Academic Leadership Reading

The Chair policy

• The Chair policy (policy 40)

Online resources

University of Waterloo library website

If you are on campus you can go directly to these publications, but if you are viewing these from home please login to the library's remote access to resources using the 14 digit barcode number on your WatCard and your last name before you click on the following links or you will be prompted.

• The department chair: a resource for academic administrators
• Academic leader: the newsletter for academic deans and department chairs

Book resources

Allen, G.R. (1979). The agile adminstrator. Tempe, AZ: Tempe Publishers

Aitken, R. (1966). Administration of a university. London, England: University of London Press

Belshaw, C.S. (1964). Anatomy of a university. Vancouver, Canada: University of British Columbia

Brown, D.G. (1979). Leadership vitality. Washington, D.C.: American Council on Education

Bryant, P. T. (2005). Confessions of an habitual administrator: An academic survival manual. Bolton, MA: Anker

Buller, J.L. (2006). The essential department chair: a practical guide to college administration  (TUG)

Buller, J. L. (2011). Academic leadership day by day: Small steps that lead to great success. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass

Callan, P. M. (1986). - Environmental scanning for strategic leadership: new directions for institutional research (DPL)

Chu, D. (2006). The department chair primer: Leading and managing academic departments. Bolton, MA: Anker

Coffman, J. R. (2005). Work and peace in academe: Leading time, money, and intellectual energy through managing conflict. Bolton, MA: Anker

Creswell, J.W., Wheeler, D. W., Seagren, A. T., Egly, N. J., & Beyer, K. D. (1990). The academic chairperson’s handbook. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press

Eble, K. E. (1978). The art of administration. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass

Fischer, C. F. (1978) - "Developing and evaluating administrative leadership: new directions for higher education (DPL)

Gmelch, W. H., & Schuh, J. h. (Eds.) (2004). The life cycle of a department chair. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass

Gunsalus, C.K. (2006) The college administrator's survival guide (CTE)

Hecht, I. W. D., Higgerson, M. L., Gmelch, W. H., & Tucker, A. (1999). The department chair as academic leader. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press

Hickson, M. & Stacks, D. W. (1992). - Effective communication for academic chairs  (DPL)

Higgerson, M.L. (1996). - Communication skills for department chairs  (CTE)

Hoppe, S. L., & Speck, B. W. (Eds.) (2003). Identifying and preparing academic leaders. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass

Leaming, D. R. (1998). Academic leadership: A practical guide to chairing the department. Bolton, MA: Anker

Leaming, D. R. (2003). Managing people: A guide for department chairs and deans. Bolton, MA: Anker

Lees, N.D. (2006). - Chairing academic departments: traditional and emerging expectations  (CTE)

Lucas, A. (1994). Strengthening departmental leadership: A team-building guide for chairs in colleges and universities. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass

Morse, R. & Buss, T. (2008). Innovations in public leadership development transformational trends in governance and democracy (DPL)

Seldin, P., & Higgerson, M. L. (2002). The administrative portfolio: A practical guide to improved administrative performance and personnel decisions. Bolton, MA: Anker

Smart, J. C. & Montgomery, J. R. (1976). - Examining departmental management  (DPL)

Tucker, A. (1981). Chairing the academic department: leadership among peers. Washington, D.C.: American Council on Education

Wergin, J. R. (2003). Departments that work: Building and sustaining cultures of excellence in academic programs. Bolton, MA: Anker