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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
Rick Castallo is a professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at California State University at Northridge. In addition to 25 years as a department chair, he has several years experience as a school teacher and administrator; he has been a consultant to hundreds of school boards, faculties, and administrative teams concerned with improving working relationships in their schools.
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.
