Download or read book Naturalistic Decision Making by University Leaders During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic written by Bridget E. Blake and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As universities continue to face crises, a leader's ability to effectively make decisions helps ensure the academic, reputational, financial, and community viability of the institution. This longitudinal exploratory qualitative study used grounded theory to identify themes and develop a crisis decision-making framework based on the experiences of university leaders in the United States during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A framework for effective crisis decision-making will help future leaders be more successful, saving lives, saving time, and preserving university communities. The research questions follow: RQ1: How do leaders make decisions in times of crisis? RQ2: How can decision-making strategies be adjusted to optimize outcomes in times of crisis? RQ3: How do leaders experience different decision-making styles? RQ4: What is the enhanced framework for successful decision-making? The difficulty in studying crises real-time means conceptual models have not been thoroughly tested in practice. I used semi-structured interviews in meetings with ten university leaders three times between March and September 2020 to enrich the decision-making body of knowledge with analysis of real-time, real-world leader experiences. This study showed: (a) adaptive governance supports the organizational flexibility needed to address a crisis, (b) immersive communication is essential, (c) data matters, (d) crises are addressed in the context of the larger environments, (e) intuition supplements incomplete data, (f) some decisions have a shelf life, and (g) crises go through phases, offering intra-crisis learning. Leaders experienced COVID-19 decision-making under extreme pressure, with an overwhelming number of decisions to make, and with limited and inconsistent guidance and information. They emerged with greater self-efficacy and invaluable intra-crisis learning. Leaders making decisions during the COVID-19 crisis recognized there were no perfect decisions. They rapidly navigated networks to get the best data and broadest insights, evaluated that against guiding principles and the university's unique characteristics, and communicated the decision broadly and transparently, knowing things may change. In the end, leaders found that the best answer was not borne solely from statistical analyses, past experience, and intuition. Rather it was the one arrived at using empathetic, confident, immersive communication and with the considered incorporation of the community's voices through adaptive governance.

Download or read book Acute Crisis Leadership in Higher Education written by Gabriela Cornejo Weaver and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores higher education leadership during times of extreme pressures and limited, changing information. Organized around different functional units in higher education institutions, chapters describe the ways in which campus communities were affected by and responded to the early pandemic crisis. By unpacking observations of real leaders from American institutions of higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic, this book provides lessons learned and takeaway strategies for complex decision-making during a crisis. This edited collection explores the unique moment when leaders and teams must make, implement, and adjust plans rapidly to assure delivery of their missions, while still addressing the needs of students, parents, employees, and stakeholders. Shining a bright light on decision-making in the early acute stage of a crisis, this book prepares higher education educators to be effective leaders and successful decision-makers.

Download or read book Understanding Individual Experiences of COVID 19 to Inform Policy and Practice in Higher Education written by Amy Aldous Bergerson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-01-10 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilizing findings from more than 200 interviews with students, staff, and faculty at a US university, this volume explores the immediate and real-life impacts of COVID-19 on individuals to inform higher education policy and practice in times of crisis. Documenting the profound impacts that COVID-19 had on university operations and teaching, this text foregrounds a range of participant perspectives on key topics such as institutional leadership and loss of community, managing motivation and the move to online teaching and learning, and coping with the adverse mental health effects caused by the pandemic. Far from dwelling on the negative, the volume frames the lived experiences and implications of COVID-19 for higher education through a positive, progressive lens, and considers how institutions can best support individual and collective thriving during times of crisis. This text will benefit researchers, academics, and educators in higher education with an interest in the sociology of education, higher education management, and eLearning more broadly. Those specifically interested in student affairs practice, as well as the administration of higher education, will also benefit from this book.

