Building Academic Leadership Capacity: A Guide to Best Practices

✍ Scribed by Gmelch, Walter H;Buller, Jeffrey L

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 259
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A clear, systematic road map to effective campus leadership development"Building Academic Leadership Capacity" gives institutions the knowledge they need to invest in the next generation of academic leaders. With a clear, generalizable, systematic approach, this book provides insight into the elements of successful academic leadership and the training that makes it effective. Readers will explore original research that facilitates systematic, continuous program development, augmented by the authors' own insight drawn from experience establishing such programs. Numerous examples of current campus programs illustrate the concepts in action, and reflection questions lead readers to assess how they can apply these concepts to their own programs.

The academic leader is the least studied and most misunderstood management position in America. Demands for accountability and the complexities of higher education leadership are increasing, and institutions need ways to shape leaders at the department chair, dean, and executive levels of all functions and responsibilities. This book provides a road map to an effective development program, whether the goal is to revamp an existing program or build one from the ground up. Readers will learn to: Develop campus leadership programs in a more systematic mannerExamine approaches that have been proven effective at other institutionsConsider how these approaches could be applied to your institutionGive leaders the skills they need to overcome any challenge

The field of higher education offers limited opportunity to develop leaders, so institutions must invest in and grow campus leaders themselves. All development programs are not created equal, so it's important to have the most effective methods in place from day one. For the institution seeking a better way to invest in the next generation of campus leaders, "Building Academic Leadership Capacity" is a valuable resource.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
The Authors......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
Chapter 1 The Call for Academic Leadership Development......Page 15
Programs Suffer......Page 17
Individuals Suffer......Page 18
But Don’t Current Programs for University Administrators Already Fill This Need?......Page 19
A New Paradigm for Developing Academic Leaders......Page 21
Case Study: The Academic Leadership Forum......Page 22
Strategy......Page 23
Systems......Page 27
Staff......Page 28
Skills......Page 29
Style......Page 30
Shared Values......Page 31
Leadership Development Results......Page 34
Conclusion......Page 36
Chapter 2 Strategy......Page 41
The Definition of Leadership......Page 47
1. Leadership Is a Process......Page 49
2. Leadership Involves Influence......Page 50
3. Leadership Affects a Group of People......Page 51
5. Leadership Results in Movement toward an Established Goal......Page 52
6. Leadership Engages Others Most Effectively When It Guides Them toward a Visionary Goal......Page 53
Academic Leadership......Page 54
Should Your Strategy Include a Distinctive Focus?......Page 58
Habits of Mind: The Development of Conceptual Understanding......Page 59
Habits of Practice: The Development of Skill......Page 60
Habits of Heart: The Development of Reflective Practice......Page 62
Clarifying the Strategy......Page 63
Chapter 3 Structure......Page 67
Champion the Cause......Page 68
Plan Comprehensively......Page 70
Take Stock......Page 71
Staff the Program Adequately......Page 77
Allocate Sufficient Resources......Page 78
Sustain the Charge......Page 81
Clarifying the Structure......Page 83
Chapter 4 Systems......Page 85
Systems and Leadership Development......Page 86
The Leadership Environment as a System......Page 87
Systems Approaches to Leadership......Page 91
Delivery Models as Systems......Page 93
Propositions for Developing Leadership Education Systems......Page 97
Designing a More Flexible System......Page 102
Conclusion......Page 104
Clarifying the System......Page 105
Chapter 5 Staff......Page 109
Staff as Support Group......Page 110
Staff as Expert Consultants......Page 113
Staff as a Blended Group......Page 115
Staff as Administrative and Clerical Support......Page 118
Innovative Approaches to Staffing......Page 120
Training the Trainers......Page 121
Budgeting for Staff......Page 123
Clarifying Staffing Issues......Page 125
Chapter 6 Skills......Page 129
Strategies for Skill Development......Page 130
The Importance of Developing a Broad Base of Skills......Page 134
What Do Administrators Do?......Page 136
What Do Department Chairs Do?......Page 138
What Do Deans Do?......Page 141
What Do Other Academic Leaders Do?......Page 145
Best Practices in Developing Leadership Skills......Page 148
Clarifying Skill Development......Page 152
Chapter 7 Style......Page 155
Mission and Vision......Page 156
Specific Focus......Page 158
Modes of Interaction......Page 159
Distinctive Program Activities......Page 161
Desired Program Outcomes......Page 163
Style and Local Culture......Page 164
Competing Values Framework......Page 170
Clarifying the Style......Page 174
Chapter 8 Shared Values......Page 179
Shared Institutional Values......Page 181
Leaders’ Socialization Strategies......Page 185
Two Case Studies in Promoting Shared Values......Page 190
Core Values......Page 192
Incorporating Personal Values into Leadership......Page 193
Clarifying Shared Values......Page 195
Chapter 9 Putting It All Together......Page 199
Do You Have the Components You Need?......Page 200
Are There Points of Overlap or Connection among Those Components?......Page 205
What Do These Connections Suggest about the Program’s Identity?......Page 206
Inclusive Academic Leadership......Page 208
Final Thoughts......Page 210
Appendix: Resource Guides......Page 215
Index......Page 241
More from Wiley......Page 257
EULA......Page 259