Peak Performance for Deans and Chairs - Reframing Higher Education''s Middle

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.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Trapped Between a Rock and a Hard Place Chapter 2 The Way It Is: Ferreting Out Root Stresses and Plotting New Tactics Chapter 3 Change: Stifling Bedlam and Taming Turbulence Chapter 4 Faculty: Confronting Creeps and Cliques Chapter 5 Resources: Stepping Up to Cut Backs Chapter 6 Bosses: Winning over the Higher-ups Chapter 7 The Way It's 'Spozed' To Be: Leadership in Action Chapter 8 Conclusion: Practice and Perseverance

About the author

By Susan Stavert Roper and Terrence E. Deal

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Terrence E. Deal, Deal Terrence E., Susan Stavert Roper, Susan Stavert Deal Roper, Roper Susan Stavert
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2013
• EAN: 9781607095378
• ISBN: 978-1-60709-537-8
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: ACE Series on Higher Education; The ACE Series on Higher Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Administration / General, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Faculty Resources;Professor Resources;Teacher Resources