Leading from the middle : a case-study approach to academic leadership for associate deans / Tammy Stone and Mary Coussons-Read.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stone, Tammy, 1961- author.

Coussons-Read, Mary Elizabeth, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

American Council on Education.

Series:

American Council on Education series on higher education (2009)

American Council on Education, series on higher education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deans (Education)--Case studies.

Deans (Education).

Universities and colleges--Administration--Case studies.

Universities and colleges.

Universities and colleges--Administration.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2011.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the often overlooked and always challenging position of associate/assistant dean. While readers may find themselves saying, 'I wish someone had told me that!' Stone and Coussons-Read infuse optimism and enthusiasm into their discussions of the good, the bad, and the ugly inherent in the role of associate/assistant dean.

Contents:

Academic leadership for associate deans: a case study approach and this book as a toolkit

Are you ready to visit the dark side: becoming an associate dean

Stepping up to leadership with your head and your heart

Working with the realities of your dean's leadership and management style

Changing behavior in an atmosphere of no accountability

Something old, something new: working with department chairs and the faculty as an associate dean

Communicating effectively: say what you mean and mean what you say

Dealing with conflict between and within units

Trouble in paradise: dealing with departmental dysfunction acting as a caretaker of a stable unit

The inmates are running the asylum: getting hostile and unproductive faculty and staff on board

I know your parents think you are brilliant but you still have to follow the rules: working with students in an atmosphere of entitlement

Call me when the fire trucks have left: defining and responding to crisis

Meet and greet: making connections outside your school

Adapting to change while keeping your sense of humor

Burning from both ends: drawing boundaries and defending balance

Moving on: life after being an associate dean

Lessons learned: distillation of principles of leading from the middle.

Notes:

"Published in partnership with the American Council on Education."--Title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-186) and index.

Online resource; title from e-book title screen (EBL platform, viewed January 12, 2015).

ISBN:

979-82-16-40293-0

979-82-16-25756-1

1-283-05691-7

9786613056917

1-4422-0466-4

OCLC:

723440282