Navigating uncertainty : sensemaking for educational leaders / Shelley Hasinoff, David Mandzuk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hasinoff, Shelley, author.

Mandzuk, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership.

School management and organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 83 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, [2018]

Summary:

In Navigating Uncertainty: Sensemaking for Educational Leaders , the authors introduce a 5-step sensemaking approach for managing the kinds of challenging problems, dilemmas and crises that occur daily in educational systems. Drawing on complexity theory, social capital, and sensemaking, they make the case that educational leaders can no longer rely on traditional scientific principles or their own instincts to manage complex problems but need a new way to think about their certainties and their relationships. The authors illustrate their approach with scenarios, based on the real-life experiences of principals, superintendents and deans and provide several innovative tools to help educational leaders better understand and navigate the uncertainties they face every day in their jobs.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Introduction

Exploring Uncertainty

Understanding Uncertainty

Making Sense of Uncertainty

Grappling with Uncertainty

Responding to Cases of Uncertainty.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-36848-5

OCLC:

1041261746

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004368484 DOI