The Higher Education Manager's Handbook: Effective Leadership and Management in Universities and Colleges - Softcover

McCaffery, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415335078 ISBN 13: 9780415335072

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

The Higher Education Manager’s Handbook 2/e has been substantially updated and reflects important changes that have occurred since its first publication in 2004. It offers excellent counsel and guidance on all aspects of the manager’s role and provides the navigational tools to successfully operate within Higher Education organizations. Within this new edition, Peter McCaffery continues to draw on a wealth of US and UK case study materials drawn from innovative practice.

This best selling guide builds upon its original strengths and remains an engaging, accessible and highly enjoyable read. Written in the unique perspective of the HE manager, it offers practical advice that can be implemented immediately by managers and university leaders at all levels. It addresses the internal ramifications of cynicism and demoralisation that are rife within many academic communities and is based on four pre-requisites essential for becoming an effective HE leader:

• Knowing Your Environment
• Knowing Your University
• Knowing Your Department
• Knowing Yourself

What’s new in the second edition...

• New Chapter! Celebrating Diversity
• The Specific strategic drivers in HE
• University Governance
• The Business-Facing University
• The Community University
• Fostering Research Excellence, Fostering Teaching Excellence and Enhancing the Student Experience
• Internationalization
• Managing your Reputation
• Managing in a crisis

Higher Education Managers, Team Leaders, Vice Chancellors, Provosts, University Presidents, Department Heads and Student Affairs Administrators will find this book to be an irreplaceable resource that occupies a permanent "within hands-reach" position on their desk and/or nearest bookshelf.

About this title

Synopsis:

This volume seeks to inspire and guide academic and general managers alike, working in higher and further education. Peter McCaffery is a senior manager in higher education. Based on his experiences and on his research into HEI management in the UK and the US, the text examines the particular set of challenges facing anyone managing - or moving into management - in this complex environment. It addresses both the difficulties of managing in a sector traditionally hostile to over-management on the one hand, and the risks of out-moded approaches on the other. Topics covered include: the HE context and challenge; knowing your institution; leading departments; managing for performance and change in education.

About the Author:

Dr. Peter McCaffery is Pro-Vice Chancellor at London South Bank University. He has over 25 years of teaching and management experience, working in a range of institutions from Ivy League Universities to further education colleges. He is a Winston Chruchill Fellow and has spent considerable time in the US researching effective management in Higher Education.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0415335078
• ISBN 13: 9780415335072
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336