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Dodgeball, Disco, And Dreams: Reflections On Faculty Workload And Assessment At Scu’S, Daniel Kulmala
Dodgeball, Disco, And Dreams: Reflections On Faculty Workload And Assessment At Scu’S, Daniel Kulmala
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Fellow faculty members, I have something urgent to say, something that will, no doubt, shock nearly every one of you who reads this article. But, again, I believe that it needs to be said, and we should no longer be polite about what we all know to be the truth. No doubt, due to the brutal nature of my message, some of you will want to turn your attention to another article. My friends in academia, we are all squirrels chasing too many nuts.
The Future Of Site-Based Management: Principals Are The Key, Agnes Richardson
The Future Of Site-Based Management: Principals Are The Key, Agnes Richardson
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Site-Based Management (SBM), also known as decentralization, is a process that gives decision-making power over educational programs to individual schools instead of district offices with the ultimate goal of improved student learning (Hansen 2005; Tanner and Stone 1998; Walker 2007). It is a concept that was introduced to education over two decades ago (Cromwell 2005). There are a number of states and major cities in the United States that have legislated and mandated SBM programs, including Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles (Chittum 2006; Walker 2007). SBM successes and failures have a …
A Follower's View Of Leadership, Albert Desimone Jr.
A Follower's View Of Leadership, Albert Desimone Jr.
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Leadership and leaders—the embodiment of leadership—exist to effect positive change. If we were all satisfied with the way things are in the world, there would be no need for leaders. We would still need managers to oversee the individuals who maintain the status quo, and we would still need supervisors to oversee the tasks and processes associated with that maintenance.
Dealing With Difficult Co-Workers, Kathy Dale
Dealing With Difficult Co-Workers, Kathy Dale
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
An article providing tips for those dealing with difficult co-workers.
Managing Scarce Resources In Training Projects, Richard D. Busby, James J. Goldsmith
Managing Scarce Resources In Training Projects, Richard D. Busby, James J. Goldsmith
Publications & Research
Every training organization has a limited amount of people, time and/or money available to complete a project, and this limited resource availability undoubtedly will affect the scope and success of projects the organization undertakes. Busby and Goldsmith discuss the knowledge and skills thing in the instructional design field will need to successfully address these circumstances. The authors begin the chapter by defining what they mean by "resources" and "resource scarcity," and then go on to describe how resource availability and the scope of a project affect one another. They then discuss such basic economic concepts as supply and demand and …