Title: Some insight -- missed opportunity
Product review: This book is a reasonably good discussion of the dynamics of organizational change. But it does not do much that a really top-notch book on organizational behavior and development does. The major advantage of being topically focused on education -- the ability to focus on the mission of education -- is pretty much missed. One of the common pitfalls of school systems is to become focused on the environment for the professionals to the point of insufficient attention to the group at the center of school system's mission -- the students. Evans misses opportunities to integrate the theory and practice of organizational change with such core topics as curriculum, pedagogy, and the impact of theories -- either solidly research-based or faddish -- on the culture and outcomes in the classroom
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