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2004

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

Management

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Benchmarking Succession Planning & Executive Development In Higher Education, Jonathon Clunies Oct 2004

Benchmarking Succession Planning & Executive Development In Higher Education, Jonathon Clunies

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

Higher education has historically been slow to adopt many corporate management processes. Succession planning is an especially difficult concept to apply in academia due to dramatic cultural differences between the boardroom and the campus. College and universities often have complex and sometimes bureaucratic procedures for hiring compared with many business corporations (Rosse & Levin, 2003). In a tightening economic and growing competitive climate, innovative colleges and universities are re-examining whether succession planning, coupled with executive development, could be adapted for more cost effective transitions of power and authority.


The Challenges Of A New Department Chair: Success Despite Reality, Jeanneine P. Jones Jul 2004

The Challenges Of A New Department Chair: Success Despite Reality, Jeanneine P. Jones

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

A narrative demonstrating the need for administrative training for department chairs.


Review: The Administrative Portfolio By Peter Seldin And Mary Lou Higgerson, Deryl R. Leaming Jan 2004

Review: The Administrative Portfolio By Peter Seldin And Mary Lou Higgerson, Deryl R. Leaming

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

A book review of The Administrative Portfolio by Peter Seldin and Mary Lou Higgerson.