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Carol Martins-Osarenkhoe – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In participative leadership, the leader consults the team for insights, observations, and ideas, rather than making the decision all on their own. Hence, a leader understands that the team has enough capabilities and skills that will benefit the process of decision-making for the success of the organization. The purpose of this qualitative…
Descriptors: Participative Decision Making, Leadership Styles, Universities, Management Development
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Waring, Matt – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2017
This paper considers the case for reform of management structures in UK universities and offers proposals for change. The model of top-down, performance-led management that characterises many institutions is both outmoded and ill-suited to the challenges of an increasingly turbulent higher education sector. Drawing on the experiences of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Administration, Leadership, Universities
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Chowdhury, Tamgid Ahmed; Miah, Mohammad Khasro – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2016
This paper offers: (1) a multidimensional Employability Skill Scale development method; and (2) one 30-item, seven-dimensional, and another 26-item six-dimensional employability skill requirement scale for use with entry-level human resources management positions, as perceived by employers and students, respectively, in Bangladesh. The study is…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Human Resources, Administrator Qualifications, Job Skills
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Rae, David; Price, Liz; Bosworth, Gary; Parkinson, Paul – Industry and Higher Education, 2012
Business Inspiration was a short, action-centred leadership and innovation development programme designed for owners and managers of smaller firms to address business survival and repositioning needs arising from the UK's economic downturn. The article examines the design and delivery of Business Inspiration and the impact of the programme on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Small Businesses, Management Development, Leadership
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Vilkinas, Tricia; Ladyshewsky, Richard K. – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2012
This article focuses on leadership behaviour and effectiveness of university academic program directors who have responsibility for managing a program or course of study. The leadership capabilities were assessed using the Integrated Competing Values Framework as its theoretical foundation. Data from 90 academic program directors and 710…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Leadership, Leadership Effectiveness, Administrator Behavior
Green, Madeleine F.; McDade, Sharon A. – 1991
This book focuses on the development of both leadership and management in the college or university setting. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 provides the context of leadership development from the perspectives of both the institution and the individual. The second part focuses on what is normally thought of as leadership by examining…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Colleges, Educational Strategies