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Trade Review
How to Chair a Department illuminates the human element in working with faculty, staff, and administration and offers insights into the rewards possible if collaboration is done right.
—The Department Chair

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Hiring Faculty
Chapter 2. Mentoring Faculty
Chapter 3. Representing the Department to Students
Chapter 4. Working with Staff and Other Departmental Administrators
Chapter 5. Managing Resources
Chapter 6. Stewarding the Department's Curricula
Chapter 7. Highlighting the Big Picture in Planning
Chapter 8. Dealing with Stress and Conflict
Chapter 9. Connecting the Department to the School, College, and/or University
Chapter 10. Maintaining a Scholarly or Creative Profile
Chapter 11. Reinventing Yourself for Life after Chairing
Epilogue: Department Chairing and the Gift of Service
Index

How to Chair a Department

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 15/11/2022
      ISBN13: 9781421445236, 978-1421445236
      ISBN10: 1421445239
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      How to Chair a Department illuminates the human element in working with faculty, staff, and administration and offers insights into the rewards possible if collaboration is done right.
      —The Department Chair

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      Chapter 1. Hiring Faculty
      Chapter 2. Mentoring Faculty
      Chapter 3. Representing the Department to Students
      Chapter 4. Working with Staff and Other Departmental Administrators
      Chapter 5. Managing Resources
      Chapter 6. Stewarding the Department's Curricula
      Chapter 7. Highlighting the Big Picture in Planning
      Chapter 8. Dealing with Stress and Conflict
      Chapter 9. Connecting the Department to the School, College, and/or University
      Chapter 10. Maintaining a Scholarly or Creative Profile
      Chapter 11. Reinventing Yourself for Life after Chairing
      Epilogue: Department Chairing and the Gift of Service
      Index

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