Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale in Academic Settings
Addressing conflict in academic departments is crucial for maintaining faculty morale. Transparency, understanding different types of conflict, and open communication are key strategies to prevent conflicts from escalating and impacting the department's operations. It is essential for department chairs to be proactive in addressing conflicts to foster a positive work environment.
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Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale Faculty Morale IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
Human beings are difficult. Human beings are difficult. Of course, you know that. Of course, you know that. You re a chair. You re a chair. -- Larry Abele IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
Conflict, according to many Conflict, according to many department chairs, is something that department chairs, is something that happens in someone else s happens in someone else s department. department. IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
The chair should be concerned about The chair should be concerned about conflict within the department, conflict within the department, because once it occurs, because once it occurs, it tends to fester and grow. it tends to fester and grow. IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
The reading walks you through 4 types of conflict: The reading walks you through 4 types of conflict: inner conflicts inner conflicts employer employer- -employee conflicts employee conflicts conflicts conflicts amongst amongst faculty conflicts between faculty and students conflicts between faculty and students faculty members members IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
Transparency IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
departmental operations are clear, open and driven by the faculty open and driven by the faculty clear, IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
Before this was all put into place, many of the problems listed in your reading such as: the chair being perceived as biased or partisan the chair being perceived as biased or partisan the sense of losing control over crucial department decisions the sense of losing control over crucial department decisions lines of authority and responsibility being unclear lines of authority and responsibility being unclear etc etc existed in my department. IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
Conflict resolution, Conflict resolution, now for the most part, has been now for the most part, has been reduced to a process of problem solving . reduced to a process of problem solving . IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
Pretty good BUT IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
Youll have to constantly be gauging: You ll have to constantly be gauging: what type of conflict it is what type of conflict it is how to handle it how to handle it who can be tapped for help and advice who can be tapped for help and advice IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
Dont get mad! Don t get mad! IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
Sometimes time and a cooler head is all that is needed. IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
Sometimes your dean needs to be consulted for advice. And others as appropriate. IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
Sometimes I just need to externally process (to talk it through). IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
Find a confidante: not your staff or fellow faculty members IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
Find a confidante: not your spouse or partner IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
Find a confidante: call someone IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
Find a confidante: IAL is a great network IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
Dont get mad. Don t get mad. If you do, don t stay mad. If you do, don t stay mad. IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
Happy to lend an ear. Happy to lend an ear. chenne@fsu.edu chenne@fsu.edu 850-644-8254 Carolyn Henne IAL 2016 Dealing with Conflict and Maintaining Faculty Morale
