Educational organizations are political arenas.
Effective educational leaders must be able to diagnose the politics of the situations confronting them. In order to facilitate the identification and achievement of institutional goals, the leader must be able both to utilize power and influence appropriately and to form powerful and supportive coalitions. Students will apply the theory to gain greater insight regarding a current controversy or recent decision in their educational organization. This course requires the active involvement of the students. In the first part of the course, the assigned readings will serve as the basis for class discussions regarding micropolitical theory.