NDLI: A Conceptual Model of Systems Thinking Leadership in Community Colleges

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Author	Davis, Anne Powel Dent, Eric B. Wharff, Deborah M.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	The pluralistic and often competing goals of myriad constituents, the changing demographics of students, the uncertainty of funding, and the growing demands for accountability from stakeholders have increased the complexity of systems which community college leaders must manage. Emerging from the recent literature on community colleges is a call for new models of leadership in the context of leading in an increasingly uncertain and complex environment. Systems thinking offers a means to help leaders respond to these growing organizational complexities and move leadership from a traditional bureaucratic model to a more adaptive model. A systematic review of literature on systems thinking’s application to organizational performance in higher education was bolstered with evidence from healthcare. Findings revealed three reoccurring ways in which leaders apply systems thinking processes for improving organizational performance. A conceptual model for systems thinking leadership is proposed in which the three processes, characterized as discovery, framing, and action, can be enacted either individually or sequentially for enhancing organizational performance. The model draws upon boundary critique, critical systems thinking, systemic intervention, total systems intervention, systems dynamics, soft systems methodology, complexity theory and complex adaptive systems, yet uses language more readily identifiable to community college practitioners.
Starting Page	333
Ending Page	353
Page Count	21
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1094429X
Journal	Systemic Practice and Action Research
Volume Number	28
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15739295
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-01-23
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Systems thinking Community colleges Leadership Higher education Complexity Complex adaptive systems Business/Management Science Methodology of the Social Sciences Organization/Planning Sociology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Strategy and Management Management of Technology and Innovation

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