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Peak Performance for Deans and Chairs
Reframing Higher Education's Middle
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2010
Summary
Deans and chairs, like other leaders everywhere, often rely on narrow views of their organizations that capture only part of the real picture. As a result, they miss out on a rich array of options available to them. Peak Performance for Deans and Chairs molds deans and chairs into better leaders by teaching them a new way of thinking about their universities, colleges, and departments. Reframing is the ability to examine a situation through multiple lenses, which not only enhances understanding of challenges leaders face but also suggests strategies for moving forward. Entertaining and realistic scenarios show deans and chairs grappling with common problems as they attempt to implement change, manage the faculty, deal with budget cuts, and win over the 'higher-ups.' Some leaders are successful; others fail. 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.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-1-60709-536-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-60709-538-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
102
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Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 01. Introduction: Trapped between a Rock and a Hard Place No access Pages 1 - 6
Chapter 02. The Way It Is: Ferreting Out Root Stresses andPlotting New Tactics No access Pages 7 - 18
Chapter 03. Change: Stifling Bedlam and Taming Turbulence No access Pages 19 - 34
Chapter 04. Faculty: Confronting Creeps and Cliques No access Pages 35 - 46
Chapter 05. Resources: Stepping Up to Cutbacks No access Pages 47 - 56
Chapter 06. Bosses: Winning over the Higher-Ups No access Pages 57 - 70
Chapter 07. The Way It’s “Spozed” to Be: Leadership in Action No access Pages 71 - 84
Chapter 08. Conclusion: Practice and Perseverance No access Pages 85 - 90
