Managing Complex Change in School

Leading and managing change in schools is a complex topic. In this timely book the authors take the reader through a journey of how to lead and manage multidimensional change in order to create engaged learners, teachers, leaders and managers. They provide a readable and straightforward account of a major, high-profile innovation in one school and draw from it key lessons for leaders and managers of change in schools.

Managing Complex Change in School synthesizes a wealth of literature and research on managing change, and shows how the emerging field of complexity theory can inform the effective management of multidimensional change.

Arising from an in-depth, mixed methods evaluation of the key school, this book is practice-focused and is an invaluable companion for practitioners handling positive change in schools.

Alejandro Salcedo Garcia is Principal of Escola São Paulo, Macau.

Keith Morrison is Director of Institutional Development at Macau University of Science and Technology.

Ah Chung Tsoi is Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology at Macau University of Science and Technology.

Jinming He was Research Assistant at Macau University of Science and Technology.