House Management: A Guide for Greek Chapter Houses by Phyllis W. Parrish: Book Description
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Book Description
This is the Second Edition of House Management: A Guide for Greek Chapter Houses. It is a "how-to" manual for managing Greek fraternity and sorority houses. With its checklists, forms, and guidance, this book has saved many a house director from "house opening and closing" disasters. It has given people the direction and confidence to tackle difficult employee situations, and brought awareness, organization, and professional suaveness to both neophytes and experienced house "moms."
Since the First Edition, Chapter house management has emerged as a bona fide profession and is an integral component of any chapter’s success. This Second Edition provides a comprehensive, updated resource for college and university administrators, house corporation boards, chapter officers, and professional house directors. Several new topics have been added, along with additional resources, websites, and reproducible forms.
House Management: A Guide for Greek Chapter Houses is your one-stop resource for managing a fraternity or sorority house. The Guide contains helpful information on all facets of house management. Chapters include—
• The Greek System
• Chapter House Management
• Administration
• Personnel Management
• Food Service Management
• Housekeeping
• Health and Environmental Safety
• Managing Finances
You’ll also find more than 100 forms, checklists, sample menus, and other aids to help simplify the demanding job of managing a chapter house.
About the Author
Phyllis W. Parrish managed the Kappa Delta chapter house at the University of Maryland, College Park campus for three years. That experience showed her the need for a comprehensive manual on how to effectively run the operations of a fraternity or sorority house.
Today, Phyllis manages a consulting practice focusing on organizational and human effectiveness. Over the past 15 years, she has worked with a variety of industries including publishing, financial services, insurance, and pharmaceuticals to develop and implement programs that address process redesign and innovation, team development, interpersonal communications, and leadership. As a course developer and writer, she has written custom training materials, surveys, and video scripts; as a process facilitator, she has helped organizations orchestrate, redesign, and implement major change initiatives. Widely regarded for her group facilitation skills, Phyllis is often called upon to facilitate strategic alignment sessions to help executive groups articulate their direction and plans.
In addition to her corporate work, Phyllis has 10 years of experience in academia, holding positions as Management Center Director and Instructor of Business Communications at the University of Maryland and the position of Associate Dean at Shepherd College.
Phyllis earned her undergraduate degree from Fairmont College, a Master’s degree from West Virginia University and a Doctorate from The George Washington University.
