Departmental leadership in higher education / Peter T. Knight and Paul R. Trowler

By:

Knight, Peter T [author]

Contributor(s):

Trowler, Paul R [co-author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Buckingham : Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, c2001Description: x, 201 pages ; 23 cmISBN:

9780335206759

Subject(s):

UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES -- DEPARTMENTS

LOC classification:

LB 2341 .D4143 2000

Contents:

Part 1. Contexts -- 1. Changing -- 2. Leadership, theory, leadership practice -- 3. Leading in higher education departments -- 4. Learning from other places -- Part 2. Issues -- 5.Leading and assessment -- 6. Leading learning and teaching -- 7. Leading research and scholarship -- 8. Administration and positioning -- 9. Continuing Professional Development -- 10. Learning to lead.

Summary: This work is primarily aimed at those who have, or will have, a role in leading departments or teams in higher education institutions. It examines the ways in which mainstream leadership thinking does - and does not - apply to departments and teams in HEIs and suggests that departmental leadership is critical to institutional well-being. A series of substantive chapters explores assessment, learning and teaching, research and scholarship, administration and continuing professional development, and the final chapter discusses the ways in which individuals learn how to lead.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Graduate Studies General Circulation	Gen. Ed - CEAS	GC LB 2341 .D4143 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000011760

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This work is primarily aimed at those who have, or will have, a role in leading departments or teams in higher education institutions. It examines the ways in which mainstream leadership thinking does - and does not - apply to departments and teams in HEIs and suggests that departmental leadership is critical to institutional well-being. A series of substantive chapters explores assessment, learning and teaching, research and scholarship, administration and continuing professional development, and the final chapter discusses the ways in which individuals learn how to lead.

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