| Description |
xi, 190 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
American Council on Education, series on higher education |
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American Council on Education series on higher education (2009)
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| Contents |
Academic leadership for associate deans: a case study approach and this book as a toolkit -- Are you ready to visit the dark side: becoming an associate dean -- Stepping up to leadership with your head and your heart -- Working with the realities of your dean's leadership and management style -- Changing behavior in an atmosphere of no accountability -- Something old, something new: working with department chairs and the faculty as an associate dean -- Communicating effectively: say what you mean and mean what you say -- Dealing with conflict between and within units -- Trouble in paradise: dealing with departmental dysfunction acting as a caretaker of a stable unit -- The inmates are running the asylum: getting hostile and unproductive faculty and staff on board -- I know your parents think you are brilliant but you still have to follow the rules: working with students in an atmosphere of entitlement -- Call me when the fire trucks have left: defining and responding to crisis -- Meet and greet: making connections outside your school -- Adapting to change while keeping your sense of humor -- Burning from both ends: drawing boundaries and defending balance -- Moving on: life after being an associate dean -- Lessons learned: distillation of principles of leading from the middle |
| Notes |
"Published in partnership with the American Council on Education." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Deans (Education) -- Case studies.
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Universities and colleges -- Administration -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Coussons-Read, Mary Elizabeth.
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American Council on Education.
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| LC no. |
2010051262 |
| ISBN |
1442204648 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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1442204664 (electronic) |
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9781442204645 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9781442204669 (electronic) |
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