Dealing with Dysfunction: A Book for University Leaders

Rick Castallo is a professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at California State University at Northridge. In addition to 25 years as a department chair, he has several years experience as a school teacher and administrator; he has been a consultant to hundreds of school boards, faculties, and administra

(Stephen Uebbing, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Rochester, NY) . Through this honest portrayal of power coalitions within organizations, we learn how to shape resistance into persistence! Castallo’s lived experience lends credibility to his advice for turning departmental dysfunction into collective productivity. Subjugation. This book is particularly valuable to students of higher education leadership. (Peggie Constantino Ph.D, Executive Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, College of William & Mary)Richard Castallo offers an insightful book that provides guidance to new and experienced higher education department

Dealing with Dysfunction provides a real-life view of a college department gone awry. Acknowledging the professionalism of the majority of college professors in higher education, this book looks at the options a chair and dean have available to them when dealing with a cadre of professors in a department that unable to work together.