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Retired Executives: The New Educational Consultants.
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Scherman, William H. – Educational Record, 1985
Retired business executives are providing colleges and universities with expertise by consulting in such areas as image strengthening, board revitalization, reviewing program directions, forging business partnerships, improving multicampus institutions' communication and cooperation, systematizing computers, and examining the scope and direction…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, Consultants, Higher Education
Planetary Leadership: A Presentation in the Peripatetic Method of Effecting Change in a College--A Case Study in Management by Wandering Around.
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Bers, Trudy H.; Sullivan, Terrence J. – Planning for Higher Education, 1985
Planetary leadership (wanderers who seem to meander through their organizations making institutions work and change) can be a critical component of institutional change. Literature about management and organizational change is reviewed, and a case study of a major academic change at a public, suburban community college is discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrators, Change Strategies, College Administration
University of Barset. In-Basket Exercise. Organiser's Copy. SDU Staff Development in Universities Programme.
Piper, David Warren; Glatter, Ron – 1973
An exercise is presented that is designed as a training aid for junior administrative and/or academic staff in their first 6 years of service in universities. It is intended to help participants think about management principles in general while trying out their own ideas for solving the specific problems outlined. It will also permit individuals…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Role, Administrators, College Administration
The W. K. Kellogg Foundation Program at the University of Akron: If We Had to Do It Over--Hindsight and Foresight.
DeShon, David S. – 1977
A team leadership program for academic administration was undertaken at the University of Akron under Kellogg Foundation Funding. A screened sample of 108 persons was admitted to training, which consisted of role analysis, education in the structure and function of the university and higher education in general, team building, analysis of…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, College Administration, Consultants
The Brakely Compensation Report. A Report on the Compensation of Chief Development Officers in Higher Education for 1986.
Brakely, John Price Jones, Inc., Stamford, CT. – 1987
In the second annual national compensation survey of chief development officers (CDOs) in higher education institutions, 268 respondents provided career histories and compensation information for their own positions and base salary information for mid-level staff positions in the development offices they manage. Highlights of the findings include…
Descriptors: Administrators, Age, College Administration, Compensation (Remuneration)
The Relationship of the Dean of Student Services to the Administrative Organization of Harrisburg Area Community College.
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Ebersole, Jay F. – 1974
Since 1972-73, the dean of student services at Harrisburg Area Community College has been subordinate to the vice-president for educational services and equal in rank to academic division chairmen, who bypassed him and reported directly to the vice-president on matters concerning counseling services in their divisions. In an effort to contribute…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Administrators, College Administration
The Academic Administrator Grid. A Guide to Developing Effective Management Teams.
Blake, Robert R.; And Others – 1981
The use of the "management grid" method of organizational development in college and university administration is described in this adaptation of the 1964 book by the same authors, "The Management Grid." Five major administrative styles are identified: (1) caretaker, (2) comfortable and pleasant, (3) constituency-centered, (4) team, and (5)…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrators, Budgeting, College Administration
Management Development and Training Program for Colleges and Universities. Program Handbook, May 1978.
Higher Education Management Inst., Coconut Grove, FL. – 1978
A Management Development and Training Program has been developed by the Higher Education Management Institute to improve the overall functioning of higher education organizations. The Institute believes management development and training can: add to individuals' knowledge and skills, increase awareness of management processes and systems;…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrators, College Administration, Guidelines
Making Participatory Management Work. Leadership of Consultive Decision Making in Academic Administration. First Edition.
Powers, David R.; Powers, Mary F. – 1983
Participatory management (PM) is discussed in this step-by-step guide that shows how PM can be made to work effectively on a daily basis in academe. Suggestions are offered for helping higher education administrators consult efficiently with representatives of campus groups--faculty, other administrators, advisory board members, policy council…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrators, Advisory Committees, Board Administrator Relationship