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Module Two Resources:
	Leadership Programs
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Module Three Resources:
	Excerpt 1: "Why Chairs Lose Jobs" (PDF - 2 pages, 35KB)
	Excerpt 2: "Linking Recruitment, Responsibilities, Evaluation, and Rewards" (PDF - 2 pages, 39KB)

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The Successful Medical School Department Chair: A Guide to Good Institutional Practice

About the Authors

Julien F. Biebuyck, M.D., D.Phil., was the Robert G. Petersdorf Scholar-in-Residence and Senior Consultant for Academic Management Programs at the Association of American Medical Colleges. He was educated at the University of Cape Town and Oxford University, and was on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. At the Pennsylvania State University he was a department chair for 20 years and also served as Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for ten years. jbiebuyck@psu.edu.

William T. Mallon, Ed.D., is Assistant Vice President and Director of Organization and Management Studies at the AAMC. He was educated at the University of Richmond and Harvard University. He has published on topics such as faculty employment policies and academic tenure, faculty productivity, and organizational change. His most recent book is Tenure on Trial: Case Studies of Change in Faculty Employment Policies (Routledge, 2001). Contact him at wmallon@aamc.org.