Decision Making for Educational Leaders
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Decision Making for Educational Leaders

Underexamined Dimensions and Issues

  1. 252 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Decision Making for Educational Leaders

Underexamined Dimensions and Issues

About this book

A guide to decision making for school administrators.

Why another book on decision making? In this increasingly complex world, there are many tensions inherent in the daily practice of school leaders. This book illuminates these tensions, and acknowledges the reality that there are already multiple approaches to decision making in any school. The authors offer a guide to integrate the influences of school and community members as well as data and organizational context into the decision making process. They focus on underexamined dimensions of decision making, including 1) the art of theory-use; 2) organizational context; 3) political dynamics; 4) inferential leaps and causal assumptions; 5) the role of intuition; 6) data-driven decision making; 7) the role of emotions and affect; and 8) making the tough decision. Dispositions that enhance success are highlighted. These ideas will empower school principals, superintendents, and other leaders to approach with confidence the decisions they are called on to make.

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Yes, you can access Decision Making for Educational Leaders by Bob L. Johnson Jr.,Sharon D. Kruse,Bob L. Johnson, Jr. in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Education General. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
SUNY Press
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9781438429168, 9781438429151
eBook ISBN
9781438429175
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Decision Making for Educational Leaders
  2. Contents
  3. Tables and Figures
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Part I.Decision-Making Theory and Theorizing
  7. 1. Introduction: Leadership, Decision Making,and Underexplored Issues in Decision Making
  8. 2. Theories, Theorizing, and the Art of Theory-Usein Decision Making
  9. Part II. Context and Contextual Issues in Decision Making
  10. 3. Organization as Context:Decision Making in Educational Organizations
  11. 4. The Political Context of Decision Making in Educational Leadership
  12. Part III. The Decision Maker:Logic, Intuition, Data Use, and Skill
  13. 5. The Logic of Decision Making:Problematizing Decision Assumptions and Examining Inferential Leaps
  14. 6. The Intuitive Decision Maker in the Information Age
  15. 7. Data-Driven Decision Making for School Improvement
  16. 8. Dispositional Aspects of Effective Decision Making and the Competent Decision Maker
  17. 9. Making Tough Decisions: Issues and Considerations
  18. Part IV. Conclusion: Underexamined Issues in Decision Making
  19. 10. The Educational Leader as Decision Maker:Themes, Inferences, and Conclusions
  20. References
  21. Index