Peter D Eckel, Cathy A Trower

Practical Wisdom

Thinking Differently About College and University Governance

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of essays written for trustees and administrative leaders of universities and colleges that draws on the authors' extensive consulting experience, research into the dynamics of boards, and service as trustees, to focus on practical insights that will help readers improve governance. The primary aim of the book is to provide insight that boards can use to enhance their governing practices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781620368381
• ISBN-10: 1620368382
• Artikelnr.: 52821927

Autorenporträt

Peter D. Eckel is senior fellow and director of leadership programs in he Alliance for Higher Education for Democracy in the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education. He coleads the Penn Project on University Governance and serves as a trustee at the University of La Verne. Cathy A. Trower is president of Trower & Trower, Inc., a board governance consulting firm, and former research director at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Inhaltsangabe

Figures and Tables Foreword by Richard Chait Acknowledgements Introduction.
Thinking, Doing, Governing 1. The Evolving Board. Ways to Think About
Governing Today 2)The "Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't" Dynamics of
Governing 3)Is Your Board Mediocre? 4)Individual Competencies for
Collective Impact 5) Right Answers; Wrong Questions 6)Spending Scarce Time
Wisely 7)Ensuring Accountability for the Board by the Board 8)Curiosity.
The Boardroom's Missing Element 9)The "Jobs" of Committees (of Drill Bits
and Milkshakes. 10)The Culture of Boards. Making the Invisible Visible
11)The (Not So. Hidden Dynamics of Power and Influence 12)The Prime
Partnership Between Presidents and Board Chairs 13)Creating the Capacity
for Trying Issues 14)Strategy, Higher Education, and Boards (and Forget
Planning. 15)Getting to Grips With Shared Governance 16)Governing Circa
1749 16 ¿. Half a . The Unfinished Work References About the Authors Index