Chairing an Academic Department: Disciplinarity and Diversity in Faculty Evaluation

摘要：

In modern universities, types of faculty productivity are supposed to vary in accord with disciplines, but corporate approach to the faculty evaluation is still widely adopted in China. This paper discusses the definition of disciplines and the disciplinary classification systems of western scholars. Then the epistemological and social differences between disciplines are presented as the basis faculty evaluation, such as preference of research vs. teaching, short-term vs. long-term evaluation and team work vs. individual task. At last, universitylevel administrators as well as department chairs are encouraged to employ subject area standards instead of single or unitary mechanism of faculty evaluation.

关键词： High-consensus Disciplines Low-consensus Disciplines Faculty Evaluation Faculty Productivity Department management

作者: WU Zhigong ZHANG Li

作者单位: School of Management, North China Electrical Power University, P.R.China, 100220

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2009 International Conference on Education Management and Engineering(2009教育管理与工程国际研讨会)

会议地点: 河南焦作

会议语种:英文

页码: 1325-1329

在线出版日期: 2009-06-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）