School-Based Management Organizing for High Performance [Hardcover]

Mohrman and Wohlstetter have written the most important volume onschool-based management to date... a significant contribution tothe school reform literature.

?Joseph Murphy, professor and chair, department of educationalleadership, Vanderbilt UniversityForeword
1. Introduction: Improving School Performance(Susan Albers Mohrman,Priscilla Wohlstetter)
Part One: School-Based Management and High Performance
2. High-Involvement Management in the Private Sector(Susan AlbersMohrman)
3. School-Based Management: An Overview(Rodney T. Ogawa, Paula A.White)
4. Models of High Performance Schools(Priscilla Wohlstetter, RoxaneSmyer)
5. The Role of Teachers in School Reform(Susan Moore Johnson,Katherine C. Boles)
6. Education by Charter, Priscilla Wohlstetter
7. Establishing the Conditions for High Performance(PriscillaWohlstetter, Susan Albers Mohrman)
Part Two: Creating High Performance
8. Making the Transition to High-Performance Management(SusanAlbers Mohrman)
9. Change in Schools: Lessons from the Literature(David D.Marsh)
10. Understanding and Managing the Change Process(Susan AlbersMohrman, Priscilla Wohlstetter)
11. Conclusion: New Directions for School-BasedManagement(Priscilla Wohlstetter, Susan Albers Mohrman)``Mohrman and Wohlstetter have written the most important volume on school-based management to date... a significant contribution to the school reform literature.'' --Joseph Murphy, professor and chair, department of educational leadership, Vanderbilt UniversitySUSAN ALBERS MOHRMAN is Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations in the Graduate School of Business at the University of Southern California. PRISCILLA WOHLSTETTER is associate professor of politics and policy in the School of Education at the University of Southern California. She also serves as a senior research fellow with the ColC[