Recommended further reading for administrators
Available from WSU libraries
General
- Positive Academic Leadership : How to Stop Putting out Fires and Start Making a Difference by Jeffrey L Buller [EBOOK]
- Crucial conversations : tools for talking when stakes are high by Joseph Grenny, Al Switzler, Kerry Patterson, and Ron McMillan [EBOOK]
- The college administrator's survival guide by CK Gunsalus
- Communication Strategies for Managing Conflict : A Guide for Academic Leaders by Mary Lou Higgerson [EBOOK]
- Managing people : a guide for department chairs and deans, Deryl R Leaming, editor
- Coaching Skills for Academic Leaders : Bringing Out the Best in Yourself and Others by Susan Robison [EBOOK]
- How University Budgets Work by Dean Smith [EBOOK]
Chairs
- A Toolkit for Department Chairs by Jeffrey L Buller and Robert E Cipriano [EBOOK]
- The department chair primer : leading and managing academic departments by Donald Chu
- Working with Problem Faculty : A Six-Step Guide for Department Chairs by Robert Kent Crookston [EBOOK]
- How to Chair a Department by Kevin Dettmar [EBOOK]
- The academic chair's handbook by Daniel W Wheeler
- Department Chair (Online Quarterly)
Deans
- Resource Handbook for Academic Deans : The Essential Guide for College and University Leaders by Andrew Adams [EBOOK]
- The essential academic dean : a practical guide to college leadership by Jeffrey L Buller
- How to Be a Dean By George Justice [EBOOK]
Not available at WSU Libraries
- The Essential Department Chair: A Comprehensive Desk Reference (2nd Edition) by Jeffrey L Buller
- The Jossey-Bass Academic Administrator's Guide to Conflict Resolution (1st Edition) by Sandra I Cheldelin and Ann F Lucas
- Biff: Quick Responses to High-Conflict People, Their Personal Attacks, Hostile Email and Social Media Meltdowns by Bill Eddy
- Time Management for Department Chairs (1st Edition) by Christian K Hansen
- Mastering Respectful Confrontation: A Guide to Personal Freedom and Empowered, Collaborative Engagement by Joe Weston and Sherrilyn Ifill