In good hands? Foresight and strategic thinking capabilities of regional university leaders
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Paper/Presentation Title | In good hands? Foresight and strategic thinking capabilities of regional university leaders |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | van der Laan, Luke (Author) and Erwee, Ronel (Author) |
Editors | Frielick, S., Buissink-Smith, N., Wyse, P., Billot, J., Hallas, J. and Whitehead, E. |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 36th Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Annual Conference (HERDSA 2013) |
ERA Conference ID | 50426 |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Year | 2013 |
Place of Publication | Sydney, Australia |
ISBN | 0908557930 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | https://www.openconf.org/herdsa2013/modules/request.php?module=oc_program&action=summary.php&id=48 |
Conference/Event | 36th Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Conference (HERDSA 2013) |
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Annual Conference | |
Event Details | 36th Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Conference (HERDSA 2013) Parent Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Annual Conference Delivery In person Event Date 01 to end of 04 Jul 2013 Event Location Auckland, New Zealand |
Event Details | Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Annual Conference HERDSA Annual International Conference |
Abstract | Regional universities are systemically critical to nation building and in particular regional wellbeing. Their impact is broad, encompassing the full diversity of sustainability indicators across ecological, social and economic dimensions. Regional universities significantly contribute to regional resilience, adaptability and economic growth. Approximately 80% of Australia’s exports are generated in regional areas. The relative health of regions is broadly acknowledged as fundamental to Australia’s future and international standing. This study is concerned with the role of senior university leadership in enabling regional universities to continue to have a meaningful presence in regional systems and optimise their impact in times that are undergoing significant flux and typified as ‘regional communities under threat’. Leadership of regional universities, by implication, play a critical role in achieving regional wellbeing, productivity and resilience through the relative success or not, of their universities. The study builds on previous studies that confirm the importance of foresight competence and strategic thinking in leadership and organisational performance. leadership capabilities are antecedents to university strategic decision making, policy formulation, primary pedagogical assumptions and mission. It adopts a validated and reliable model to investigate the related cognitive profiles of senior university leaders. This is the first empirical study that investigates the foresight competence and strategic They also illustrate the averaged foresight and strategic thinking profiles of leaders in Queensland regional universities and that these may be an indication of leadership in regional universities more generally. The study concludes by |
Keywords | student success; adaptive; personalised; academic learning support; interconnections; CRM technologies |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390303. Higher education |
350707. Leadership | |
Public Notes | Copyright © 2013 HERDSA and the authors. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, criticism or review, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Management and Enterprise |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2120/in-good-hands-foresight-and-strategic-thinking-capabilities-of-regional-university-leaders
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