Leading organizations : evolving perspectives -- Leadership theory : managing tasks and people (late 19th to late 20th centuries) -- Contemporary theories : leadership as a shared process -- Motivating people to accomplish organizational goals -- Leading organizational change/organizational learning -- Managing conflict for organizational effectiveness -- Communication in organizations -- Building the organization's capacity -- Problem solving and decision making -- Ethical decision making in organizations -- Allocating educational resources.

Organizational Behavior for School Leadership provides a theoretical and practical framework to help emerging leaders build the mental models they need to be effective. Presenting traditional, modern, and contemporary perspectives, each chapter offers opportunities for readers to reflect on the ideas and apply their leadership perspective and skills to their own work settings. In this way, this important book helps graduate students in educational leadership understand organizational situations and circumstances, an essential step in making appropriate decisions about people, school operations, and the community that generate improved student and teacher outcomes.