Are you considering a dean's position? Are you a new dean? Are you a sitting dean that wouldlike some ideas on managing your organization? This book offers advice and importantinformation for anyone working at the dean's level in academic administration. Written in aconversational tone and organized by major topics such as Managing Faculty, Students,Strategic Planning, etc, this book will inform anyone about the many tasks required of a dean aswell as provide advice on how to do them well.This book was written by Dr. Terri Friel, an administrator for 7 years. She worked as anengineer and managed production at Procter and Gamble and Pepsico and applies thismanagement experience and knowledge as well as her Doctorate studies in EngineeringManagement to develop a good overview of the job of Dean. While there are general bookswritten about the topic of academic administration, this is one of the only books that specifically addresses the issues of being a dean. Ifyou just think you want to be a dean or are working as a dean currently, this book will be a helpful guide and reference for you.