Systems Thinking for School Leaders Holistic Leadership for Excellence in Education /

• Main Authors: Shaked, Haim (Author), Schechter, Chen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Sociology of Education.

This book presents a new approach to school leadership – Holistic School Leadership, whereby school leaders lead schools through systems-thinking concepts and procedures. Facing growing complexity, change and diversity, school leaders need to regularly apply the systems view and perform at the syste...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword by Professor Michael Fullan
• Preface
• Part I—The Environmental and Empirical Backdrop to Developing an Enhanced Systemic Leadership Approach
• 1. The Need for Holistic School Leadership
• 2. Definitions and Development of Systems Thinking
• 3. Systems Thinking
• 4. Existing Research on Systems Thinking in School Leadership
• Part II—The Holistic School Leadership Approach and Guidelines for Its Implementation
• 5. Holistic School Leadership
• 6. Characteristics of Holistic School Leadership
• 7. Sources of Holistic School Leadership
• 8. The Developmental Process of Holistic School Leadership. - 9. Holistic School Leadership as an Educational Leadership Framework
• 10. Holistic School Leadership in Action. .