Leadership is one of the most discussed aspects in higher education systems across the globe today. Many of the issues in higher education in general and developing countries in particular stems from academic and organizational leadership. It is the efficiency, dynamism, vision and personal as well professional acumen of the leader that largely determines the success of institutions. Leadership has been increasingly recognized as an issue of paramount concern owing to the fact that universities are the complex organizations in which the person in leadership position confronts with challenges in several fronts.
On the one front theleader has to deal with a diversified cohorts of peopleconstituting academic, administrative, technical andother supporting staff and students as well, on the otherhand he/she has to deal with complexities of administration, finance, and academic and a plethoraof other issues in managing the university.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Who should attend?
Faculty members and academic leaders
Teaching members Profesors
Employees in the academic department
Academic directors and supervisors of higher education
How attendees will benefit?
After completion of the programme, these goals will be achieved:
make the Higher Education leaders and the aspiring leaders familiarize with nuances of university administration and help them to build the capacity for taking informed decisions andstrategic planning.
provide practical inputs on developing effectiveSystemic and Transformational Leadership stylesfor managing the university administrationeffectively
Investigate the accuracy of the selection of leaders to ensure continuous and supportive development
Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the institution and improve the quality of education outputs
Course Outline
Academic Leadership
Academic Organizations
Transformational Leadership
Latest Perspective onAcademic Leadership and NewLeadership Theories
Attributes of Higher Education Leaders
Strategies for the Leaders to Combat TeachingChallenges
Decision Making Role of Higher EducationLeaders
Women Leaders in Higher Education
Identify academic leaders
Criteria for selecting administrative leaders
Availability of job requirements
Procedures for selection process
the test
Interviews
The mechanism of attracting and developing distinguished academic and administrative competencies