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Issues and challenges in higher education leadership : engaging for change. Australian Educational Researcher, 37(3), pp. 57-76.

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Drew, Glenys M.:

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This paper studies change management in universities. Via semi-structured interviews with a cohort of senior leaders from one Australian university, this paper explores their perceptions of the key issues and challenges facing them in their work. The study found that the most significant challenges centred around the need for strategic leadership, flexibility, creativity and change-capability; responding to competing tensions and remaining relevant; maintaining academic quality; and managing fiscal and people resources. Sound interpersonal engagement, particularly in terms of change leadership capability, was found to be critical to meeting the key challenges identified by most participants. In light of the findings from the sample studied some tentative implications for leadership and leadership development in university environments are proposed, along with suggestions for further empirical exploration..

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1 - Leadership and government

How this information can help improve the DR of HEIs:

This paper focuses on change management in universities. This is an interesting issue, related to governance and leadership of digital transformation..