Building Change Capacity within Secondary Schools through Goal-Driven and Living Organisations.

Hannay, Lynne M.; Erb, Cathy Smeltzer; Ross, John A.

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Publication Date: 2001

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Building Change Capacity within Secondary Schools through Goal-Driven and Living Organisations.

Hannay, Lynne M.; Erb, Cathy Smeltzer; Ross, John A.

School Leadership & Management, v21 n3 p271-87 Aug 2001

Examines change capacity within one restructuring Ontario school district, employing the notions of chaos theory and a living organization. Analyzed 5 years of longitudinal quantitative and qualitative data to understand effects of organizational change on the whole school. School leadership teams worked differently, depending on context. (Contains 21 references.) (MLH)

Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Context Effect, Department Heads, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Management Teams, Organizational Change, Organizational Theories, School Based Management, School Organization, School Restructuring, Secondary Education, Teamwork

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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