Learning to Lead in Higher Education / Edition 1

by Paul Ramsden

Overview

The future success of our universities depends on academics' capacity to respond energetically to change. To help academics face new and uncertain demands, we need an entirely different approach to their management and leadership. This book shows academic leaders how to increase resource productivity and enhance teaching quality. It also demonstrates how leaders can help their staff through momentous change without compromising professional standards.
Drawing on ideas from the world of business leadership as well as research into what makes academics committed and productive, Learning to Lead in Higher Education provides heads of departments and course leaders with practical tools they can use to improve their management and leadership skills. It shows academic and university leaders at all levels how they can turn adversity into prosperity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415152006
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/29/1998
Series:	Communication and Society
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. Part 1: Leadership in Higher Education. 1. Introduction 2. The Leadership Challenge in the Contemporary Context of Higher Education 3. Academic Productivity and the Outcomes of Higher Education 4. Influences on Academic Work 5. Leadership from the Academic's Perspective 6. Leadership and Academic Leadership Part 2: Leading Academic Work. 7. Vision, Strategy and Planning 8. Enabling Academic People 9. Recognising and Developing Performance Part 3: Changing Universities and Improving Leadership. 10. Learning to Lead: Personal Development as an Academic Leader 11. Improving University Leadership References. Appendix. Leadership for Academic Work Questionnaire. Notes.

Editorial Reviews

'Ramsden is to be congratulated for this committed and passionate intervention in a vital educational arena that is clearly set to become increasingly important and contested in our current political milieu.' - ESCalate

From the Publisher

Shows academic and university leaders how to increase research productivity and enhance teaching quality. Ramsden (higher education, Griffith U. in Brisbane, Australia) looks at leadership from the academic's perspective, providing course leaders and department heads with practical tools they can use to improve their management and leadership skills. Appends a "Leadership for Academic Work" questionnaire. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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