Difusión de la innovación: la red social y el enfoque de aprendizaje organizativo para la gobernanza de un equipo de liderazgo de todo el distrito

Abstract

District and school leaders play particularly important roles in leading dis-trictwide improvement, as they are increasingly held accountable for bringing about change and improvement for educational innovation and excellence. While conventional district-wide governance places much of its focus on technical and administrative matters such as policy development, supervision, and monitoring progress. This technical focus often over-looks the fundamental aspect that drives the progress of improvement—the social infras-tructure shaped by interpersonal relationship. Responding to recent scholarships that calls for a networked approach to governance, this study examined the change effort of a dis-trictwide leadership team over three points in time drawing on social network theory and analysis focused on district governance. Specifically, we focused on the type of interpersonal relationship in which leaders engaged with each other in sharing and exchanging innova-tive ideas as these efforts may support better governance. Additionally, we explored or-ganizational learning as a way to examine climate in support of districtwide innovative efforts during change process. Our findings from leaders indicated increased innovative behaviors and perceived climate on organizational learning over time. The findings suggested that le-aders increased connections around risk taking, regardless of their work level over time. This increased connectedness around innovation was coupled with an increase in leaders' perception of the district's learning climate, suggesting a cohesive approach to governance and improvement. RESUMEN: Los líderes de distrito y las escuelas son esenciales para guiar las mejoras del todo distrito, ya que cada vez generan más cambios y mejoras para la innovación educa-tiva y la excelencia. Mientras que la gobernanza del distrito convencional se centra bási-camente en cuestiones técnicas y administrativas como el desarrollo de políticas, supervisión y el seguimiento del progreso. En muchas ocasiones este enfoque técnico deja de lado la base que impulsa a la mejora; la infraestructura social formada por las relaciones interper-sonales. En respuesta a los últimos itinerarios universitarios que reclaman una aproxima-ción en red a la gobernanza, este estudio examinó el esfuerzo de cambio de un equipo directivo de un distrito en tres puntos en el tiempo basándose en la teoría de redes socia-les y el análisis centrado en la gobernanza del distrito. Nos centramos principalmente en el tipo de relación interpersonal con líderes comprometidos para compartir e intercambiar