8 Taking the Drama Out of a Crisis: How School Managers Use Game Theory to Promote Autonomy

This chapter takes a close look at how school managers have used TA ideas to increase their professional effectiveness in supporting colleagues. The key concepts in this section are the Drama and Winner's Triangles with additional reference to using solution-focused techniques. For the most part, other chapters have considered utilising TA ideas in working directly with children and young people. This chapter is concerned entirely with applying TA ideas to managing staff in the busy context of schools.