"Socrates in the Boardroom" argues that world-class scholars,
not administrators, make the best leaders of research universities.
Amanda Goodall cuts through the rhetoric and misinformation
swirling around this contentious issue--such as the assertion that
academics simply don't have the managerial expertise needed to head
the world's leading schools--using hard evidence and careful,
dispassionate analysis. She shows precisely why experts need
leaders who are experts like themselves.
Goodall draws from the latest data on the world's premier
research universities along with in-depth interviews with top
university leaders both past and present, including University of
Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann; Derek Bok and Lawrence Summers,
former presidents of Harvard University; John Hood, former vice
chancellor of the University of Oxford; Cornell University
President David Skorton; and many others. Goodall explains why the
most effective leaders are those who have deep expertise in what
their organizations actually do. Her findings carry broad
implications for the management of higher education, and she
demonstrates that the same fundamental principle holds true for
other important business sectors as well.
Experts, not managers, make the best leaders. Read "Socrates in
the Boardroom" and learn why.
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