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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.
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.
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 …
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.
Investigating Technicist-Managerialism In The Values Endorsed In Mba Programmes, Sara Khan
Investigating Technicist-Managerialism In The Values Endorsed In Mba Programmes, Sara Khan
Business Review
This article investigates the incidence of technicist-managerialism in two MBA programmes of Pakistan by inquiring into the values endorsed in them. Findings about values found in the two schools are presented in the form of quotes from interviews and excerpts from official publications of these two business schools. Consequences of such thinking are then discussed in the light of management literature.