Shared Purpose and Vision
Question: What are the interdependent variables in an organization which create a shared purpose and vision?
An analysis of the literature will answer this question.
Belief statement drawn from an analysis of the literature:
A purpose and vision genuinely shared by all stakeholders in an organizational community culture of extraordinary trust provides the cohesive glue for an organization’s existence and direction. (C. Reynolds)
Governance concept drawn from the belief statement:
An institutional university senate with purpose and vision genuinely shared by all stakeholders in an organizational community culture of extraordinary trust will provide the cohesive glue for Georgia College & State University’s existence and direction.
Analysis of the Literature by Reference
Nemeowicz, G., Education for Leadership and social change: Building collaborative communities
Note: Shared purpose and vision will not only answer who we are and what we are doing but where we are going and why.
Pielstick, C. (1996), Beyond vision: The transforming leader.
· “Creating a shared vision is dependent upon communication, building relationships, and developing a supporting culture”
o Two way communication to instill shared meaning, beliefs, purpose, understanding, and direction
§ Listening
§ Asking probing questions
§ Receiving feedback
§ Reflective thinking
§ Non-verbal communication in consistent actions and symbols
o Interactive, supportive, collaborative and collegial relationships
§ Illustrated in metaphors, analogies, stories, celebrations, rituals, and traditions
§ Encouragement to take calculated and reasonable risks, experiment, and create
· Risk takers are provided with resources and connections to facilitate success, monitor progress, and make modifications
· Experiences are used to promote teaching and learning
o A supportive culture is based on shared needs and values, a sense of community, trust, coaching and teaching, and rewards
§ Reward include intrinsic and professional development
§ “Extrinsic rewards are de-emphasized for recognition and celebrations”
§ Shared values and needs shape behavior
· Team spirit for commitment to shared vision
· High expectations for quality and excellence
o Continuous improvement
o Benchmarks
o Customer service
o Total quality management
o Active support
o Support learning
§ Personal renewal
§ Organizational renewal
§ Development of cognitive complexity
· Sense of pride, respect, and trust
Levy and Merry Conceptual framework for organizational change
§ Fundamental and enduring change (4 categories)
§ Paradigmatic
§ Mission
§ Purpose
§ Cultural
o Change in functional processes
§ Structures
§ Management
§ Technology
§ Decision making
§ Communication patterns
Smith, B. (Senge et al, 1994) Fifth discipline fieldbook
Kreisberg, S. Transforming power: Domination, empowerment, and education (p. 120)
Thorpe, Mary. ( ). From Independent learning to collaborative learning in Distributed learning: Social and cultural approaches to learning (eds. Lea, M, and Nicoll, K. (p. 131)
Shared Purpose and Vision
References from Google Book Search
Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research
edited by John C. Smart, William G. Tierney -
Education - 1999
Page 121 - The academic profession became more segmented as higher education
grew in ...
Clark commented that “shared governance only works when it is shared
to the ...
Learning from Change: Landmarks in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
from Change...
edited by Deborah Dezure - Education - 2000 - 256
pages
Page 199 - To say that the purpose of colleges is to provide instruction
is like ...
Empowering learning is challenging and complex • Shared governance;
teamwork ...
Case Studies on Information Technology in Higher Education: Implications for
Policy and Practice
edited by Lisa Ann Petrides - Education - 2000 - 257
pages
Page 11 - The governance process immediately embraced and involved up to
100 key institutional
... works as one with a deeply shared sense of vision and
purpose. ...
Governing Higher Education: National Perspectives on Institutional Governance
edited by Alberto Amaral, Glen Alan Jones, Berit
Karseth - Education - 2002 - 336 pages
Page 45 - ... in the debate over higher education governance where
university executives and
... can be made by majority rule, which is an improvement of 23
per cent. ...
Higher Education: Volume XIX
edited by John C Smart - Education - 2004 - 562 pages
Page 89 - Oftentimes authors speak of shared governance as an end, rather
than a process.
For Hamilton, the mission of higher education is the creation and ...
Women in Higher Education: Empowering Change
edited by Joann Digeorgio-Lutz - Education - 2002 -
192 pages
Page 119 - For example, in their book about strategic planning in higher
education, ...
They argue that the tradition of shared governance, most normative at
small ...
