In this book Robin BrookeSmith explores the dynamics of schools as complexorganisations. He presents a radical departure from established schoolimprovement and ... » 

In this book Robin BrookeSmith explores the dynamics of schools as complexorganisations. He presents a radical departure from established schoolimprovement and effectiveness orthodoxies offering a refreshing new approachto managing change and enhancing collective learning.Based on the authors own experience of managing and leading schools this bookexplores such questions as How can schools learn as a generative process? How can schools become adaptive and coevolve with their internal andexternal environments? How can education leaders navigate their institutions out of the comfortzone and into the creative state?The book concludes with a series of practical lessons for leading schools incomplex conditions and will be of great value to reflective actionorientatedheads principals and deputies as well as academics and researchers ineducation management. «