USB & GCC
11-30-05
Tentative Agenda
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Finalize agenda
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Synthesize major themes of dimension reports prior to development of governing
concepts
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Develop draft statements of governing concepts (What’s the point?)
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Check process
The following are ideas
applied from our readings that may be (may not be) ok as governing concepts,
our implementation of double loop thinking presented by Lee. These governing
concepts can be checked for validity by determining whether or not they can
guide and directly impact the bylaws that we will develop. If the ideas are
too broad to guide bylaws, they may be rewritten or more appropriately placed
in the beliefs section.
Sample Ideas of Governing
Concepts
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The following dimensions identify research-proven areas
(Reynolds, 1997; Collins, 2001) associated with high performing
organizations and serve as a foundation for governance development:
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Shared sense of purpose
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Leadership to contribute to the goals of the university and
effective management for continuous improvement of identified outcomes and
processes
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Adequate resources to carry out the functions of shared
governance
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Sustained teaching and learning to promote active
participation by the campus community in shared governance
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Effective use of communication systems to make decisions
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Effective use of motivational theory including recognition
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Comprehensive delineation of how power is shared by
defining who decides, on what do they decide, and how they make their
decisions
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Relationships among the administration, faculty, staff and students are more
critical to enhanced power than the structures of shared governance and must
be assessed regularly (Wheatley, 1996; Collins, 2001; Kaplan, 2004)
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Motivation is best achieved
by identifying and confronting the barriers to trust in building
relationships. (note: same three authors as above; combination of
interdependence, confronting the brutal facts, building trust)
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The main function (note: Hedgehog Concept, Collins) of shared governance is
recommending great policy developed through innovative, flexible and
inclusive representation. This primary concept is accompanied and supported
by the functions of reviewing proposals, facilitating the referral of
concerns and conveying intent through resolution.