Learning to Lead in Higher Education
by Paul Ramsden - Education - 1998 - 304 pages
Page 90 - ... and being inaccessible • Being disloyal LEADERSHIP
IN HIGHER EDUCATION It's
... Again these are a mixture of specifically academic leadership
qualities ...
Encyclopedia of Distributed Learning
by Anna DiStefano, Kjell Erik Rudestam, Robert
Silverman - Business & Economics - 2003 - 576 pages
Page 203 - Governance of colleges and universities, including distributed
learning environments,
is an exercise in collaboration that demands excellent communication
...
***********Distributed
Learning: Social and Cultural Approaches to Practice
edited by Mary R Lea, Kathy Nicoll - Education - 2002
- 224 pages
Page 131 - Chapter 8 From independent learning to collaborative
learning New ... to describe
groups that interact to achieve a shared purpose or enterprise. ...
*******Learning
Organizations
by Chawla - Business & Economics - 1995 - 571 pages
Page 262 - 262 LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS THE QUALITY OF LIFE Freedom &
Opportunity Health ...
Caring, & Respect Communications & Conflict Resolution Shared Purpose,
...
(see The Learning Wheel: The Core Competencis and Paths of the Learning Organization by Dr. Joel Levey (1994) page 262
Handbook of Online Learning: Innovations in Higher Education and Corporate
Training
edited by Kjell Erik Rudestam, Judith Schoenholtz-Read
- Education - 2002 - 472 pages
Page 71 - Power is always in play, but it can be threatening (asymmetric and
implicit), or
it can be explicit with a shared purpose (Bakhtin, 1981, 1995). ...
Evaluative Inquiry for Learning in Organizations
by Hallie S Preskill, Rosalie T Torres - Business &
Economics - 1998 - 248 pages
Page 30 - ... shared purpose and direction A Encourage members to
challenge and support each
other A Establish a climate of trust A Develop methods for managing and ...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Knowledge Management
by Melissie Clemmons Rumizen - Business & Economics -
2001 - 315 pages
Page 22 - Creating a Learning Organization In 1990, Peter Senge kicked
off the learning
... Building Shared Vision: This concept focuses on shared
purpose, ...
Theoretical Foundations of Learning Environments
edited by David H. Jonassen, Susan M. Land -
Education - 1999 - 254 pages
Page 37 - When learning as part of a community of practice, the learner
has access to this
... This helps provide a sense of shared purpose, as well as an
identity, ...
Learning to Lead in Higher Education
by Paul Ramsden - Education - 1998 - 304 pages
Page 94 - The effect is to bring academics together and provide them with a
sense of shared
purpose: She has a clear vision for a better course, a better department,
...
*********Trust
and the Health of Organizations
by John G Bruhn - Social Science - 2002 - 234 pages
Page 57 - Timely communication that offers full-disclosure, and is
shared appears to ...
Gaining this clarity about shared purpose, direction, and vision helps to
...
Research and Knowledge at Work: Perspectives, Case-Studies and Innovative
Strategies
by John Garrick, Carl Rhodes - Business & Economics -
2000 - 304 pages
Page 218 - ... knowledge in terms of social and power relationships
in organisations. ...
The purpose of this chapter, then, is to contrast the orthodox view of
...
Organizational Survival in the New World: The Intelligent Complex Adaptive
System
by Alex Bennet, David Bennet - Business & Economics -
2004 - 391 pages
Page 106 - Since all social relationships assume mutual respect and
trust, there is no need
for inhibition and reserve during vertical communication. ...
Systems Thinking: A Platform for Designing Business Architecture
by Jamshid Gharajedaghi - Business & Economics - 1999
- 240 pages
Page 163 - Empowerment is duplication of power. It requires a collective
understanding of
the reasons why we are doing what we are doing. Such a shared
understanding ...
Organizational Psychology: Foundations and Applications
by Shen Lawson, Zheng Shen, Robert Lawson -
Psychology - 1997 - 288 pages
Page 152 - Thus, effective leaders develop mature leadership relationships
with their ...
mutual trust, respect, and internalization of shared goals (Duchon,
Green, ...
