The bullying of academics follows a pattern of horrendous, Orwellian elimination rituals, often hidden from the public. Despite the anti-bullying policies (often token), bullying is rife across campuses, and the victims (targets) often pay a heavy price.
"Nothing strengthens authority as much as silence." Leonardo da Vinci - "All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men [or good women] do nothing." -- Edmund Burke
September 20, 2011
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He must have a clone in my country as my last department head had many of the same characteristics.
My last dean was like that. I remember one session I had with him where he verbally attacked me from the start, emphasizing how what we were doing was a "people business" and constantly going on about how he had such "excellent" people skills.
Those people skills included not letting me get a word in edgewise, being completely biased against me and showing no impartiality whatsoever, not giving me the benefit of the doubt, not even allowing me to give a proper account of what happened, and generally being rude and obnoxious.
To top it off, when I submitted my resignation to him, his final comment was made with all due respect (i. e., none whatsoever) and that was that I should "stick to research".
That was from someone who never attended any of my lectures and always believed what other people, my department head in particular, said about me.
Further to my previous comment, the dean in question was an incompetent administrator who didn't do a whole lot except go about looking important. I'm sure he got his appointment for being an institutional loyalist because he didn't appear to have much managerial skill.
However, there were employees who admired him for being a "straight shooter". I guess that there's no accounting for the judgement of certain people.
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He must have a clone in my country as my last department head had many of the same characteristics.
My dean has most of the characteristics above
Did it not occur to you or any of your readers that this post was bullying? You do your cause much disservice
I don't know him but he sounds like a psychopath. Many of them about in universities.
My last dean was like that. I remember one session I had with him where he verbally attacked me from the start, emphasizing how what we were doing was a "people business" and constantly going on about how he had such "excellent" people skills.
Those people skills included not letting me get a word in edgewise, being completely biased against me and showing no impartiality whatsoever, not giving me the benefit of the doubt, not even allowing me to give a proper account of what happened, and generally being rude and obnoxious.
To top it off, when I submitted my resignation to him, his final comment was made with all due respect (i. e., none whatsoever) and that was that I should "stick to research".
That was from someone who never attended any of my lectures and always believed what other people, my department head in particular, said about me.
Some people skills, eh?
Further to my previous comment, the dean in question was an incompetent administrator who didn't do a whole lot except go about looking important. I'm sure he got his appointment for being an institutional loyalist because he didn't appear to have much managerial skill.
However, there were employees who admired him for being a "straight shooter". I guess that there's no accounting for the judgement of certain people.
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