Decision Making for Educational Leaders -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I.Decision-Making Theory and Theorizing -- 1. Introduction: Leadership, Decision Making,and Underexplored Issues in Decision Making -- 2. Theories, Theorizing, and the Art of Theory-Usein Decision Making -- Part II. Context and Contextual Issues in Decision Making -- 3. Organization as Context:Decision Making in Educational Organizations -- 4. The Political Context of Decision Making in Educational Leadership -- Part III. The Decision Maker:Logic, Intuition, Data Use, and Skill -- 5. The Logic of Decision Making:Problematizing Decision Assumptions and Examining Inferential Leaps -- 6. The Intuitive Decision Maker in the Information Age -- 7. Data-Driven Decision Making for School Improvement -- 8. Dispositional Aspects of Effective Decision Making and the Competent Decision Maker -- 9. Making Tough Decisions: Issues and Considerations -- Part IV. Conclusion: Underexamined Issues in Decision Making -- 10. The Educational Leader as Decision Maker:Themes, Inferences, and Conclusions -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Untitled.