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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785478703321

Autore

Roper Susan Stavert

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Education

[Washington, DC], : American Council on Education, c2010

ISBN

1-282-92291-2

9786612922916

1-60709-538-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 p.)

Collana

American Council on Education series on higher education

Altri autori (Persone)

DealTerrence E

Disciplina

378.11

378.111

Soggetti

Deans (Education)

College department heads

Universities and colleges - Administration

University cooperation

Total quality management in higher education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.