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The Best Dang Job in the World
A Leadership Guide for College and University Administrators
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2013
Summary
In The Best Dang Job in the World, Bill Rezak creates a fictional campus to highlight characteristics, attributes, and behaviors which are key to success in leading an institution of higher learning. The book centers on Rick Nedic, a dean who finds himself the victim of a faculty no-confidence vote. It details his ascension to college president and the challenges he faces on a daily basis. The Best Dang Job in the World applies practices and techniques learned in both the corporate and academic world to a leadership role in the higher education enterprise. It covers effective techniques for identifying, interviewing, hiring, and retaining qualified college and university executives. It also discusses time management, budget preparation and management, job descriptions and performance evaluations, strategic and operational planning and implementation, and relationship building and fundraising. Rezak intermixes humor with crucial lessons to shed light on specific approaches for leading and managing a college or university. This is a must read for anyone aspiring to or currently in academic leadership.
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Copyright year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-6193-5
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-6194-2
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
99
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Preface No access
1 Sweet Failure — Such a Fine Teacher! No access Pages 1 - 8
2 The First Interview No access Pages 9 - 12
3 The Final Four — A Different Kind of March Madness! No access Pages 13 - 16
4 The Offer No access Pages 17 - 20
5 The Honeymoon Year No access Pages 21 - 38
6 The Honey Fades from the Moon No access Pages 39 - 46
7 Plans Begin to Coalesce No access Pages 47 - 50
8 Friendraising and Fundraising No access Pages 51 - 62
9 Reorganizing to Accommodate Fiscal Reality No access Pages 63 - 68
10 You Have to Love It When the Plan Comes Together No access Pages 69 - 74
11 Rules of the Road No access Pages 75 - 80
12 The Centennial Celebration No access Pages 81 - 86
