Rethinking student affairs practice / Patrick G. Love, Sandra M. Estanek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Love, Patrick.

Contributor:

Estanek, Sandra M.

Series:

Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series

The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Student affairs services--United States.

Student affairs services.

Student affairs administrators--United States.

Student affairs administrators.

United States.

Physical Description:

xix, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2004]

Summary:

To be effective managers, student affairs professionals must understand the structures and processes that form the organizational context in which they work, and must be able to work within them. These structures are often characterized by a rigid division of labor and an expectation that good managers can predict the outcomes of their efforts and can and should exercise control over the inputs. However, to be effective leaders, they must be able to perceive new possibilities beyond those structures and expectations. How can they do both?

"Rethinking Student Affairs Practice offers an answer to that question. Love and Estanek challenge their readers to perceive their responsibilities, institutions, and relationships through multiple lenses. They have developed a model for change based in four concepts that will help their readers do this. The four concepts are valuing dualisms, transcending paradigms, recognizing connectedness, and embracing paradox.

Contents:

1 Conceptual Framework: Lessons from the New Science 1

Part 1 Seeing Processes Differently: How We Work 27

2 Pervasive Leadership 29

3 Intrapreneurship: Pervasive Leadership in Action 67

4 Developing an Assessment Mindset 83

Part 2 Seeing Resources Differently: What We Work With 119

5 Rethinking Resources 121

6 Technology as Brush, Paint, and Artist 153

Part 3 Seeing Beyond the Horizon: Emerging Competencies 171

7 Adopting a Global Perspective 173

8 Futures Forecasting 187

9 Rethinking Reviewed: Mindsets and Actions 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-226) and index.

ISBN:

0787962147

OCLC:

53967357

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