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Title

Achieving excellence in our schools-- by taking lessons from America's best-run companies / James Lewis, Jr.

Author

Lewis, James, 1930-

Publication

Westbury, N.Y. : J.L. Wilkerson Pub. Co., ©1986.

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Details

Description

xxv, 207 pages; 25 cm

Summary

This book discusses a theory called "success emulation," formulated several years ago by James Lewis, Jr. The essence of this theory is that a person or an organization can attain a high degree of success or excellence by studying the products, programs, principles, and practices of successful organizations and then adopting those that are appropriate in the new situation, with or without modifications. Lewis presents 12 important lessons which will show school districts how to achieve excellence by adopting those principles and practices that have worked for the best-run companies in America. ISBN 0-915253-03-8: $18.95.

Subject

• Education > Aims and objectives > United States
• Education > United States > Philosophy
• School management and organization > United States
• Education > Aims and objectives
• Education > Philosophy
• School management and organization
• Qualitätssteigerung
• Schule
• United States
• USA

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 195-199.

Contents

Introduction : it takes guts to achieve excellence -- Support school champions -- Adopt a suggestion program -- Move from philosophy to culture -- Intensify and personalize communications -- Reach decisions by consensus -- Become close to kids -- Give new emphasis to training -- Make sure superintendents are generalists -- Hints for achieving excellence -- Recognize and reward excellence -- Achieve excellence through teams -- Give teachers autonomy and encourage intrapreneurship.

ISBN

• 0915253038
• 9780915253036

LCCN

85051152

OCLC

• ocm12865264
• 12865264
• SCSB-1174260

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library