Implementing the Team Approach in Higher Education

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy M. Lara ◽  
Aaron W. Hughey
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Higher Education Administration ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Education Administration ◽  
Team Approach ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
Team Efficacy ◽  
The Difference

Many companies have implemented the team approach as a way to empower their employees in an effort to enhance productivity, quality and overall profitability. While application of the concept to higher education administration has been limited, colleges and universities could benefit from the team approach if implemented appropriately and conscientiously. The authors discuss some of the issues and concerns that are relevant to implementing the team approach in an academic environment. Suggestions for implementing teams in higher education are provided, including the difference between the team approach and traditional administration, the importance of a preliminary needs assessment, the development of an implementation plan, the critical role of leadership, dealing with issues of assessment and accountability, and the concept of team efficacy.

Leadership Ethics in Higher Education Administration

2020 ◽  
pp. 332-360
Author(s):  
John A. Henschke
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Adult Learning ◽  
Higher Education Administration ◽  
Visionary Leadership ◽  
Education Administration ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Leadership Ethics ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
Doctoral Dissertations

This chapter begins with developing meaning of the word “ethics,” mainly related to rectitude, integrity, good, rely, trust, and congruent. Andragogy, defined as the art and science of helping facilitate the learning of adult individuals and organizations, is characterized as having six assumptions and eight elements, with five organizational dimensions. Peale suggests a trustworthy personal guidance censor system; Billington identifies seven characteristics of highly effective adult learning programs; McLagan asserts that time is needed to develop a system of ethical conduct; Bennis and Nanus provide a possible model of successful visionary leadership as that operates in organizations growing and flourishing economically in a “down economy.” The role of a university includes the lifelong learning needs of a total population being addressed. This chapter includes discussion of the development of the modified instructional perspectives inventory in its use in various organizations, assessing Henschke's scholarship and practice congruence, and listing its use in 30 doctoral dissertations. It concludes a story of how ethical administration conduct affected transformation of a brutal prison system into a humane one.

Critical Role of Global and Culturally Responsive Leadership for Higher Education in the 21st-Century

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Archer ◽  
Yuqian Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Global Leadership ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
Culturally Responsive Leadership ◽  
Leadership Curriculum

“We are on the precipice of an epoch,” in which 21st century organizations are facing a complex, competitive landscape driven largely by globalization and the technological revolution (Hitt, 1998, p. 218). As such, Bikson, Treverton, Moini and Lindstrom (2003) have urged universities to develop a global leadership curriculum, based on their prediction of a future shortage of global leaders in all sectors. This essay examines the critical role of global and culturally responsive leadership for graduates of higher education institutions.

Overcoming Complacency Through Quality Intelligence in Greek Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 121-140
Author(s):  
Loukas Anninos
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
The State ◽  
Academic Leadership ◽  
Evolutionary Perspective ◽  
Institutional Improvement ◽  
University Performance ◽  
Institutional Initiatives

During the last decade, an intensification of evaluation at the Greek universities has been noted, encouraged by the state and institutional initiatives aiming to reform, modernize, and cultivate a culture of excellence. The progress that has been reported was facilitated by global developments that gradually strengthened the cultural and scientific foundations of university performance evaluation and set the foundations for continuous institutional improvement and transformation. However, the role of academic leadership is crucial if universities wish to fully embrace the concept of excellence in their operations and services not from an obligatory, but from an evolutionary perspective that would allow them to learn and improve. As Greek universities are currently in the process of quality accreditation, the chapter briefly presents the framework for quality accreditation in Greek universities and underlines the critical role of academic leadership for achieving accreditation and establishing a culture for sustainable excellence.

“The Job Is Yours!” Deconstructing the Gender Gap in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 85-91
Author(s):  
Angelina M. Gomez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Higher Education Administration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Education Administration ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Female Administrators ◽  
Mentoring Practices ◽  
Ambiguous Case

The underrepresentation of female Administrators in higher education is not decreasing even though education continues to be a field dominated by women. The overall percentage of women leading colleges and universities in the United States remains disproportionately low at 26%. This ambiguous case study examines whether or not the Higher Education Administration continues to perpetuate gender inequalities through simplistic and, often times, unconscious hiring and mentoring practices scaffolding upon good intentions.

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