TY - BOOK AU - Buller,Jeffrey L. AU - Cipriano,Robert E. TI - A Toolkit for Department Chairs SN - 9781475814200 AV - LB2341 -- .B747 2015eb U1 - 378.1/11 PY - 2015/// CY - Blue Ridge Summit PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated KW - College department heads KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Hiring and Evaluating Faculty Members -- 2 Mentoring Faculty Members -- 3 Promoting Teamwork and Collegiality -- 4 Communicating Effectively -- 5 Managing Conflict -- 6 Making Decisions -- 7 Budgeting -- Epilogue -- Appendix A -- References -- About the Authors N2 - A Toolkit for Department Chairs is designed to give academic administrators the skills they need in order to do their jobs more effectively. Combining case studies, scenarios, practical advice, and problem solving activities, the book offers chairs a valuable resource for negotiating the real-life challenges they face as academic leaders. Many of the case studies and scenarios included in this book have been field tested by the co-authors in over thirty years of administrative training workshops UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4086145 ER -