The Higher Education Manager's Handbook
Effective Leadership and Management in Universities and Colleges
Price: $250.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-34120-2
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 12th August 2004
- Pages: 336
About the Book
The Higher Education Manager’s Handbook 2/e has been substantially updated and reflects important changes that have occurred since its first publication in 2004. It offers excellent counsel and guidance on all aspects of the manager’s role and provides the navigational tools to successfully operate within Higher Education organizations. Within this new edition, Peter McCaffery continues to draw on a wealth of US and UK case study materials drawn from innovative practice.
This best selling guide builds upon its original strengths and remains an engaging, accessible and highly enjoyable read. Written in the unique perspective of the HE manager, it offers practical advice that can be implemented immediately by managers and university leaders at all levels. It addresses the internal ramifications of cynicism and demoralisation that are rife within many academic communities and is based on four pre-requisites essential for becoming an effective HE leader:
- Knowing Your Environment
- Knowing Your University
- Knowing Your Department
- Knowing Yourself
What’s new in the second edition…
- New Chapter! Celebrating Diversity
- The Specific strategic drivers in HE
- University Governance
- The Business-Facing University
- The Community University
- Fostering Research Excellence, Fostering Teaching Excellence and Enhancing the Student Experience
- Internationalization
- Managing your Reputation
- Managing in a crisis
Higher Education Managers, Team Leaders, Vice Chancellors, Provosts, University Presidents, Department Heads and Student Affairs Administrators will find this book to be an irreplaceable resource that occupies a permanent "within hands-reach" position on their desk and/or nearest bookshelf.
Table of Contents
Introduction:
Chapter 1 Knowing Your Environment
Chapter 2 Knowing Your Institution
Chapter 3 Leading Your Area
Chapter 4 Leading by Example
Chapter 5 Managing for high performance
Chapter 6 Developing staff
Chapter 7 Celebrating Diversity
Chapter 8 Managing change
Chapter 9Managing up and managing the "down-side"
Chapter 10 Managing YourselfThe 2nd edition contents outline would then be as follows:
TOC with New sections for 2/e outlined:
Introduction: the challenge for HE managers
Chapter 1 Knowing Your Environment
New section:
The Key Strategic Challenges for HE
Chapter 2 Knowing Your Institution
New sections include:
The governance of HEIs
The business-facing university
The community university
Chapter 3 Leading Your Area
New sections include:
Fostering research excellence
Fostering teaching excellence
Enhancing the student experience
Chapter 4 Leading by example
New sections include:
Managing your budget
Recruiting and selecting staff
Chapter 5 Managing for high performance
Chapter 6 Developing staff
New sections include:
Celebrating Diversity
Internationalisation
New! Chapter 7 Celebrating Diversity
The Case for Diversity
Institution-wide Approaches to Diversity-What works?
Using Your Difference to Make a Difference
Embracing Diversity
Chapter 8 Managing change
Chapter 9 Managing up and managing the "down-side"
New section:
Managing your reputation
Handling complaints, discipline and grievances
Managing redundancies
Managing in a Crisis
Chapter 10 Managing Yourself
About the Author(s)
Dr. Peter McCaffery is Pro-Vice Chancellor at London South Bank University. He has over 25 years of teaching and management experience, working in a range of institutions from Ivy League Universities to further education colleges. He is a Winston Chruchill Fellow and has spent considerable time in the US researching effective management in Higher Education.
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