Educational Administration

Robert Palestini

doi:10.5771/9781461648772

Summary

Educational Administration: Leading with Mind and Heart, 2nd edition takes an organization-development approach to producing effective leadership. Picture yourself standing in the middle of a dense forest. Suppose you were asked to describe the characteristics of the forest; what types of trees are growing in the forest; how many acres of trees are there; where are the trees thriving; where are they not? Faced with this proposition, most people would not know where to start and "would not be able to see the forest for the trees."

Newly appointed school administrators often have these same feelings of confusion when faced with the prospect of having to assume a leadership role in a complex organization like a school or school system. Where does one start? An effective way to start would be to systematically examine the components that make up an organization. Such a system of organizational diagnosis and prescription will lead to a comprehensive and integrated analysis of the organization's strengths and weaknesses and point the way toward possible improvement. This book suggests such a sequential and systematic approach. Utilizing it effectively can produce dramatic and useful results.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2005
ISBN-Print: 978-1-57886-234-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-4877-2
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 375
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Preface No access
1. A Historical Perspective No access
2. Structural Perspectives No access
3. Scientific Management No access
4. Classical School No access
5. Bureaucracy No access
6. Behavioral Perspectives No access
7. Human Relations School No access
8. Group Dynamics No access
9. Decision-Making Theory No access
10. Leadership No access
11. Integrative Perspectives No access
12. Sociotechnical School No access
13. Systems Theory No access
14. Contingency Theory No access
15. School Organization No access
16. Classical Organization Theory No access
17. Social Systems Theory No access
18. Open System Theory No access
19. Contingency Theory No access
20. Case Study No access
21. Notes No access
1. Components of Culture No access
2. The Processes of Organizational Behavior No access
3. Perception No access
4. Perceptual Distortions No access
5. Dealing with Distortions No access
6. Perception in a Multicultural Environment No access
7. The Attribution Process No access
8. Attributional Biases No access
9. Attribution and Locus of Control No access
10. The Learning Process No access
11. The Behaviorist Approach No access
12. The Cognitive Approach No access
13. Social Learning Approach No access
14. Managerial Implications of Learning No access
15. Developing Productive Attitudes No access
16. Components of Attitudes No access
17. Attitudes in a Multicultural Workplace No access
18. Implications of School Culture No access
19. Summary No access
20. Case Study No access
21. Notes No access
1. The Trait Theory No access
2. The Behavioral Perspective No access
3. Managerial Roles Theory No access
4. Early Situational Theories No access
5. Theory X and Theory Y No access
6. Frederick Fiedler's Theory No access
7. Contemporary Situational Leadership No access
8. Path-Goal Theory No access
9. The Vroom-Yetton Model No access
10. The Hersey-Blanchard Model No access
11. Reframing Leadership No access
12. Transformational Leadership No access
13. Developing an Educational Vision No access
14. lmplications for Education No access
15. Summary No access
16. Case Study No access
17. Notes No access
1. Need Theories No access
2. Utilization of Needs Theories No access
3. Equity Theory No access
4. Reinforcement Theory No access
5. Expectancy Theory No access
6. Goal-Setting Theory No access
7. Redesign of Work No access
8. Career Ladders No access
9. Reward Systems No access
10. Merit Pay No access
11. Case Study No access
12. Summary No access
13. Notes No access
1. The Communication Process No access
2. The Direction of Communication No access
3. Interpersonal Relations and Communication No access
4. Multicultural Communication Issues No access
5. Improving Communication No access
6. The Assertive Communication Style No access
7. Using Active Listening Techniques No access
8. Communication Networks in Schools No access
9. External Communication No access
10. Matrix Design No access
11. Interviews No access
12. Case Study No access
13. Summary No access
14. Notes No access
1. The Nature of Conflict No access
2. The Results of Conflict No access
3. Levels of Conflict No access
4. Stages of Conflict No access
5. Interacting Groups No access
6. Task Relations No access
7. Power Differences No access
8. Strategies for Managing Conflict No access
9. Conflict Intervention Activities No access
10. Conflict Resolution Processes No access
11. Structural Mechanisms No access
12. Cultural Diversity No access
13. Summary No access
14. Case Study No access
15. Notes No access
1. An Academic Planning Process No access
2. Strategic Planning No access
3. Comprehensive Strategic Planning No access
4. Strategic Planning and Human and Material Resources No access
5. Systems Planning No access
6. Mission Analysis No access
7. Function Analysis No access
8. Task Analysis No access
9. Method-Means Analysis No access
10. System Analysis Summary No access
11. Problem Resolution Summary No access
12. Case Study No access
13. Summary No access
14. Notes No access
1. Decision Makers No access
2. Effective Decisions No access
3. Vroom-Yetton Decision-Making Model No access
4. The Decision Tree No access
5. Ethical Decision Making No access
6. The Rational Decision Making Process No access
7. Alternative Decision Making Models No access
8. Individual Versus Group Decision Making No access
9. Cutural Diversity No access
10. Time Required No access
11. Riskiness of Decisions No access
12. Recognizing Expertise No access
13. Groupthink No access
14. Choosing Group Decision Making No access
15. Ways to Improve Decision Making No access
16. Case Study No access
17. Summary No access
18. Notes No access
1. Power In the Organization No access
2. Ethical Issues No access
3. Power and Dependence No access
4. Power as Exchange No access
5. Personality and Power No access
6. Power Relations No access
7. Empowering Others No access
8. Sources of Power No access
9. The Negotiation Process No access
10. Bargaining Paradigms No access
11. Collaborative Bargaining No access
12. Effective Negotiation No access
13. Pre-Negotiation Preparation No access
14. Developing a Bargaining Strategy No access
15. The Bargaining Process No access
16. Contract Administration No access
17. Case Study No access
18. Summary No access
19. Notes No access
1. Models of Change No access
2. The Clinical Strategy No access
3. The Growth-Centered Strategy No access
4. Forces Influencing Change No access
5. Building an Action Plan No access
6. Selecting a Change Agent No access
7. Implementing Organizational Changes No access
8. Ethical Considerations No access
9. Organizational Transformation No access
10. Evaluating Change No access
11. Institutionalizing Change No access
12. Case Study No access
13. Summary No access
14. Notes No access
1. Leadership Defined No access
2. It Starts with Trust and Sensitivity (Heart) No access
3. Teamwork No access
4. Employees as Volunteers No access
5. The Value of Heroes No access
6. Employee Owners No access
7. The Signs of Heartlessness No access
8. Educational Administration as a Moral Science No access
9. The lgnatian Vision No access
10. Implications for Administration No access
11. Case Study No access
12. Summary No access
13. Notes No access
1. The Diagnostic Checklist No access
2. The Heart Smart Organizational Diagnosis Model No access
3. Case Study No access
4. Summary No access
Appendix I: No access Pages 332 - 336
Appendix II: No access Pages 337 - 366
Appendix III: No access Pages 367 - 371
Index No access Pages 372 - 374
About the Author No access Pages 375 - 375