Waubonsee Community College

How colleges change, understanding, leading, and enacting change, Adrianna Kezar

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

How colleges change

bibliography

832277140

Adrianna Kezar

understanding, leading, and enacting change

"Higher education is in an unprecedented time of change and reform. To address these challenges, university leaders tend to focus on specific interventions and programs, but ignore the change processes and the contexts that would lead to success. Joining theory and practice, How Colleges Change unmasks problematic assumptions that change agents typically possess and provides research-based principles for approaching change. Framed by decades of research, this monumental book offers fresh insights into understanding, leading, and enacting change. Recognizing that internal and external conditions shape and frame change processes, Kezar presents an overarching practical framework that can be applied to any organizational challenge and context. How Colleges Change is a crucial resource for aspiring and practicing campus leaders, higher education practitioners, scholars, faculty, and staff who want to learn how to apply change strategies in their own institutions."--, Provided by publisher

Pt. 1 Thinking Differently about Change -- ch. 1 Why Change? -- ch. 2 Theories of Change: Change Agent Guides -- pt. 2 A Multi-faceted Framework for Understanding Change -- ch. 3 Type of Change -- ch. 4 Creating Deep Change -- ch. 5 Context of Change -- ch. 6 Leadership and Agency of Change -- ch. 7 A Multi-theory Approach to Change -- ch. 8 Change Implementation: Encounters with Resistance and Obstacles -- pt. 3 Challenges for Change Agents in our Time -- ch. 9 Scaling Up Changes Beyond the institutional Level -- ch. 10 The Ethics of Change