Organizational diversity / G. Lester Anderson -- The academic department: perspectives from theory and research / Marvin W. Peterson -- Administrative roles of department chairmen / John C. Smart, Charles F. Elton -- Data requirements for academic departments / F. Craig Johnson -- Satisfaction and commitment of chairmen / Gerald W. McLaughlin, James R. Montgomery -- Academic departments and the law / Walter C. Hobbs -- Reactions from a former department chairman / Wilbert J. McKeachie.