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Schalock, Robert L.; Verdugo, Miguel Angel – Brookes Publishing Company, 2012
Effective, efficient, and sustainable ID/DD organizations: are they possible in today's world of dwindling resources and mounting demands for more and better services? Yes--with the practical tools and strategies in this lifeline for ID/DD leaders. Developed by two of the most trusted authorities in the disability field, this innovative business…
Descriptors: Evidence, Total Quality Management, Leadership, Decision Making
Daft, Richard L.; Lengel, Robert H. – 1998
Fusion leadership is a metaphor for a certain style of management where partnerships are created, barriers reduced, conversation increased, and joint responsibility enhanced. Ways in which an organization can implement this type of leadership are presented. The book details various characteristics of fusion leadership, describing the forces that…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Interpersonal Communication, Leaders Guides, Leadership
Chenoweth, Thomas G.; Everhart, Robert B. – 2002
Leadership for school change, this book contends, must be shared. Administrators, teachers, staff, parents, and community members must become more knowledgeable about the change process and more proficient at working through it. This book provides guidance and resources for school leadership teams and practitioners and students of change. The…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Leaders Guides
Bailey, William J. – 1992
This guidebook is designed to help educational leaders in the transformation necessary to restructure and empower schools. Chapter 1 outlines major structural problems of the current educational system. Chapter 2 explains specific management techniques for restructuring a school system, from the level of the school building to the level of the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Decentralization, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Leithwood, Kenneth; Jantzi, Doris; Steinbach, Rosanne. – 1999
This book examines transformational leadership and explores why such leadership can enhance the work of secondary-school leaders. It focuses on school leadership exercised in restructuring contexts. The text is divided into three parts: (1) the context for changing leadership; (2) transformational school leadership; and (3) beyond transformational…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Change Strategies, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Donaldson, Gordon A., Jr. – 2001
School leadership based on business and effective school models has failed to meet two fundamental tests in recent decades: that it successfully promote organizational improvement and that it be sustainable for the leaders themselves. This book posits a new three-dimensional model more appropriate for the public-school environment. The first…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Change Strategies, Collegiality, Elementary Secondary Education
Hesselbein, Frances, Ed.; Cohen, Paul M., Ed. – 1999
Amid unprecedented social, demographic, and economic changes, leaders must enhance performance and deliver desired results. The growing importance of managing the explosion in information requires attention to defining organizational missions and visions. The 37 chapters in this work are divided into 7 parts. Part 1, "On Leaders and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Competition, Educational Change