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Barbara Black, University of Western Australia, posts this message.  Reply to her:  bblack@csd.uwa.edu.au
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Please excuse the cross-posting (also sent to SIGLEAD - HERDSA Special
Interest Group on Higher Education Leadership and Management)
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I'm co-ordinating a roundtable discussion at the Auckland conference titled
'Critical Issues in Leadership Development in Tertiary Education' and am
seeking input from others who would like to provide an overview of their
university's leadership programme(s) at the beginning of the roundtable
discussion.  Ideally I would like to hear from representatives of two other
Australian universities and one New Zealand university who would briefly
outline their institution's leadership programmes and raise issues for
discussion.  Most of the session will be devoted to discussing the issues
raised and identifying strategies for addressing them.

The abstract and prosposal for this session are below.

I look forward to hearing from those interested in joining me in providing
an informative introduction to this session.

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CRITICAL ISSUES IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT 
IN TERTIARY EDUCATION


Roundtable Discussion (90 minutes)


Barbara Black
The University of Western Australia
Australia
Email:  bblack@csd.uwa.edu.au  Fax:  +61 8 9380-1156



Leadership development is an issue central to transformation in higher
education.  The 1995 Higher Education Management Review (Australia)
recommended that 'a more strategic and systematic approach to management
and leadership skills development should be adopted at all levels and
across all organisational units of each university'.  In response to this
recommendation, or independently, most universities have developed or are
developing leadership programmes for academic and general staff.
Designing, implementing and maintaining effective programmes poses a number
of challenges to those involved in this area.

This roundtable discussion aims to provide an opportunity for those
involved in the development and provision of leadership development
programmes and activities to: 
· find out what other institutions are providing in the way of leadership
development for general and academic staff
· identify issues critical to leadership development in the higher
education environment
· explore these issues through discussion with colleagues.
 
 Representatives from four universities (three Australian and one New
Zealand) will provide a brief overview of their respective leadership
development programmes at the beginning of this roundtable discussion.  The
session is likely to be of interest to members of the Special Interest
Group 'Higher Education Leadership and Management' as well as others
involved in this area.
 
 
 Conference Sub-Theme:  leadership and management in tertiary education
 Key descriptors:  leadership;  management;  staff development 
 
 Bionote:  Barbara Black is a senior staff development officer in the
Centre for Staff Development at the University of Western Australia.  She
co-ordinates the programme Leading UWA:  A Programme for Senior General
Staff, and contributes to UWA's Academic Leadership Development Programme
as well as other activities for managers and supervisors at various levels
of the organisation.  
 

  PROPOSAL FOR A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION (90 MINUTES)
 
 Objectives/Purpose
 
 This session aims to provide an opportunity for those involved in the
development and provision of leadership development programmes and
activities to:
· find out what other institutions are providing in the way of leadership
development for general and academic staff
· identify issues critical to leadership development in the higher
education environment
· explore these issues through discussion with colleagues.


Background for Ideas/Significance of Topic

A number of universities in Australia and New Zealand have developed or are
developing leadership and management programmes for general and academic
staff.  Staff responsible for this area of staff development would benefit
from having an opportunity to find out how other institutions are
approaching leadership development and to explore relevant issues in a
semi-structured format.  It is hoped that this session will serve to 
· strengthen the HERDSA Special Interest Group 'Higher Education Leadership
and Management'
· increase the use of its listserver
· possibly act as a catalyst for creating a Website providing information
about leadership development in higher education, including current
research and links to individual institutions' programmes.


Activities

· Brief presentations from four universities (3 Australian and 1 New
Zealand) outlining their respective leadership development programmes
· Identification of critical issues by presenters and participants
· Facilitated discussion of these issues
· Identification of strategies for addressing the issues identified.


References

Lucas, A.(1994).  Strengthening Departmental Leadership.  San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.
Middlehurst, R. (1993)  Leading Academics.  Buckingham, UK:  Open
University Press.
Moses, I. and Roe, E. (1990).  Heads and Chairs:  Managing Academic
Departments.  St. Lucia, Queensland:  Queensland University Press.
Report of the Committee of Enquiry:  Higher Education Management Review
(Hoare Report) (1995).  Canberra:  Australian Government Publishing Service.
Tucker, A. (1992) Chairing the Academic Department:  Leadership Among
Peers.  (3rd edn).  New York:  American Council on Education/Macmillan.


Barbara Black
Senior Staff Development Officer	
Centre for Staff Development
The University of Western Australia
Nedlands, WA  6907

Tel:   61 (08) 9380-2136
Fax:  61 (08) 9380-1156
Email:  bblack@csd.uwa.edu.au
CSD Home Page:  http://www.acs.uwa.edu.au/csd/=20