How Academic Leadership Works understanding success and failure in the college presidency

This book reveals the complex factors that influence the real and perceived effectiveness of academic leaders. It shows that the qualities commonly thought to be indicators of good leadership are irrelevant and often counterproductive. It explains that successful academic leadership can be defined b...

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Main Author: Birnbaum, Robert (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco Jossey-Bass publication 1992
Series:The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
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Summary:This book reveals the complex factors that influence the real and perceived effectiveness of academic leaders. It shows that the qualities commonly thought to be indicators of good leadership are irrelevant and often counterproductive. It explains that successful academic leadership can be defined by the extent to which strategic constituencies?faculty, students, and others who share in campus leadership?support the president.
Physical Description:252 pages illustrations 24 cm
ISBN:155542466X