Building a Change Adaptive University: A System of Composite Indicators to Measure and Facilitate Pervasive Changes

Autor/inn/en	Tafere Gedifew, Matebe; Shimelis Muluneh, Girma
Titel	Building a Change Adaptive University: A System of Composite Indicators to Measure and Facilitate Pervasive Changes
Quelle	In: Higher Education Quarterly, 75 (2021) 2, S.227-246 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Tafere Gedifew, Matebe)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-5224
DOI	10.1111/hequ.12279
Schlagwörter	Universities; Organizational Change; Educational Change; Capacity Building; Systems Approach; Change Strategies; Models + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? University; Universität; Organisationswandel; Bildungsreform; Systemischer Ansatz; Lösungsstrategie; Analogiemodell
Abstract	Organizations including universities are operating in an increasingly volatile environment and they are in a state of constant change. To survive and thrive in this ever-changing environment, building the capacity to adapt is essential. The basic purpose of this research was to identify and propose basic dimensions that help to envisage the adaptive capacity of public universities. To study universities as complex adaptive systems, complexity theory and pragmatism were used complimentarily. In doing so, mixed research design (in particular, the sequential explanatory approach) was employed. Data were collected using questionnaire and interview from three sample universities' academic staff, support staff and leaders. Meanwhile, the capacity of universities for institutional change was measured by employing composite indicators methodology supported by PLS-PM analysis. Based on the conceptual model, the adaptive capacity of universities to change initiatives was found to be low, which limits their success in realising their visions through change. Consequently, the identified gaps and challenges in the studied universities strengthen the argument for the need to systematically assess universities' adaptive capacity using a model and make appropriate intervention before struggling to introduce any change initiative. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01