* Introduction *1. Embrace Your Fate *2. Know Your Colleagues *3. Negotiation *4. Complaints *5. Bullies *6. When Not to Improvise *7. Violations *8. Centering * For Further Reading * Credits * Acknowledgments * Index
Tina Gunsalus's seminar on administrative survival skills kept a crowd of academic administrators rapt for five straight hours, and eager for more. Her advice was lucid, practical, and remarkably shrewd; she adroitly showed us how to elicit the best from ourselves and our faculty even in the worst situations. -- Michael Schoenfeldt, Associate Dean for Humanities, University of Michigan Tina Gunsalus has enormous experience as an administrator, and in this book, with the conversational tone that makes it so enjoyable to read, her knowledge and common sense shine through. The case studies she uses can be as funny as Richard Russo's Straight Man. Unfortunately, what sounds like a novel can be a real-life problem, and her recommendations for finding solutions are very useful. She used the cases in a workshop on our campus, and the academic leaders who attended found her compelling and thought-provoking--just like the advice in this book. -- Hal Irvin, Executive Director, Organizational Development, Georgia Institute of Technology Where was this book when I was department chair? It provides an extremely useful and comprehensive set of tools and skills that would help almost anyone in academic administration--and in a conversational tone, with a good dose of humor. I found myself laughing one minute and shaking my head in recognition the next. Colleges should buy this book by the truckload and provide copies to all the poor souls who are about to be thrown into the abyss of academic administration. I learned a tremendous amount. -- Laura Schreibman, former Associate Chancellor, University of California at San Diego
C. K. Gunsalus is Director of the National Center for Professional and Research Ethics in the College of Engineering and Professor Emerita in the College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
With chapters such as ‘Embrace Your Fate’ and ‘Bullies,’ the author
reveals a down-to-earth style. Gunsalus says budgets and curriculum
planning are a piece of cake when compared to people management.
During her years in university administration she has had to
investigate myriad problems, including sexual harassment and
financial improprieties. The upside of confronting such ‘yucky
problems’ is her book, which reflects her hands-on experience with
reworked procedures and managerial training.
*University Business*
Tina Gunsalus’s seminar on administrative survival skills kept a
crowd of academic administrators rapt for five straight hours, and
eager for more. Her advice was lucid, practical, and remarkably
shrewd; she adroitly showed us how to elicit the best from
ourselves and our faculty even in the worst situations.
*Michael Schoenfeldt, Associate Dean for Humanities, University of
Michigan*
Tina Gunsalus has enormous experience as an administrator, and in
this book, with the conversational tone that makes it so enjoyable
to read, her knowledge and common sense shine through. The case
studies she uses can be as funny as Richard Russo’s Straight Man.
Unfortunately, what sounds like a novel can be a real-life problem,
and her recommendations for finding solutions are very useful. She
used the cases in a workshop on our campus, and the academic
leaders who attended found her compelling and
thought-provoking—just like the advice in this book.
*Hal Irvin, Executive Director, Organizational Development, Georgia
Institute of Technology*
Where was this book when I was department chair? It provides an
extremely useful and comprehensive set of tools and skills that
would help almost anyone in academic administration—and in a
conversational tone, with a good dose of humor. I found myself
laughing one minute and shaking my head in recognition the next.
Colleges should buy this book by the truckload and provide copies
to all the poor souls who are about to be thrown into the abyss of
academic administration. I learned a tremendous amount.
*Laura Schreibman, former Associate Chancellor, University of
California, San Diego*
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