Global Leadership: The Next Generation
by Marshall Goldsmith, Cathy L Greenberg, Maya Hu-Chan,
Alastair Robertson - Business & Economics - 2003 - 384 pages
Page 68 - \Vithout trust, relationships are based on competition,
which eliminates the ...
With trust, leaders can work together toward a common purpose.
...
********Transforming Power: Domination, Empowerment, and Education
by Seth Kreisberg - Provided by SUNY Press through the Google Books Partner Program
Transforming Power: Domination, Empowerment, and Education
by Seth Kreisberg - Education - 1992 - 264 pages
Work Orientation and Job Performance: The Cultural Basis of Teaching Rewards and Incentives
by Douglas E Mitchell, Flora Ida Ortiz, Tedi K Mitchell - Provided by SUNY Press through the Google Books Partner Program
Work Orientation and Job Performance: The Cultural Basis of Teaching Rewards and
Incentives
by Douglas E Mitchell, Flora Ida Ortiz, Tedi K
Mitchell – 1987
****************The Quality Management Sourcebook: An International Guide to Materials and Resources
by Christine Avery, Diane Zable - Provided by Routledge (UK) through the Google Books Partner Program
The Quality Management Sourcebook: An International Guide to Materials and
Resources
by Christine Avery, Diane Zable - Reference - 1996 -
327 pages
Page 141 - ... capable people and sufficient resources, rewards
and accountability, ...
Different units of an organization can work toward a shared purpose if a
common ...
Schools As Professional Learning Communities: Collaborative Activities and
Strategies for...
by Sylvia M Roberts, Eunice Z Pruitt - 2003 - 232
pages
Page 26 - ... and action—in their dayto-day work, they are engaging in
the business of
leadership, which is the business of learning together for a shared
purpose. ...
Learning Toward an Ecological Consciousness:Selected Transformative Practices:
Selected Transfor...
edited by Edmund V O'Sullivan, Marilyn M Taylor -
Nature - 2004 - 266 pages
Page 20 - The process that is iterative begins with the derivation of shared
purpose based
on deep and meaningful convictions and a set of commonly understood ...
Theories of Democratic Governance in the Institutions of Higher Education: A Walden University's...
by Emmanuel N a Tetteh - Provided by iUniverse through the Google Books Partner Program
Theories of Democratic Governance in the Institutions of Higher Education: A
Walden University's...
by Emmanuel N a Tetteh - Education - 2004 - 112 pages
Education for Leadership and Social Responsibility
by Gloria Morris Nemerowicz - Provided by Routledge (UK) through the Google Books Partner Program
Education for Leadership and Social Responsibility
by Gloria Morris Nemerowicz - Education - 1997 - 160
pages
Globalizing the Community College: Strategies for Change in the Twenty-First Century
by John S Levin - Provided by Palgrave through the Google Books Partner Program
Globalizing the Community College: Strategies for Change in the Twenty-First
Century
by John S Levin - Education - 2002 - 272 pages
Sociology in Our Times
by Diana Kendall - Provided by Thomson Wadsworth through the Google Books Partner Program
Sociology in Our Times
by Diana Kendall - Social Science - 2004 - 718 pages
E-Business Strategies for Virtual Organizations
by Janice Burn, Martin Barnett, Peter Marshall - Provided by Elsevier through the Google Books Partner Program
E-Business Strategies for Virtual Organizations
by Janice Burn, Martin Barnett, Peter Marshall - 2001
- 272 pages
The Knowing Organization: How Organizations Use Information to Construct Meaning, Create...
by Chun Wei Choo - Provided by Oxford University Press US through the Google Books Partner Program
The Knowing Organization: How Organizations Use Information to Construct
Meaning, Create...
by Chun Wei Choo - Business & Economics - 1998 - 320
pages
Values and Educational Leadership
edited by Paul T Begley - Provided by SUNY Press through the Google Books Partner Program
Values and Educational Leadership
edited by Paul T Begley - Education - 1999 - 364
pages
Learning from Change: Landmarks in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from Change...
edited by Deborah Dezure - Provided by Stylus Publishing, LLC. through the Google Books Partner Program
Learning from Change: Landmarks in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
from Change...
edited by Deborah Dezure - Education - 2000 - 256
pages
Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research
edited by John C. Smart - Provided by Springer through the Google Books Partner Program
Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research
edited by John C. Smart - Education - 1998