April 28–29, 2012
San Diego, California, USA
This seminar date is SOLD OUT.
We recommend
that you complete the
registration process in order to
be added to the events waitlist.
If spaces open up due to
cancellations, admission from
the waitlist will occur on a
first-come, first-served basis.
Thank you.
WHEN:
The seminar will begin with breakfast on Saturday, April 28th at 7:30
a.m. and end on Sunday,
April 29th at 3:30 p.m.
Please note, this seminar is preceding the AACSB
ICAM 2012
(International Conference & Annual Meeting). ICAM will take place
April 29–May 1, 2012. The Department Chairs Seminar and ICAM require
separate registrations and individual fees.
WHERE:
Hilton San Diego Bayfront
1 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92101
DRESS CODE:
Business casual.
Continuous improvement within a business school requires a commitment to establishing a sense of community within a school's learning environment. For the department chair, the challenge is to foster productive change while still being able to support and satisfy the faculty and student needs. This seminar explores ways to accomplish change that incorporates the talents of new and diverse faculty while still valuing mid-career and senior faculty. It also explores ways to increase teaching effectiveness, improve productivity, and resolve conflict.
Who Should Attend:
Department Chairs – current and future, deans, those involved with faculty development
Learning Outcomes:
- Take away practical strategies for team building with your faculty and your dean.
- Understand and manage the roles and responsibilities of being a department chair and leading change that can transform your department.
- Learn to identify forces for and against change and develop strategies to reduce resistance to change, while maintaining support of ongoing, successful programs.
- Acquire strategies to motivate faculty and improve teaching effectiveness.
- Determine how to revitalize faculty and increase student learning through industry partnering.
Facilitator:
John
M.Coulter, professor of accounting and chair, Department of Accounting
and Finance, Western New England University,
Springfield, Massachusetts |
