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Informationen zum Autor Christian Hansen, Ph.D., is associate dean of computing and engineering sciences and former department chair at Eastern Washington University. During the last eight years, he has focused much of his research on time management. Klappentext "Department chairs who have asked themselves the question 'Who knows where the time goes' should ask Christian Hansen for the answer. His book, Time Management for Department Chairs, will help chairs maximize the investment of their most important resources?their time, focus, and energy."?Don Chu, author, The Department Chair Primer "Department chairs take note: Hansen's Time Management for Department Chairs can change your life in just three hours. Written by a seasoned academic chair, the author offers practical ideas and strategic advice about how to increase your day-to-day effectiveness (and sanity) by using proven approaches to managing expectations, organizing tasks, running meetings, monitoring communication, controlling calendars, avoiding interruptions, containing crises, and everything else in between. If you want to learn how to strike a better work-life balance, this book should be at the top of your reading list!"?Christine Licata, senior associate provost, Rochester Institute of Technology "It's about time?the resource department chairs have the least of and what faculty want the most! Christian Hansen's book is filled with insights, techniques, and artful strategies to help chairs maximize their time while working effectively with faculty and balancing their personal and professional lives. This book is a life saver!"?Walter Gmelch, dean, University of San Francisco Zusammenfassung In this concise! highly practical book! Christian Hansen draws on his years of research on time management for department chairs. He shows department chairs how to set priorities! create a time budget and log! harness technology to assist in time management! and make self-care a priority. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Author ix Acknowledgments xi 1 It's About Time: The Highly Effective Department Chair 1 The Need for Balance 3 You Are Already Doing a Great Job 3 Personal Time Versus Department Time 5 Differences in the Department Chair Role 6 Organization of This Book 7 Part One: Working with Limited Resources 9 2 Getting to the Point: Managing Your Priorities 11 Managing Your Master To-Do List 12 First Things First 13 Scheduling Your Priorities 17 What If There Is an Emergency? 18 Maintaining the P/PC Balance 19 Questions to Consider and Practical Tips 20 3 The Art of Enough: Managing Your Resources 22 Scarcity Versus Abundance Mentality 24 How Much Is Your Time Worth? 28 Questions to Consider and Practical Tips 28 4 Knowing Where You Stand: Analyzing Your Use of Time 30 Where Have All the Hours Gone? 31 Budgeting Your Time 41 Preparing for the Week Ahead 47 Questions to Consider and Practical Tips 48 5 Keeping It All Straight: Getting and Staying Organized 50 Signs of Disorganization 50 Organizing Your Office 52 Organizing Your Department Filing System 55 Organizing Your Computer 58 Organizing Your E-Mail 62 Organizing Your Calendar 64 Overcoming Procrastination 65 Questions to Consider and Practical Tips 66 Part Two: Working with People 69 6 You Can't Do It All: Delegating 71 Delegating and Referring Decisions 72 Delegating Tasks to Faculty 74 Delegation from Faculty to Chair 75 Delegating Tasks to Staff 78 Delegating Acting Chair Responsibilities 80 Questions to Consider and Practical Tips 83 7 Taking Charge: Making Meetings Work 84 The Cost o...
