Peak performance for deans and chairs : reframing higher education's middle / Susan Stavert Roper and Terrence E. Deal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roper, Susan Stavert.

Contributor:

Deal, Terrence E.

Series:

American Council on Education series on higher education.

American Council on Education series on higher education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deans (Education).

College department heads.

Universities and colleges--Administration.

Universities and colleges.

University cooperation.

Total quality management in higher education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (113 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Education ; [Washington, DC] : American Council on Education, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book analyzes the behavior of chairs and deans through the political, structural, human resources, and symbolic frames. Lessons learned from the negative as well as the positive scenarios are highlighted, enabling deans and chairs to easily adapt them to their own situations.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 01. Introduction: Trapped between a Rock and a Hard Place; Chapter 02. The Way It Is: Ferreting Out Root Stresses andPlotting New Tactics; Chapter 03. Change: Stifling Bedlam and Taming Turbulence; Chapter 04. Faculty: Confronting Creeps and Cliques; Chapter 05. Resources: Stepping Up to Cutbacks; Chapter 06. Bosses: Winning over the Higher-Ups; Chapter 07. The Way It's "Spozed" to Be: Leadership in Action; Chapter 08. Conclusion: Practice and Perseverance; Bibliography; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

979-82-16-31317-5

1-282-92291-2

9786612922916

1-60709-538-6

OCLC:

694791363