Power, politics, and ethics in school districts
Subtitle: dynamic leadership for systemic change
By: Francis M. Duffy.
Series: Leading systemic school improvement series ;; no. 6; Leading systemic school improvement ;; no. 6
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Educational change -- United States.; School districts -- United States -- Administration.; School-based management -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A change leader's guide to systems thinking; title: Change leadership for strategic change; title: Change leadership challenges; title: The destination of three paths : improved student, faculty and staff and system learning; title: Power, political behavior and ethics; title: Using power and political behavior to lead whole district transformation; title: Change leadership ethics : a moral compass for navigating whole-district transformation; title: Using power and political skills in ethical ways to manage resistance to change; title: The voices of reason : essays on power, politics and ethics; title: Essay 1. On the ethical use of power and political behavior to lead systemic change / Russell L. Ackoff and Sheldon Rovin; title: Essay 2. Decisions, dilemmas and dangers / Richard Farson; title: Essay 3. Parents, power, and the politics of school reform / Michael E. Hickey; title: Essay 4. Disrupting the status quo : a case for empowerment / Libia S. Gil; title: Essay 5. Schools and the "hidden curriculum" / Art Kleiner; title: Essay 6. The power of an idea : new American schools and comprehensive school reform / David Kearns, John Anderson, and Nelson Smith; title: 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.