Strengthening Departmental Leadership A Team-Building Guide for Chairs in Colleges and Universities

by Lucas, Ann F.

• ISBN13: 9780787900120
• ISBN10: 0787900125
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-10-28
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

A first-rate book, well worth reading. Ann Lucas has taken years of research and reflection and distilled them into an easily understood, useful volume designed to help department chairs develop their leadership skills. --William E. Cashin, director, Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development, Kansas State University A practical guide to developing the survival skills that chairs need in order to function as leaders and build cohesive teams in departments.

Author Biography

ANN F. LUCAS is professor of organization development and former campus chair in the Department of Management at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where she is founder and former director of the Office of Professional and Organizational Development. She is the author of The Department Chair's Role in Enhancing College Teaching (Jossey-Bass, 1989).

Table of Contents

1. Strengthening Leadership at the Departmental Level.

2. Roles and Responsibilities of Chairs.

3. Leading the Academic Department.

4. Motivating, Evaluating, and Rewarding Faculty Members.

5. Supporting Effective Teaching in the Department.

6. Providing Feedback on Classroom Teaching.

7. Enhancing Commitments to Scholarship and Service.

8. Team Building Through Supportive Communication.

9. Managing Conflict.

10. Using Feedback from the Department.

11. The Dean's Role in Developing Departmental Leadership.

12. Survival Skills for Department Chairs.

13. Personal Strategies for Strengthening Leadership Effectiveness.