Organizational and educational change : the life and role of a change agent group / Jean M. Bartunek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartunek, Jean M., 1944-

Series:

LEA's organization and management series.

LEA's organization and management series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teacher participation in administration.

School improvement programs.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jean M. Bartunek, the 2001-2002 President of the Academy of Management, has written an excellent scholarly book on organizational and educational change. Using a joint insider/outsider approach, this book tells the story of a change agent group--a group of teachers--that was creating change in its organization setting, a Network of Independent Schools. The group's focus was on empowerment and professional development for teachers in the Network. The book describes virtually everything that happened in the group over its first seven years and summarizes what happened during its final two years.

Contents:

Contents; About the Author; Series Editors' Foreword; Preface; List of Tables; List of Figures; 1 The Foundations for the Work; 2 The Founders' Vision and Design for the NFDC; 3 An Exciting and Sometimes Difficult Beginning; 4 The NFDC Begins to Implement Its Initiatives; 5 A Year of Challenges; 6 Trembling on the Edge; 7 Dispersing Energies; 8 A Role for the NFDC?; 9 The Vision Dims; 10 The Triangle Model of Change Agent Group Dynamics: Evolving Identity, Actions, and Stakeholder Relationships in a Change Agent Group Setting; 11 Implications of the NFDC's Work for Educational Policy

12 The Story EndsReferences; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-281) and indexes.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-32641-4

9786612326417

1-4106-0620-1

9781410606204

OCLC:

475945680