and the "hidden curriculum" / Art Kleiner -- Essay 6. The power of an idea : new American schools and comprehensive school reform / David Kearns, John Anderson, and Nelson Smith -- Essay 7. Lessons in power sharing and lessons in leadership shaping within the forums of campus governance : a concerto in C minor by William J. A. Marshall.