Dealing With Dysfunction - A Book for University Leaders

Dealing with Dysfunction provides a real-life view of a college department gone awry. Acknowledging the professionalism of the majority of college professors in higher education, this book looks at the options a chair and dean have available to them when dealing with a cadre of professors in a department that unable to work together.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Opportunity
Chapter 2: A Bottle of Wine and a Lot of Rumination
Chapter 3: The Plan
Chapter 4: Leadership in Universities: Oxymoron in Action
Chapter 5: Leadership in Departments
Chapter 6: Getting Started
Chapter 7: Jennifer: Vulnerable Reluctant & Anthony: Senior Resistor
Chapter 8: Mary: Passive Resistor
Chapter 9: Antoine: Self-centered
Chapter 10: Sandy: Committed Reluctant & Wanda: Junior Level Committed
Chapter 11: Andrew: Committed Reluctant & Bruce: Passive-Aggressive Resistor
Chapter 12: Bill: Committed and Angry
Chapter 13: The Year Ends
Chapter 14: Five Years Later
Chapter 15: Suggestions

About the author

By Richard T. Castallo

Summary

Dealing with Dysfunction provides a real-life view of a college department gone awry. Acknowledging the professionalism of the majority of college professors in higher education, this book looks at the options a chair and dean have available to them when dealing with a cadre of professors in a department that unable to work together.

Product details

• Authors: Richard T Castallo, Richard T. Castallo
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781475834819
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-3481-9
• No. of pages: 166
• 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, college;department chair;issues;problem solving