Leaming, Deryl R. <br/><br/>
Academic leadership :    a practical guide to chairing the department /  
Deryl R. Leaming. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Bolton, Mass. :    Anker Pub. Co.,    c2007. 
 - xviii, 491 p. :    ill. ;    24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Leadership -- Advice for new chairpersons -- Seven habits of successful chairpersons -- Providing leadership -- Duties and responsibilities of chairpersons -- Timesaving tips for effective chairpersons -- Communicating -- Department -- Developing a departmental vision -- Improving your department -- Developing outcome assessment programs -- Managing change -- Building and maintaining morale -- Managing conflict -- Working with constituents -- Working with your dean -- Dealing with curriculum matters -- Conducting effective meetings -- Budget and financial management -- Legal issues -- Avoiding legal problems -- Understanding sexual harassment and the Americans with Disabilities Act -- Faculty -- Recruiting and hiring faculty -- Retaining, mentoring, and terminating faculty -- Strategies for faculty development -- Evaluating faculty performance -- Handling promotion and tenure issues -- Dealing with chronic low achievers -- Dealing with difficult faculty -- Students -- Recruiting and retaining students -- Dealing with emotional and disrespectful student behavior -- Looking ahead -- Moving up the administrative ladder -- Where do you go from here? -- Appendixes. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>193337117X 9781933371177 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006025666 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>MOT.<br/>EMBA.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>College department heads -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Universities and colleges -- Departments -- Administration.-- United States <br/>Educational leadership -- United States.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>378.111