John Adair

John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Smart Decision Making

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Produktbeschreibung

Making the wrong business decision can be costly - seriously costly. But don't struggle on with blind hope and your fingers crossed - get some proper advice and guidance to ensure your decision process is logical, effective and successful. John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Smart Decision Making is your essential guide to ensure you're always fully confident in every business decision you make.

Part One: Effective Thinking Skills
Thirteen Greatest Ideas for How Your Mind Works
Eight Greatest Ideas for Clear Thinking
Five Greatest Ideas for Truth

Part Two: Decision Making Strategies
Twenty-two Greatest Ideas for Decision Making
Nine Greatest Ideas for Sharing Decisions

Part Three: How To Solve Problems
Eight Greatest Ideas for Problem Solving Strategies

Part Four: Generating Ideas
Thirteen Greatest Ideas for Productive Thinking
Eleven Greatest Ideas for Useful Originality

Part Five: Practical Wisdom
Eleven Greatest Ideas for Practical Wisdom

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 136mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780857081759
• ISBN-10: 0857081756
• Artikelnr.: 32820165

Autorenporträt

John Adair is the business guru who invented Action Centred Leadership, now one of the best known leadership models in the world. Organizations worldwide use it to develop their leadership capability and management skills.

Inhaltsangabe

The Author xi Introduction xiii PART ONE The Chairs Role and Career Path 1.
In the Trenches 3 2. Preparing for the Chairs Role 14 3. Assessing What
Kind of Department Chair You Are 23 4. Serving as an Untenured Department
Chair 34 5. Coexisting with a Former Chair 41 6. Creating a Career Plan 49
7. Returning to the Faculty 58 8. Seeking Higher Administrative Positions
66 9. A Scenario Analysis on the Chairs Role and Career Path 75 PART TWO
Departmental Management and Politics 10. Understanding Departmental Ethics
and Politics 85 11. Chairing Small Departments 92 12. Chairing Large
Departments 99 13. Setting Course Rotations and Schedules 108 14. Making
Decisions 114 15. Setting Annual Themes 124 16. Creating Departmental
Centers for Excellence in Teaching and Learning 132 17. A Scenario Analysis
on Departmental Management and Politics 142 PART THREE The Chairs Role in
Searches, Hiring, and Firing 18. Writing Job Descriptions and Position
Announcements 157 19. Understanding the Chairs Role in the Search Process
168 20. Interviewing Candidates 176 21. Letting Someone Go 188 22. A
Scenario Analysis on Hiring and Firing 196 PART FOUR Mentoring Challenges
and Opportunities for Department Chairs 23. Helping Faculty Members Sharpen
Their Focus 205 24. Coaching Faculty Members to Increase Productivity 211
25. Promoting a More Collegial Department 217 26. Coping with
Passive-Aggressive Behavior 224 27. Resolving Chronic Complaints 231 28.
Addressing Staff Conflicts 240 29. Overcoming Conflicts 247 30. A Scenario
Analysis onMentoring Challenges 257 PART FIVE The Chairs Role in Faculty
Development 31. Facilitating a Positive First-Year Faculty Experience 267
32. Coaching Faculty in Writing Effective Resumes 274 33. Creating an
Effective Professional Development Plan 279 34. Creating an Effective
Teaching Portfolio 290 35. Creating an Effective Course Syllabus 302 36.
Promoting Creativity in Teaching and Learning 309 37. A Scenario Analysis
on Faculty Development 317 PART SIX Best Practices in Evaluation and
Assessment 38. Creating Written Evaluations 327 39. Conducting Oral
Evaluation Sessions 337 40. Writing Letters of Recommendation 343 41. Doing
Assessment Effectively 352 42. Conducting Program Reviews 364 43.
Conducting Posttenure Reviews 380 44. A Scenario Analysis on Evaluation and
Assessment 389 PART SEVEN Essentials of Budgeting and Planning 45.
Strategic Planning 401 46. Planning a Budget 411 47. Implementing a Budget
418 48. Fundraising 425 49. Accounting for Sponsored Research 440 50. A
Scenario Analysis on Strategic Budgeting and Planning 449 Epilogue: A
Checklist for the Essential Department Chair 457 Index 463
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