The essential department chair : a comprehensive desk reference / Jeffrey L. Buller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buller, Jeffrey L.

Series:

Jossey-Bass resources for department chairs.

Jossey-Bass resources for department chairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College department heads.

Universities and colleges--Administration.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (498 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition of the classic book The Essential Department Chair is comprehensive and up-to-date. The new edition incorporates many timely topics and is now truly more than a guide-it's a much-needed desk reference, a book that includes "everything you need to know to be a department chair." The book contains a wealth of new case studies and shows new department chairs how the guidelines would perform in a real-life situation.

Contents:

pt. 1. The chair's role and career path

pt. 2. Departmental management and politics

pt. 3. The chair's role in searches, hiring, and firing

pt. 4. Mentoring challenges and opportunities for department chairs

pt. 5. The chair's role in faculty development

pt. 6. Best practices in evaluation and assessment

pt. 7. Essentials of budgeting and planning.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-40097-9

9786613400970

1-118-14567-4

OCLC:

768082604