Leadership for Academic Units: A Performance Improvement Model for Department Chairs, Deans, and Academic Vice Presidents (and those who aspire to be)

Chapter 4

Leadership and Organization for Improvement

Learning Objectives

When you complete this chapter, you should be able to define, describe, or explain the following within the context of this chapter:

•   Peter Drucker’s view that management is increasingly a marketing job

•   Functional organization

•   Project management (matrix) organization

•   The key advantages/disadvantages of matrix management

•   Mixed organizational structures