| Description |
xx, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
ACE/Praeger series on higher education |
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American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education |
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American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education.
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| Contents |
The phenomenon of leadership -- The ambiguities and possibilities of leadership in higher education -- The system and culture of academic decision-making -- Creating and situating an integrative strategy process -- Strategic governance: designing the mechanisms and tools of strategy -- Integral strategy: narratives and identity in strategic leadership -- Mission and vision: the heart of strategic leadership -- Strategic position: the external and internal contexts -- Strategies: initiatives, imperatives, goals and actions -- Strategic leadership in context: from academic programs to financial models -- Implementation: from strategic leadership to strategic management -- Conflict and change: the limits and possibilities of strategic leadership -- Conclusion: the strategic integration of leadership |
| Summary |
"Strategic Leadership addresses deep and continuing issues relating to strategy, governance, management, and leadership in higher education during a period of rapid change. Each of these themes is at the heart of current debates about the capacity of universities to respond to new expectations, market realities, reduced state funding, globalization, technology, and a long list of other challenges. Dealing with these issues can immobilize colleges and universities, or it can cause them to become so market-driven that they will sacrifice their own legacy of academic values." "This book places strategic planning in a new conceptual framework that is oriented to interactive leadership rooted in human agency and values. It will assist academic professionals, stakeholders such as trustees, and students of higher education to better understand and use strategic planning as an effective process and as a method of collaborative leadership."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-283) and index |
| Subject |
Universities and colleges -- Administration.
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Universities and colleges -- Planning.
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Educational leadership.
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| LC no. |
2007013449 |
| ISBN |
9780275993917 |
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0275993914 |
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