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Informationen zum Autor Tammy Stone, Mary Coussons-Read Klappentext This book examines the often overlooked and always challenging position of associate/assistant dean. While readers may find themselves saying, 'I wish someone had told me that!' Stone and Coussons-Read infuse optimism and enthusiasm into their discussions of the good, the bad, and the ugly inherent in the role of associate/assistant dean. Zusammenfassung This book examines the often overlooked and always challenging position of associate/assistant dean. While readers may find themselves saying! 'I wish someone had told me that!' Stone and Coussons-Read infuse optimism and enthusiasm into their discussions of the good! the bad! and the ugly inherent in the role of associate/assistant dean. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures List of Tables Preface Chapter 1: Academic Leadership for Associate Deans: Tool Kits and Case Studies for Maintaining Your Sanity Chapter 2: Are You Ready to Visit the Dark Side? Considering Becoming an Associate Dean Chapter 3: Stepping up to Leadership with your Head and Your Heart Chapter 4: Working with the Realities of Your Dean's Leadership and Management Style Chapter 5: Changing Behavior in a Culture of no Accountability Chapter 6: Something Old, Something New: Working with Department Chairs and the Faculty as an Associate Dean Chapter 7: Communicating Effectively: Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say Chapter 8: Dealing with Conflict between and within Units Chapter 9: Trouble in Paradise: Dealing with Departmental Dysfunction Chapter 10: The Inmates are Running the Asylum: Getting Hostile and Unproductive Faculty and Staff on Board Chapter 11: I Know Your Parents Think You are Brilliant but You Still Have to Follow the Rules: Working with Students in an Atmosphere of Entitlement Chapter 12: Call Me When the Fire Trucks Have Left: Defining and Responding to Crisis Chapter 13: Meet and Greet: Making Connections outside Your School Chapter 14: Adapting to Change While Keeping Your Sense of Humor Chapter 15: Burning the Candle at Both Ends: Drawing Boundaries and Defending Balance Chapter 16: Moving on: Life after Being an Associate Dean Chapter 17: Lessons Learned: Distillation of the Principles of Leading from the Middle References Index About the Authors ...
