Positioning student affairs for sustainable change : achieving organizational effectiveness through multiple perspectives / Linda Kuk and James H. Banning ; Marilyn J. Amey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuk, Linda, 1950-

Contributor:

Banning, James H.

Amey, Marilyn J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Student affairs services--United States--Administration.

Student affairs services.

Organizational effectiveness--United States.

Organizational effectiveness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Va. : Stylus Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As student affairs organizations have grown and become increasingly complex in order to meet new demands, they have often emphasized the expansion of their missions to the detriment of focusing on understanding their roles in relationship to other units, to reviewing their cultures and structures, and to considering how they can improve their effectiveness as organizations. This book provides the tools for organizational analysis and sustainability. Intended for practitioners, graduate students, interns and student affairs leaders, this book presents the key ideas and concepts from business- o

Contents:

The student affairs organization as context

Seeing student affairs organizations through the lens of organizational theory

The organization - environment perspective

Individual and team dimensions within student affairs organizations

The structure and design of student affairs organizations

Organizational process and change theory

Ecological scanning: an approach to student affairs organizational assessment

Securing leadership for organizational fit, not the other way around

Navigating the future for student affairs organizations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-00-344635-3

1-000-97250-X

1-003-44635-3

1-57922-563-2

9781003446354

OCLC:

781636174