Shared Governance

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Shared Governance

• Balancing Authority, Leadership and Management

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Road to Shared Governance

• Still under construction but widening
• Government role changing
• Global delegation of authority underway
• General Factors
• - More responsibility to governing boards
• - More authority to institution heads
• - More expectations for transparency and
• accountability at all levels

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Shared Governance Model

• Power and authority of governing boards
• - Public delegated by the government
• - Private charter or articles of incorporation
• Government approval for both
• Delegation of authority from Board to CEO
• Delegation of authority to faculty and staff

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Roles and Expectations in Shared Governance

• Vision of the Governing Board and the Chief
  Executive
• Clear understanding of the Boards role
• Clear expectations for Chief Executive
• - Goal setting
• - Timetable and Benchmarks
• - Communications with governing board
• - Monitoring results

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The Governing Board andInstitutional Leadership

• Selection process
• Job specifications
• Skills needed vs. typical qualifications
• Terms of service
• Latitude for leadership

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Setting Priorities and Key Management
Responsibilities

• Joint Board-CEO Agreement
• Leadership and Vision
• Chief Planner and Priority Setter
• Choosing top management
• Setting goals and delegating to senior
  administrators
• Institutional Governance
• Communications and Accountability
• Funds and Friends raising

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Academic and Administrative Organization

• Areas of Internal Administration
• Faculties and Departments
• Professorial Power
• - Duties, responsibilities and authority
• - Role in shared governance
• - Resistance to organizational change

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Managerial Explosion The Administrative Estate

• Expansion of administration
• - Reflects increasing complexity
• Professional Staff
• - Fastest growing sector of employment
• Alternatives to unfettered growth
• Role in decision-making and governance

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Professionalization of Management

• Global Trends
• - UNESCO reports note worldwide trend
• - Increasing skill specialization
• Training for Specialists
• - Professional associations
• - Training programs

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Successful Shared Governance

• Identifying the Stakeholders
• Points of contact / Communications
• Cultivating Mutual Benefit
• Advisory Boards
• Cooperative Ventures
• Managing Expectations

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Transparency and Accountability

• Central part of shared governance
• Accountability an obligation of autonomy
• At all levels of shared governance
• Open environment for setting goals and measuring
  outcomes
• Internal and external reporting