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Foreword by Alan T. Seagren

The first edition of this bestselling guide has helped thousands of chairpersons effectively lead their departments This new edition has been significantly revised and expanded while keeping its focus on practical application.

Now organized into six parts, this second edition contains best practices and ideas from some of today s leading scholars as well as information on some of the newer challenges and responsibilities for department chairpersons, including:

• Developing a departmental vision
  
• Working with constituents
  
• Retaining students
  
• Conflict management
  
• Mentoring faculty
  
• Post-tenure review

Written to assist chairpersons in carrying out their duties, each concise chapter presents advice and suggestions useful to all chairpersons, especially those new to the position. Readers are provided with the expectations of the chair role as well as examples for handling specific tasks. In addition, this book encourages chairpersons to analyze their departments and develop their own approaches to solving problems or improving their departments.

Rich with checklists, tables, and sample forms, as well as expanded information on the key areas of chair work--department management; interacting with faculty, students, and upper administration; financial matters; legal issues; assessment and evaluation--this invaluable resource will help guide chairpersons through the many responsibilities of their position.

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"Academic leaders may be in the least studied and most misunderstood management position in the world," authors Gmelch and Miskin state. Although chairs come to the position for varied reasons, few come with any specific leadership training. Once in the position, they are critiqued, judged, and evaluated by both their faculty and administrators—groups which frequently have conflicting criteria.

Based upon their extensive study of the demands on and needs of chairs, the authors have distilled their findings into a practical and highly accessible volume to guide chairs in their growth. Despite the varied paths to the position, the authors state that all chairs find themselves in an environment distinct from their former facultly situation.

One of the most dramatic changes is that chairs need the ability to switch from one task or situation to another very quickly, and must develop a facility for refocusing. As chairs, individuals assume four basic roles: faculty developer, manager, leader, and scholar. Because of these roles and the need to quickly refocus, Gmelch and Miskin advocate becoming a swivel chair. They state: "To balance their roles, chairs must learn to swivel without appearing dizzy, schizophrenic, or ‘two-faced.’".
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What role does the position of department chair occupy in higher education today? Once characterized as largely a management function, the 21st-century department chair is now facing a host of emerging challenges that require additional skills and fresh approaches to fulfilling the role.

In Chairing Academic Departments, the author offers experience-based suggestions for new, existing, and potential chairs as they face a higher education enterprise that is undergoing significant change. While acknowledging that many traditional responsibilities and expectations will remain unaltered, the author also identifies several dynamic functions—from entrepreneurial work and fundraising, faculty evaluation and motivation, student recruitment and retention, problem solving, and interpersonal interactions such as advising, meditating, and mentoring.

The author navigates the changes arising in the role of department chair by offering valuable insight in the following areas:

• Characteristics of effective department chairs
• How to work with, and advocate for, internal constituents
• Managing and disseminating information
• Recruiting, retaining, and evaluating faculty
• Fiscal responsibility and strategic planning
• Benefits of serving as department chair
• Planning to exit the chair position

While the position of department chair will continue to evolve, Chairing Academic Departments equips readers with the situational understanding and practical advice they need to meet the demands of tomorrow..
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Title: Handling effective meetings. (Checklist 002).(planning and chairing meetings)
Publication:Checklists (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2001
Publisher: Chartered Management Institute
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