Underpinning Excellence in Higher Education--An Investigation into the Leadership, Governance and Management Behaviours of High-Performing Academic Departments

Autor/inn/en	Kok, Seng Kiat; McDonald, Claire
Titel	Underpinning Excellence in Higher Education--An Investigation into the Leadership, Governance and Management Behaviours of High-Performing Academic Departments
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 42 (2017) 2, S.210-231 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2015.1036849
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Departments; Leadership; Governance; Administration; Correlation; Behavior; Attitudes; Competence; Surveys; Questionnaires; Semi Structured Interviews; Success; Statistical Analysis; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Department; Abteilung; Führung; Führungsposition; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Verwaltung; Korrelation; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Kompetenz; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Fragebogen; Erfolg; Statistische Analyse; Großbritannien
Abstract	The changes in government funding alongside external pressures of increased international and national competition have meant that higher education institutions need to excel in a turbulent environment. The leadership, governance and management (LGM) of academic departments are key concerns. This study investigates the correlation between behaviours, attitudes and competencies at a department level and overall departmental performance in terms of hard data measures. The research question this paper seeks to address is: what are the LGM behaviours that are associated with high-performance in academic departments? More than 600 people across 50 academic departments in 5 UK universities were surveyed through the use of three research phases consisting of open-ended questionnaires, critical case sampled semi-structured interviews and a fixed-response survey. Synthesising the data and findings of the study revealed a thematic framework of eight broad themes that contribute to excellence in academic departments. These were in the areas of change management, research and teaching, communication, strategy and shared values, leadership, departmental culture, rewards and staffing. The behaviours associated with each of these themes were used to construct the Underpinning Excellence model. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01