| Effective Practices for Academic Leaders: Departmental Effectiveness 2006 Edition Contributor(s): Ruben, Brent D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1579221610 ISBN-13: 9781579221614 Publisher: Stylus Publishing (VA) OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2001 Annotation: Statement of Purpose The work lives of faculty and administrative leaders in higher education institutions, while typically rewarding, are often challenging and stressful. To better manage their work agenda and make key decisions, they need access to useful information available in a timely manner. Effective Practices for Academic Leaders is a monthly publication that assists leaders by offering critical advice and information in a concise format for ready application in administrative life. Each monthly 16- page briefing presents guidance on a key issue. Each issue sets out the context and fundamental issues; summarizes key scholarly research findings to ground administrative practice; offers insights and tips on effective practices drawn from real world experiences, and presents an annotated bibliography. These briefings provide the critical information today's busy leaders need in a concise format and with an emphasis on application. Each issue is written by an acknowledged authority. These briefings cover a wide array of leadership, management, and governance practices associated with the roles and responsibilities of academic administration, with special emphasis on topics germane to academic departments. They also address the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors needed for exemplary administrative performance. A site license is available that offers online access to each issue through your institutional Intranet. Anyone on campus with a password to your Intranet can quickly access this material as needed. Features of Each Issue * an executive summary of the major ideas in the booklet for easy reference * key scholarly research findings on the topic to provide a theoreticalrationale for administrative practice * tips on relevant, effective practices and techniques drawn from real world experiences * helpful case studies or examples to deepen understanding and insights * an annotated bibliography to identify references for further examination Benefits * a concise format allowing busy leaders to learn new best practices with a minimum investment of time * more up-to-date ideas than typically found in books and monographs * current thinking by major scholars and experienced administrators * an in-depth description of a single topic * application as a resource tool in graduate degree programs, faculty and administrative development programs, and non credit professional development courses * geared to the needs of leaders in all types of higher education institutions * An online subscription ensures immediate availability to all department chairs and administrators on campus Publication Schedule and Subscription Rates The 2005 volume of 12 monthly issues will begin shipping in April with four issues. Thereafter, we will publish one issue monthly. ISSN: 1554-0464 (Print) / 1554-0472 (Online) Subscription Rates: Annual hard copy subscription: (12 issues): $90.00 Individual issue price: $13.95 plus shipping Annual subscription (hard copy plus site license and right of unlimited single copy reproduction)*: * Institutions with student enrollments up to 1,000: $150.00+ * Institutions with student enrollments of 1,001 2,500: $200.00+ * Institutions with student enrollments of 2,501 5,000: $250.00+ * Institutions with student enrollments of 5,001 10,000: $300.00+ * Institutions with student enrollments of 10,001 20,000: $350.00+ * Institutions with student enrollmentsof 20,001 and above: $400.00+ Reproduction for course use: $9.95 per copy per issue *Excludes copies made for courses for which students pay enrollment fees. +Enrollment based on current edition of The Higher Education Directory.. Network access to back issues subject to maintaining a current subscription. For details, contact: Cynthia@Styluspub.com. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Education | Higher |
| Series: Effective Practices for Academic Leaders |
| Physical Information: 0.04" H x 8.4" W x 7.79" (0.09 lbs) 16 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Executive Summary This briefing explores one of the most common leadership roles in academe-- that of a department chair. It draws distinctions between the skills and knowledge necessary for successful management of an individual career and those required for farsighted departmental leadership, which calls for a holistic, organizational-level view of a program or a department as part of the larger institution. The briefing describes an in-depth approach to planning, assessment, and improvement in academic departments, using as a model the Malcolm Baldrige Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This model was adapted to the needs of higher-education institutions, with their particular emphases on scholarship, research, service, outreach, and teaching and instruction. The resulting Excellence in Higher Education (EHE) model, first developed at Rutgers University in 1994 and now in its seventh version (Ruben, 2007a), provides an integrated approach to assessment, planning, and improvement, drawing on the Baldrige model, as well as on standards and language of the institutional accrediting associations. The following seven categories of the EHE are seen as interrelated parts of a unified system: (1) leadership, (2) strategic planning, (3) beneficiaries and constituencies, (4) programs and services, (5) faculty/staff and workplace, (6) assessment and information use, and (7) outcomes and achievements. The briefing elaborates on the application of the EHE framework by focusing on its categories as well as the EHE process and several ways that it can be used. The impact of the model is shown through results of two studies conducted to assess the practical value of EHE to participants. The briefing then discusses the framework outcomes in terms of specific improvement initiatives adopted by departments that have used EHE as well as lessons learned from more than 50 EHE assessments nationwide. Finally, the briefing highlights the contributions of EHE to fostering successful leadership practices and ultimately advancing the mission of a department, a program, and the larger institution. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ruben, Brent D.: - Brent D. Ruben is a distinguished professor, and executive director of the Center for Organizational Development and Leadership at Rutgers University. He is also a member of the faculties of the Rutgers Ph.D. Program in Higher Education and the Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine. Brent's academic interests include human communication, organizational leadership, planning, assessment, and change. He is author of numerous publications including Excellence in Higher Education Guide, What Leaders Need to Know and Do, and Communication and Human Behavior (with L. Stewart). Brent was a founder of the Rutgers School of Communication and Information, and served as a department chair and graduate program director. He is Rutgers liaison to the CIC leadership programs and he serves as an adviser to colleges and universities nationally and internationally. Ruben was recently named Inaugural Winner of Baldrige Foundation Award for Leadership Excellence, for his development of the Excellence in Higher Education assessment and planning framework. Named after U.S. secretary of commerce Malcolm Baldrige, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award program was established by the U.S. Congress in 1987 to promote U.S. corporate effectiveness. The model provides an organizational assessment process that combines scholarly concepts of organizational theory and behavior with successful organizational and leadership practices. Read the press release here. |
