Course Materials
Course Materials
Holbeche, L. 2006. Understanding Change. Theory, Implementation and Success. Butterworth-Heineman, London.
Other readings for the course are listed below attached to the appropriate session. Please note that in the references below, a proper APA writing style is not used because of the internet references. However, make sure that you use the proper references in your work.
Readings related to session 1
The ‘classics’ Greiner, Kotter, and Lewin:
- In Mainiero, L. and Tromley, C. Developing Managerial
Skills in Organizational Behavior: Exercises, Cases,
and Readings (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall) (2d
ed. 1994), pp. 322-329: Description about: Evolution and Revolution as
Organizations Grow. Larry E. Greiner
http://www.ils.unc.edu/daniel/131/cco4/Greiner.pdf - Review of: Kotter, P. 1995. Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail.
http://www.welshconfed.org/companyData/1898/resources/Review%20Kotter.pdf
Original article available via electronic libraries:
Kotter, P. 1995. Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail .Preview (cover story. Harvard Business Review, Mar/Apr95, Vol. 73 Issue 2, p59-67, 9p, 1 chart, 4 color; (AN 9503281992) - Lewin, K. 2001 (2008) groups, experiential learning and action research
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-lewin.htmSystemic change
- SEDL. Leadership for systemic change
http://www.sedl.org/change/facilitate/leadership.html - Ben Levin and Michael Fullan
Learning about System Renewal
Educational Management Administration Leadership 2008; 36; 289
http://ema.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/36/2/289
Cases of school change
- Wilson & McPake
Management Style? Managing Change in Small Scottish Primary Schools: Is There a Small School
Educational Management Administration Leadership 2000; 28; 119
http://ema.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/28/2/119 - Mike Wallace
Managing the Unmanageable?: Coping with Complex Educational Change
Educational Management Administration Leadership 2003; 31; 9
http://ema.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/31/1/9 - Shepherd. C. M. Anatomy of Change: The Implementation of a Character Education Program in an Elementary School
Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies, University of Victoria.
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/epls/faculty/storey/Shepherd.htm - Yoshida. Walker High School Case Study. Consortium for Policy Research in Education
http://www.cpre.org/images/stories/cpre_pdfs/walker.pdf
Readings related to assignment given in session 2 lecture 4
- Transactional and transformational leaders
Stewart. J. 2006.. Transformational Leadership: An Evolving Concept Examined through the Works of Burns, Bass, Avolio, and Leithwood. Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, Issue #54, June 26, 2006
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=EJ843441
- Pounder, J. S. 2006.
Transformational Classroom Leadership: The Fourth Wave of Teacher Leadership?
Educational Management Administration Leadership 2006; 34; 533
http://udec.edu.mx/BibliotecaInvestigacion/Documentos/2009/Agosto/Administraci%C3%B3n%20Transformational%20Classroom%20Leadership%20The%20Fourth%20Wave%20of%20Teacher%20Leadership.pdf
- Briggs A 2003.
Finding the Balance: Exploring the Organic and Mechanical Dimensions of Middle Manager Roles in English Further Education Colleges
Educational Management Administration Leadership 2003; 31; 421
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263211X030314006
- Allix, N. M. 2000.
Transformational Leadership: Democratic or Despotic?
Educational Management Administration Leadership 2000; 28; 7
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263211X000281002
- Bass& Steidlmeier. 1999.
Ethics, character, and authentic transformational leadership behavior.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fciteseerx.ist.psu.edu%2Fviewdoc%2Fdownload%3Fdoi%3D10.1.1.152.4873%26rep%3Drep1%26type%3Dpdf&ei=pZovT7OVHLTT4QTD8KGKDg&usg=AFQjCNGmGu_0xN9g8oX2GFWFDu99iO8IBQ
Optional resources and interesting readings:
Steinberg, Malarkey, DeSalvatore, Cushman, Almeida & Allen. 2000.
An in-depth look at six high schools that are transforming the way we think about secondary schooling. A joint venture of Jobs for the Future, the Coalition of Essential Schools, and the U.S. Department of Education’s New American High Schools Initiative, with support from the Northeast and Islands Regional Eucational Laboratory at Brown Univeristy. Islands High Scange
http://www.essentialschools.org/pdfs/RHS.pdf
Boje, D. M. 2000. Transformational leadership
http://cbae.nmsu.edu/~dboje/teaching/338/transformational_leadership.htm
An in-depth look at six high schools that are transforming the way we think about secondary schooling. A joint venture of Jobs for the Future, the Coalition of Essential Schools, and the U.S. Department of Education’s New American High Schools Initiative, with support from the Northeast and Islands Regional Eucational Laboratory at Brown Univeristy. Islands High Scange
http://www.essentialschools.org/pdfs/RHS.pdf
Boje, D. M. 2000. Transformational leadership
http://cbae.nmsu.edu/~dboje/teaching/338/transformational_leadership.htm