The Human Side of School Change: Reform, Resistance, and the Real-Life Problems of Innovation (Jossey-Bass Education)
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ISBN: 0787903183 / Publisher: Jossey-Bass, October 1996
Provides practical advice on problem-solving, communication, and staff motivation, arguing for more realistic expectations about the pace of reform and the performance of leaders, and pinpointing the key sources of resistance to school reform while suggesting a new model of leadership that builds cooperation. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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In this insightful look at school reform, Robert Evans examines the real-life hurdles to implementing innovation and explains how the best-intended efforts can be stalled by educators who too often feel burdened and conflicted by the change process. He provides a new model of leadership along with practical management strategies for building a framework of cooperation between leaders of change and the people they depend upon to implement it.
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