Dealing with Dysfunction (eBook)

A Book for University Leaders

Richard T. Castallo (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
166 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-3483-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Dealing with Dysfunction provides a real-life view of a college department gone awry. Acknowledging the professionalism of the majority of college professors in higher education, this book looks at the options a chair and dean have available to them when dealing with a cadre of professors in a department that unable to work together.

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Dealing with Dysfunction provides a real-life view of a college department gone awry. A complete lack of trust exists between faculty, department chairs past and present; and particularly within the faculty itself. Name calling, sabotage, and an unwillingness to even be in the same room with department colleaguesto discuss matters involving student and program concerns have become the norm. When pressed to participate in a meeting, one faculty member states: ';You can make me come there, but you can't make me say a word, and I won't.'Acknowledging the professionalism of the vast majority of college professors that staff institutions of higher education, Dealing with Dysfunction looks at the options a chair and dean have available to them when dealing with a cadre of professors in a department that unable to work together.

Autor

Rick Castallo is a professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at California State University at Northridge. In addition to 25 years as a department chair, he has several years experience as a school teacher and administrator; he has been a consultant to hundreds of school boards, faculties, and administrative teams concerned with improving working relationships in their schools.

Inhalt

IntroductionChapter 1: Opportunity Chapter 2: A Bottle of Wine and a Lot of Rumination Chapter 3: The PlanChapter 4: Leadership in Universities: Oxymoron in Action Chapter 5: Leadership in Departments Chapter 6: Getting Started Chapter 7: Jennifer: Vulnerable Reluctant & Anthony: Senior ResistorChapter 8: Mary: Passive Resistor Chapter 9: Antoine: Self-centered Chapter 10: Sandy: Committed Reluctant & Wanda: Junior Level Committed Chapter 11: Andrew: Committed Reluctant & Bruce: Passive-Aggressive Resistor Chapter 12: Bill: Committed and Angry Chapter 13: The Year Ends Chapter 14: Five Years Later Chapter 15: Suggestions

Produkt-Details

• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen ► Sekundarstufe I
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: College • department chair • Issues • Problem Solving
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-3483-7 / 1475834837
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-3483-3 / 9781475834833