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Academic departments : how they work, how they change / Barbara E. Walvoord [and others]

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Walvoord, Barbara E. Fassler, 1941-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2000.
Series:	ASHE-ERIC higher education report ; v. 27, no. 8.
Subjects:	Universities and colleges > United States > Departments.

Table of Contents:

Assessing the pressures for departmental change
Examining values in the department
Discipline and the department
Departmental relations with central administration
Departmental organization, decision making, and interaction
Departmental leadership
Departmental work, faculty roles, and rewards
Conclusions: departmental change
Appendix: summary of departmental characteristics and avenues for change.