School leadership and complexity theory / / Keith Morrison
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| Autore: |
Morrison Keith (Keith R. B.)
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| Titolo: |
School leadership and complexity theory / / Keith Morrison
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge/Falmer, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (229 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 371.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | School management and organization |
| Educational leadership | |
| Complex organizations | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-212) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. I. The theory of complexity -- pt. II. The practice of complexity in schools. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Interest in complexity theory, a relation of chaos theory, has become well established in the business community in recent years. Complexity theory argues that systems are complex interactions of many parts which cannot be predicted by accepted linear equations. In this book, Keith Morrison introduces complexity theory to the world of education, drawing out its implications for school leadership.He suggests that schools are complex, nonlinear and unpredictable systems, and that this impacts significantly within them. As schools race to keep up with change and innovation, he suggests that i |
| Titolo autorizzato: | School leadership and complexity theory |
| ISBN: | 1-135-14053-7 |
| 0-203-60351-6 | |
| 1-283-88621-9 | |
| 1-135-14045-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910779308903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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