Peak Performance for Deans and Chairs Reframing Higher Education's Middle

by Roper, Susan Stavert; Deal, Terrence E.

• ISBN13: 9781607095361
• ISBN10: 160709536X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Trapped between a Rock and a Hard Place	p. 1
The Way It Is: Ferreting Out Root Stresses and Plotting New Tactics	p. 7
Change: Stifling Bedlam and Taming Turbulence	p. 19
Faculty: Confronting Creeps and Cliques	p. 35
Resources: Stepping Up to Cutbacks	p. 47
Bosses: Winning over the Higher-Ups	p. 57
The Way It's "Spozed" to Be: Leadership in Action	p. 71
Conclusion: Practice and Perseverance	p. 85
Bibliography	p. 91
About the Authors	p. 97
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