Improving Staffing Practices in Student Affairs

Improving Staffing Practices in Student Affairs is a state-of-the-art handbook that provides practical guidelines and recommAndations for improving staffing practices. The authors, Roger B. Winston, Jr. and Don G. Creamer, show how student affairs professionals can develop the skills to attract and maintain a dedicated staff of the highest quality. This essential resource is filled with down-to-earth suggestions on such key topics as recruitment, selection, orientation, supervision, staff development, and performance appraisal. In addition, the book offers a wealth of illustrative examples and helpful case studies that provide an integrated approach to staffing practices.Some of the recommAndations for improvement in staffing practices include? Make hiring the right person priority number one in staffing.? Recognize that people are the most valuable assets of the institution and treat them accordingly.? Conduct supervision synergistically?combining the perspectives of the individual and the institution.? Create performance appraisal methods that are tailored to position responsibilities, that assess institutional and personal goals achievement, that are both cooperative and interactive, and that are designed to assist in improving performance.The book also offers recommAndations for addressing alternative staffing patterns, creating new roles for professional associations, providing the means for greater integration of professional preparation and practice, and implementing new quality assurance mechanisms.…