School leadership and complexity theory / Keith Morrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morrison, Keith (Keith R. B.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School management and organization.

Educational leadership.

Complex organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge/Falmer, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

pt. I. The theory of complexity

pt. II. The practice of complexity in schools.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-212) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-14053-7

0-203-60351-6

1-283-88621-9

1-135-14045-6

9780203603512

OCLC:

823389184