Reframing Academic Leadership

by Bolman, Lee G.; Gallos, Joan V.

• ISBN13: 9780787988067
• ISBN10: 0787988065
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-25
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

The powerful tool of "reframing" can be applied to the challenges of higher education leadership. The book uses the authors Lee Bolman and Joan Gallos's four frames (Structural, Human Resource, Political, Symbolic) developed by Bolman and Deal to illustrate different views of academic leadership. The Structural Frame: The Human Resource Frame: The Political Frame: and The Symbolic Frame. This will prove to be an invaluable recourse for deans directors, vice presidents, provosts, department chairs who are interested in reframing their institutions.

Author Biography

Lee G. Bolman holds the Marion Bloch/Missouri Chair in Leadership at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is the coauthor of the best-selling books Reframing Organizations and Leading with Soul from Jossey-Bass.

Joan V. Gallos is professor of leadership, University of Missouri Curators' Distinguished Teaching Professor, and director of the Executive MBA program at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is the coauthor of Teaching Diversity and the editor of Organization Development: A Jossey-Bass Reader and Business Leadership: A Jossey-Bass Reader, Second Edition, all from Jossey-Bass.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
About the Authors	p. xxi
Leadership Epistemology: When You Understand, You Know What to Do	p. 1
Opportunities and Challenges in Academic Leadership	p. 3
Sensemaking and the Power of Reframing	p. 15
Knowing What You're Doing: Learning, Authenticity, and Theories for Action	p. 31
Reframing Leadership Challenges	p. 47
Building Clarity and Capacity: Leader as Analyst and Architect	p. 49
Respecting and Managing Differences: Leader as Compassionate Politician	p. 69
Fostering a Caring and Productive Campus: Leader as Servant, Catalyst, and Coach	p. 89
Keeping the Faith and Celebrating the Mission: Leader as Prophet and Artist	p. 107
Sustaining Higher Education Leaders: Courage and Hope	p. 127
Managing Conflict	p. 129
Leading from the Middle	p. 143
Leading Difficult People	p. 163
Managing Your Boss	p. 177
Sustaining Health and Vitality	p. 189
Feeding the Soul	p. 201
Epilogue: The Sacred Nature of Academic Leadership	p. 219
References	p. 223
Name Index	p. 243
Subject Index	p. 247
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