American society thrives on innovation, which is advanced by thequality and productivity of research from higher education faculty.It is therefore typical for the responsibility of nurturing andsustaining faculty research to fall upon department chairs anddeans at postsecondary schools. In The Research-ProductiveDepartment, the authors recognize the importance of this task,and share tested strategies for facilitating quality facultyresearch and promoting an institution?s overall vitality. Many such books written for department chairs and deans havechosen to address the full range of leadership and management tasksthat typically occupy this readership. However, few have narrowedtheir scope?as this book does?to the importantleadership tasks that influence the overall success of academicdepartments in one critical area: research. This book features theexperiences of nearly 40 leaders from well-respected researchinstitutions from across the country. It offers specific, usefulrecommendations for academic leaders seeking to promote high levelsof research productivity, including insight on: recruitmentpractices, mentoring programs, reward systems, culture-buildingactivities, and the distribution of fiscal as well as humanresources. An eminently practical book, The Research-ProductiveDepartment provides readers with two essential tool sets: auser-friendly summary of over 40 years of literature on thecharacteristics of research-productive organizations, plus a wealthof descriptive examples of how these characteristics are actuallymanifest in a large number of research-productive academicdepartments and schools. This book is an engaging exposition ofbest practices that readers can adapt as befits their owninstitutional settings.