Leadership in Higher Education: Handling Faculty Resistance to Technology through Strategic Planning
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: People often recognize leadership in the concrete, mostly by identifying an effective or ineffectiveleader, but they have a much more difficult time explaining leadership in the abstract – what qualitiesresult in transformational and visionary leadership. Often this lack of understanding does not surfaceuntil a crisis or challenge arises in an organization, when a gap occurs between what is and whatshould be. Higher education faces such challenges, and it needs transformational leadership,especially concerning faculty resistance to technology (Buckley, 2002; Hagner, 2000; Moore, Fowler, &Watson, 2007; Scott, 2003). As many organizations see online learning as their chance to be globallycompetitive in a highly competitive environment, they require the leadership to help them identify needs,plan for the future, and transition to this new method of delivering courses (Clark & Gottfredson, 2008).Studies show, though, that faculty resistance to change, especially technological change, is high (Bonk,2010; Madsen, 2008). This causes a gap, a crisis and challenge. Colleges must have a plan to createan environment where campus leaders do not ignore or leave behind those resistant to change butinstead collaborate with different groups in an effort to meet student needs through the use oftechnology where appropriate. Part of this plan should include instructional designers who can helptransform colleges into learning agile organizations.
DOI: 10.58809/jmkd5552
Authors: Kelli McBride, null null, null null, null null
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2808713374