{"product_id":"from-conflict-to-collaboration-9781475861730","title":"From Conflict to Collaboration","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eConflict is both a timely and a timeless challenge in schools, stymying school reform initiatives and elevating administrators' job stress. If school is a family, as many claim, it is often a dysfunctional one. Relationships between and among staff, parents, community and school boards may be destructively divisive, or alternatively, schools may avoid addressing controversial issues like inequity, fearful of tensions that would be unleashed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Conflict to Collaboration: A School Leader's Guide to Unleashing Conflict's Problem Solving Power offers a novel perspective. Rather than impeding school reform, school leaders may harness conflict to spark organizational vitality and growth. Honoring diverse viewpoints enables savvy school leaders to engage stakeholders in meaningful collaboration that builds capacity, enshrines productive dialogue and group problem-solving as cornerstones of school culture, and energizes the school community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on knowledge from the fie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Transforming Conflict in Schools: From Conflict-Volatility to Conflict-Agility\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: What is Conflict and Why is it So Pervasive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Leadership in Conflict\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Building Understanding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: The Learning Cycle . . . Creating Prototypes, Testing Solutions, Getting Unstuck\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Looking Backward, Moving Forward\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040335593815,"sku":"9781475861730","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781475861730.jpg?v=1750946420","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-conflict-to-collaboration-9781475861730","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}