TY  - BOOK
AU  - Buller,Jeffrey L.
TI  - The essential department chair: a comprehensive desk reference 
SN  - 9781118123744 (cloth)
AV  - LB2341 .B744 2012
U1  - 378.1/11 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - San Francisco
PB  - Jossey-Bass
KW  - College department heads
KW  - Universities and colleges
KW  - Administration
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The chair's role and career path -- In the trenches -- Preparing for the chair's role -- Assessing what kind of department chair you are -- Serving as an untenured department chair -- Coexisting with a former chair -- Creating a career plan -- Returning to the faculty -- Seeking higher administrative positions -- A scenario analysis on the chair's role and career path -- Departmental management and politics -- Understanding departmental ethics and politics -- Chairing small departments -- Chairing large departments -- Setting course rotations and schedules -- Making decisions -- Setting annual themes -- Creating departmental centers for excellence in teaching and learning -- A scenario analysis on departmental management and politics -- The chair's role in searches, hiring, and firing -- Writing job descriptions and position announcements -- Understanding the chair's role in the search process -- Interviewing candidates -- Letting someone go -- A scenario analysis on hiring and firing -- Mentoring challenges and opportunities for department -- Helping faculty members sharpen their focus -- Coaching faculty members to increase productivity -- Promoting a more collegial department -- Coping with passive-aggressive behavior -- Resolving chronic complaints -- Addressing staff conflicts -- Overcoming conflicts -- A scenario analysis onmentoring challenges -- The chair's role in faculty development -- Facilitating a positive first-year faculty experience -- Coaching faculty in writing effective resumes -- Creating an effective professional development plan -- Creating an effective teaching portfolio -- Creating an effective course syllabus -- Promoting creativity in teaching and learning -- A scenario analysis on faculty development -- Best practices in evaluation and assessment -- Creating written evaluations -- Conducting oral evaluation sessions -- Writing letters of recommendation -- Doing assessment effectively -- Conducting program reviews -- Conducting posttenure reviews -- A scenario analysis on evaluation and assessment -- Essentials of budgeting and planning -- Strategic planning -- Planning a budget -- Implementing a budget -- Fundraising -- Accounting for sponsored research -- A scenario analysis on strategic budgeting and planning
ER  -