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Leadership, Vision, and Values in a Time of Change and Crisis: A Perspective From a UK Research-Intensive University

Leadership, Vision, and Values in a Time of Change and Crisis: A Perspective From a UK Research-Intensive University
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Author(s): Dilly Fung (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)and Claire E. Gordon (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 19
Source title: Leadership and Management Strategies for Creating Agile Universities
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Thomas M. Connolly (DS Partnership, UK)and Stephen Farrier (Independent Researcher, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8213-8.ch005

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Abstract

This chapter analyses the principles and practices of effective leadership and management in times of complex change. It presents an illustrative case study of a UK research-intensive university's strategic response to global and national changes in the higher education sector as they intersected with a profound and unexpected crisis – the COVID-19 pandemic. The chapter explores emergent possibilities for practising leadership that respects the culture(s) of the academic and professional collective of a research-intensive university, while considering some of the lived contradictions and kinds of emotional labour experienced during this time of great pressure. The authors propose a new cross-cutting articulation of ‘leadership in academia' based on seven key principles as a means of bringing faculty members and professional staff into new collaborative spaces. Their conclusion highlights the importance of establishing a culture of consent to cooperation to enable institutions to navigate disagreements over policy decisions.

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