Inter-Organizational Networks in Education
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- Title
- Inter-Organizational Networks in Education
- Abstract/Description
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In this chapter, we focus on reform-oriented, inter-organizational networks that are regarded as ‘a new construct for conceiving of education provision and a new strategy for achieving reform’ (Chapman & Aspin, 2003, p. 2). By this we mean inter-organizational networks are comprised of members who actively collaborate to develop and advance strategies for improving teaching and learning in schools. Examples of reform-oriented, inter-organizational networks include charter management organizations (CMOs), comprehensive school reform designs (CSR) and certain district-based networks, among others.
The intent of this chapter is to discuss the role of inter-organizational networks in school improvement efforts across a range of contexts, to highlight leading inter-organizational networks engaged in the work of school improvement and to provide an analytic scheme to support more systematic approaches to studying inter-organizational networks. To do this, we begin by discussing the key dimensions of inter-organizational networks in education. Following this, we examine how inter-organizational networks typically operate through: (1) collective responsibility and commitment, (2) collaboration, and (3) capacity building, and 4) coordination. We then discuss the benefits and challenges inter-organizational networks face in carrying out their work. We conclude by highlighting emerging areas of research on inter-organizational networks in education. - [Quoted from paras. 3-4]
- Date
- In publication
- The SAGE Handbook of School Organization
- Editor
- Connolly, Michael
- Eddy-Spicer, David H.
- James, Chris
- Kruse, Sharon
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Resource type
- en Research/Scholarly Media
- Resource status/form
- en Published Text
- Scholarship genre
- en Theoretical
- IRE Approach/Concept
- Inter-Organizational Network
- Charter Management Organization (CMO)
- Education Reform
- Organizational Theory
- Language
- en
- Open access/full-text available
- en No
- ISBN
- 978-1-5264-2066-4 978-1-5264-6554-2
- Citation
- Wohlstetter, P., & Lyle, A. G. (2019). Inter-Organizational Networks in Education. In M. Connolly, D. Eddy-Spicer, C. James, & S. Kruse (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of School Organization. SAGE Publications Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526465542.n12
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- 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP
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