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The view from the helm : leading the American university during an era of change /

Основен автор: Duderstadt, James J., 1942-
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2007.
Предмети:
Duderstadt, James J., > 1942-
Universities and colleges > United States > Administration.
College presidents > United States.
Educational leadership > United States.
Education, Higher.
College presidents.
Educational leadership.
Universities and colleges > Administration.
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Electronic books.
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Подобни документи: Print version:: View from the helm.
Съдържание:
  • The path to the presidency
  • The leaders and best
  • Institutional saga
  • The Michigan saga
  • A heritage of leadership
  • Michigan's character as a trailblazer
  • The role of institutional saga in presidential leadership
  • The "what," "how," and "who" of the university presidency
  • The path to the presidency
  • Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor; rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief ... and university president
  • The academic leadership ladder
  • The path to the Michigan White House
  • On to Michigan
  • Trapped in the gravitational pull of academic administration
  • On the brink
  • The presidential search
  • The search process
  • The presidential search : a victim's perspective
  • A postmortem
  • Some advice for presidential search committees and university governing boards
  • Some advice for candidates for university presidencies
  • So what are we supposed to do now?
  • Presidential leadership
  • Presidential leadership
  • The elements of presidential leadership
  • Several unique aspects of university leadership
  • The many styles and philosophies of presidential leadership
  • Adapting leadership styles to the times and the institution
  • A matter of personal style
  • Movers and shakers, pushers and coasters: the impact of the presidency
  • Leadership for a time of change
  • Executive leadership
  • The executive officer team
  • Go downtown and get the money
  • Bricks and mortar
  • Crisis management
  • The challenges of executive leadership
  • Academic leadership
  • The academic clockwork
  • Academic leadership
  • Faculty quality
  • Selection and recruitment of academic leadership
  • Tinkering with time bombs
  • The challenges to academic leadership by the president
  • Political leadership
  • Growing up in a rough neighborhood
  • Defending the university
  • The loyal (and sometimes not so loyal) opposition
  • The president and the governing board
  • The broader political agenda of the university and the university presidency
  • The hazards of political leadership
  • Moral leadership
  • The challenges to moral leadership
  • Social diversity and academic excellence
  • Student affairs
  • Institutional integrity
  • The bully pulpit
  • Pastoral care
  • Personal traits and traps
  • Strategic leadership
  • The approach
  • The action plan
  • Lessons learned and the growing concern
  • Institutional transformation
  • Experiments and ventures
  • More lessons learned: the challenges of transformation
  • The university president: an endangered species?
  • Life as a university president
  • The president's spouse
  • The hired help
  • A turn about the university calendar
  • Lifestyles of the rich and famous
  • On the road
  • A matter of style
  • Always some doubts
  • Tilting with windmills
  • Windmill no. 1: the privately supported public university
  • Windmill no. 2: college sports
  • Windmill no. 3: university governance
  • The importance of fighting losing battles
  • The endgame
  • Survival instinct
  • Putting it all on the line
  • Wear and tear
  • The two-minute warning
  • Taking stock
  • Fading away
  • Years after a decade at the helm
  • Whence and whither the university
  • Some final thoughts on the university presidency
  • Notes.

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