Leveraging chaos : the mysteries of leadership and policy revealed / John R. Shoup and Susan Clark Studer

Author: Shoup, John R.
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, [2010]
Copyright Date: ©2010
Physical Description: xi, 143 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Studer, Susan Clark

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Contents

1. Complexity Simplified -- 2. Complexity at Work in the American Educational System -- 3. Leveraging Complexity at the Policy Level -- 4. Leveraging Complexity at the Organizational Level.

Summary

""Shoup and Studer provide a fresh perspective on complexity theory, allowing the reader to better understand and anticipate the challenges all twenty-first century leaders will face in both the organizational and policy arenas."---Donald C. Simmons, Jr., Dakota Wesleyan University" ""Complexity theory for the rest of us! Shoup and Studer bring the usually arcane language of complexity theory into sharp focus by clarifying its core concepts and applying them creatively to the history of public education. Readers will find real help in anticipating future developments and leveraging change in school policies and practices."---Doug Mitchell, University of California, Riverside" ""John Shoup and Susan Studer provide a useful introduction to complexity theory and its application to thinking about educational leadership and policy. Through the lens of complexity theory, the authors trace the evolution of the education system in the United States and explore the lessons of this history for contemporary leaders and policy makers."---Rodney Ogawa, University of California, Santa Cruz" ""Shoup and Studer detail the seven features of complex adaptive systems in a manner which serves to illuminate and clarify these systems for the reader. Complexity theory is then applied to a history of education, providing useful insights and practices supporting dynamic educational leadership and policy planning."---Susan Rainey, Ed.D., superintendent, retired, Riverside Unified School District and Charter Oak Unified School District, California"--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN

9781607097563 (cloth : alk. paper)
1607097567 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781607097570 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1607097575 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781607097587 (electronic)
1607097583 (electronic)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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