Inform your leadership choices by developing a greater understanding of what is happening in your department and why.
This course is designed for any/all department chairs who want to develop a greater awareness and understanding of their department and its strategic position within their institution. You’ll be introduced to a four-step process called an environmental scan, which allows you to systematically research and assess your department’s history, trends, and strategic position—all of which influence the way others view and engage with you and your department. You’ll further explore how your environmental scan can help you to make better decisions, make a case, communicate effectively with your stakeholders, leverage institutional collaborations, and empower others throughout your department.
The following lessons are included with this course.
Course Highlights
- 1 hour 45 minutes of video instruction
- 14 short videos (each video no longer than 15 minutes)
- 1 workbook complete with 13 worksheets to reflect on and practice the skills learned in each video
- Valued at $595. Free for Members.
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INSTRUCTOR
Don Chu, Ph.D.
Dean Emeritus
Don is a native of New York who earned his bachelor's from Oberlin College and his master's and Ph.D. from Stanford University with specialization in the sociology of education and formal organizations. At Skidmore College and California State University Chico, he served as Chair for ten years before deanships at the University of West Florida, California State University San Marcos, and National University. From 1999-2000 he served as Executive Fellow for the California State University System and co-authored the California State University System Department Chair Survey Report. His publications include The Department Chair Field Manual (Kindle Direct Publishing, 2021), Academic Management 2.0: Academic Leadership for the 21st Century (forthcoming in 2023), and The Department Chair Primer (2nd edition, John Wiley, 2012). His numerous articles in The Department Chair, Dean & Provost (Wiley Online), and for national and international consultancies emphasize the critical importance of academic department management to institutional mission achievement.
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