How to Lead Academic Departments Successfully

Edited by Adam Lindgreen, Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and Extraordinary Professor, Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa, Alan Irwin, Professor, Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School and Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy, Aarhus University, Flemming Poulfelt, Professor Emeritus and Thyra Uth Thomsen, Professor (WSR),Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

• Contents:Introduction to How to Lead Academic Departments Successfully xixPART I CHALLENGES OF BEING AN ACADEMIC LEADER1 On the particular challenges of managing professionals 3Flemming Poulfelt2 Relevant leadership: the dynamic equilibrium of managing and leadingacademic departments 14Rickie A. Moore3 The role of academic leaders of a business school: an internal tensionsperspective 19Matthew J. RobsonPART II TRANSFORMATIONAL AND PERFORMANCE LEADERSHIP4 The head of department as the key transformational leader 29Asbjørn Busk J. and Søren Barlebo Rasmussen5 Leading with purpose: developing the first business school for public good 52Martin Kitchener6 Leading academic departments 68Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones7 Individual performance management: enabler or threat to academicperformance? 79Andreas Werr and Katja Einola8 Deploying systems thinking to create a ‘triple-crown’ business school 98Michael C. Jackson OBEPART III INCLUSIVITY, TEAM SPIRIT AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT9 ‘Don’t think you can be everyone’s friend’: dealing with conflict in anacademic department 117Alan Irwin10 Smells like team spirit: a user’s guide for department heads 127Peter Kjær11 ‘Now you see it’: gender, inclusion and diversity 137Maja Horst12 Leading faculty as teachers 147Hanne Andersen13 Inclusive onboarding in academic departments 164Daniel J. Petzer, Nicola S. Kleyn and Michele RuitersPART IV BUILDING, LEADING AND FUNDING RESEARCH GROUPS14 Building research groups 182Adam Lindgreen, C. Anthony Di Benedetto, Roderick J. Brodie and Peter Naudé15 Dilemmas in university management: the case of Copenhagen Business School 211Nanna Mik-Meyer16 Pathways to external funding at departments: how to strengthena change of culture by empowerment, supportive organizing and leadership? 226Enno HofeldtPART V COLLABORATION WITH OTHER DISCIPLINES ANDPRACTITIONERS17 Collaborating with practitioners 246C. Anthony Di Benedetto, Adam Lindgreen, Marianne Storgaard andAnn Højbjerg Clarke18 Leading academics in a public–private partnership: balancing value andperformance-based leadership in times of (climate) change 263Morten W. Jeppesen19 Undertaking cross-disciplinary research 275Adam Lindgreen, C. Anthony Di Benedetto, Roderick J. Brodie andMichel van der BorghPART VI LEADERSHIP IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS20 Framing business schools as a socio-technical system: issues aroundcomplexity and emergence 285Denis Fischbacher-Smith21 Business school leadership in an era of change and uncertainty:complex structures, executive education and accreditation 302Kai Peters22 Academic leadership: the Danish case 313Jacob Kjær Eskildsen and Børge ObelPART VII PERSONAL LEADERSHIP REFLECTIONS23 Responsibilities of the department chair: lessons from the frontline 325Thomas G. Cummings24 How to lead an academic marketing department: some personalobservations and reflections 342Gerrit van Bruggen25 From head to dean: academic leadership 353Peter MøllgaardIndex 370

'Few things - if any - are more important to universities than departments and their capacity to provide the organizational framework for successful scholarly collectives. Hence, department heads are key personnel in any academic institution. How to Lead Academic Departments Successfully offers multiple perspectives and insights into the art and craft of being an effective head of department. The book holds a unique collection of astute and inspirational chapters and the volume should be of great interest to anyone with an interest in academic leadership.'