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The Role of Leadership in the Promotion of Knowledge Management in Schools

The author of this paper drew on school systems and successful business to identify what knowledge sharing looks like in successful organizations. He suggested that knowledge building is a critical capacity for all organizations, and especially for schools and school systems. Schools, however, are historically weak at knowledge sharing within and across schools. The author also focused on what kind of school and district leadership is needed in leading change-oriented organizations. Six core capacities are identified in moral purpose, understanding the process of change, relationship building, knowledge management, and coherence making. Finally, he indicated that the question of sustainability is taken up by identifying four conditions under which sustainable leadership could be developed.

• Contributor: Fullan, Michael // Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice,8(3-4), pp.409-419 2002.

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• Network/channel: NIUSI: Professional Effort: Group Practice & Professional Development
• Network/channel: NIUSI: School Organizational Effort: Culture of Change and Improvement
• Network/channel: NIUSI: School Organizational Effort: Governance & Leadership

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