vi 5 Implementing Organizational Change Within the Dean’s Office............................ 65 Adding Positions................................................................................................................65 Shifting Staff Responsibilities...........................................................................................67 Changing Titles..................................................................................................................70 Shifting Between Functional and Divisional Associate Deans....................................72 Centralizing Support Functions......................................................................................74 The Process for Reorganizing Your Office Staff.............................................................76 6 Organizing the Faculty Within a College................................................................. 79 Scenarios for Changing the Status Quo..........................................................................80 Effective Processes to Encourage and Facilitate Buy-in to Change.............................93 Still, Things Can go Wrong!.............................................................................................97 7 Understanding and Implementing Mandated Reorganizations.............................. 99 Is a Unified College of Arts and Sciences the Only Way to Go?.................................99 Splitting Colleges into Two or More Colleges................................................................102 Merging Two or More Colleges into One.......................................................................106 Merging Colleges Across Campuses or Universities.....................................................114 Additional Considerations for Intercampus Mergers...................................................119 An Ideal Sequence for Mandated College Reorganizations.........................................120 Deans’ Recommendations Across Mandated College Reorganizations.....................122 Summaries of Justifications for Mandated Reorganizations........................................123 8 Conclusion................................................................................................................. 127 College Structure Balances the Power of Shared Governance.....................................127 Summary of Key Points Across Chapters.......................................................................129 Appendices Appendix A: Names Used for Colleges/Schools that House the Disciplines within Arts and Sciences..................................................................................................133 Appendix B: A Checklist of Potential Responsibilities Within a Dean’s Office........135 Appendix C: Guidelines for Addressing Major Changes (Syracuse University)......139 Appendix D: Criteria and Process for Formation of a School from an Existing Unit Within a College at UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County)........141 Appendix E: Merger Guidelines (The University of Arizona)....................................145 References.........................................................................................................................153 Acknowledgements...........................................................................................................155 About the Authors............................................................................................................157