Rethinking Student Affairs Practice (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780787962142)

To be effective managers, student affairs professionals must understand the structures and processes that form the organizational context in which they work, and must be able to work within them. These structures are often characterized by a rigid division of labor and an expectation that good managers can predict the outcomes of their efforts and can and should exercise control over the inputs. However, to be effective leaders, they must be able to perceive new possibilities beyond those structures and expectations. How can they do both?

Rethinking Student Affairs Practice offers an answer to that question. Love and Estanek challenge their readers to perceive their responsibilities, institutions, and relationships through multiple lenses. They have developed a model for change based in four concepts that will help their readers do this. The four concepts are valuing dualisms, transcending paradigms, recognizing connectedness, and embracing paradox.

Author: Patrick G. Love,Sandra M. Estanek
ISBN-10: 0787962147
ISBN-13: 9780787962142
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Language: English
Published: 04/05/2004
Pages: 255
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.20w x 0.91d