How academic leadership works
Subtitle: understanding success and failure in the college presidency
By: Robert Birnbaum.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 1992
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: College presidents -- United States.; College administrators -- United States.; Leadership.
Description: What makes an academic leader effective? How can the myths surrounding academic leadership induce college presidents to make poor judgments? Can a college president really make a difference in whether an institution is successful in achieving its goals? In this book, Robert Birnbaum reveals the complex factors that influence the real and perceived effectiveness of academic leaders. Drawing on the results of a five-year longitudinal study by the Institutional Leadership Project, he explains how college and university leaders in various types of institutions interact and communicate, assess their own and others' effectiveness, establish goals, transmit values, and make sense of the ambiguous and dynamic organizations in which they work. And Birnbaum tells how presidents can maintain critical constituent support, increase their effectiveness, and ultimately help renew their college's values and spirit.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-246) and index.