How Academic Leadership Works: Understanding Success and Failure in the College Presidency (Jossey Bass Higher & Adult Education Series) - Hardcover

Birnbaum, Robert

 
9781555424664: How Academic Leadership Works: Understanding Success and Failure in the College Presidency (Jossey Bass Higher & Adult Education Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 155542466X ISBN 13: 9781555424664
Verlag: Jossey-Bass, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

This book reveals the complex factors that influence the real and perceived effectiveness of academic leaders. It shows that the qualities commonly thought to be indicators of good leadership are irrelevant and often counterproductive. It explains that successful academic leadership can be defined by the extent to which strategic constituencies?faculty, students, and others who share in campus leadership?support the president.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

ROBERT BIRNBAUM is professor of higher education at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he teaches and writes about higher academic leadership and organization. He was previously vice chancellor of the City University of New York, vice chancellor of the New Jersey Department of Higher Education, and chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. He is also author, coauthor, and editor of numerous articles and books, including How Academic Leadership Works and How Colleges Work.

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HOW ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP WORKS

This book reveals the complex factors that influence the real and perceived effectiveness of academic leaders. It shows that the qualities commonly thought to be indicators of good leadership are irrelevant and often counterproductive. It explains that successful academic leadership can be defined by the extent to which strategic constituencies―faculty, students, and others who share in campus leadership―support the president.

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This book reveals the complex factors that influence the real and perceived effectiveness of academic leaders. It shows that the qualities commonly thought to be indicators of good leadership are irrelevant and often counterproductive. It explains that successful academic leadership can be defined by the extent to which strategic constituencies faculty, students, and others who share in campus leadership support the president.

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Verlag
Jossey-Bass
Erscheinungsdatum
1992
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
155542466X
ISBN 13 
9781555424664
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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