Download or read book Ethical Failures of the COVID 19 Pandemic Response written by Péter Marton and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-12-08 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws attention to the non-biological—political, economic, societal and cultural—variables shaping both the emergence and persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the global response to it, with a particular focus on political decisionmakers’ role in the domestic and international politics surrounding the process of the pandemic. The book identifies the strategic and underlying ethical failures of decision making, using a process-tracing approach to reconstruct considerations, decisions and actions by key leaders—interested in thus weaving a global narrative of the response. The author highlights key speech acts, and interprets the causal implications embedded in a chronological and contextualised appraisal of events, statements and public health measures. The book further discusses the normative ethics of pandemic response, and presents lessons drawn from the present experience. It also offers a normative analysis taking into consideration pre-pandemic guidelines for response, including in the literature of public health ethics and pandemic preparedness plans.

Download or read book Decision Sciences for COVID 19 written by Said Ali Hassan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents best practices involving applications of decision sciences, business tactics and behavioral sciences for COVID-19. Addressing concrete problems in these vital fields, it focuses on theoretical and methodological investigations of managerial decisions that drive production and service enterprises’ productivity and success. Moreover, it presents optimization techniques and tools that can also be adopted for other applications in various research areas after a thorough analysis of the specific problem. The book is intended for researchers and practitioners seeking optimum solutions to real-life problems in various application areas concerning COVID-19, helping them make scientifically founded decisions.

Download or read book Higher Education Institutions and Covid 19 written by Anna Visvizi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-22 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering insights into the adaptational strategies that were employed by higher education institutions worldwide during the Covid-19 pandemic, this volume considers the lasting effects of adaptation and change, as well as the perception of universities’ role in society and desired ways of operating. Nearly overnight, the pandemic forced university leaders and faculty across the world to switch to remote models, not only of teaching and learning but also of managing an entire institution. This book recognizes how the scale of challenges as well as the range of measures specific universities had to undertake was uneven, with some being better equipped than the others. Using a selection of international case studies, it offers an insight into strategies employed by institutions worldwide to navigate the crisis, and highlights the targets and objectives addressed by them during these processes. In so doing, it offers invaluable lessons for the years to come. An indispensable study into strategies that result in resilience and sustainability for universities, this book is essential reading for scholars of education, pedagogy, and organizational change in the higher education sector, as well as educational leaders around the world.

Download or read book COVID 19 and Higher Education in the Global Context written by Ravichandran Ammigan and published by STAR Scholars. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: COVID-19 and Higher Education in the Global Context: Exploring Contemporary Issues and Challenges addresses the lasting impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the higher education sector and offers insights that inform policy and practice. Framed in a global context, this timely book captures a wide variety of topics, including student mobility, global partnerships and collaboration, student health and wellbeing, enrollment management, employability, and graduate education. It is designed to serve as a resource for scholar-practitioners, policymakers, and university administrators as they reimagine their work of comparative and international higher education in times of crisis. The collection of chapters assembled in this volume calls for a critical reflection on the opportunities and challenges that have emerged as a result of the global pandemic and provides as a basis for how tertiary education systems around the world can learn from past experiences and shared viewpoints as institutions recalibrate operations, innovate programs, and manage change on their respective campuses.

Download or read book A Year Like No Other written by Ryan Underwood and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The University that was at the heart of the research to discover the vaccines for the pandemic pens the story of how it all happened. In 2020, as COVID-19 threw the U.S. higher education system into turmoil, university administrators around the country debated whether it was prudent—or even possible—to teach students in person or conduct laboratory research amid a once-in-a-century pandemic. For the leadership at Vanderbilt University, the answer to the question was a resounding Yes. Viewing residential education and collaborative research as essential to its academic and societal mission, Vanderbilt was one of a small number of America’s top universities to put rigorous safety protocols in place to allow students, faculty, and research personnel back to campus in the fall. Told with recollections and insights from Vanderbilt’s leaders, students, faculty, and staff, and moving at a pace matching the events it describes, A Year Like No Other takes readers from Vanderbilt’s near-shutdown in the spring through its reopening for the 2020–2021 academic year, providing an inside look at how the university coped not only with COVID-19, but also with a tragic night of tornadoes and the urgent calls for racial justice following the killing of George Floyd. A Year Like No Other also highlights some of the vital contributions that faculty at Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have made to the development of COVID-19 vaccines and therapies, with research fueled in part by Dolly Parton, the beloved country music legend. A Year Like No Other captures a singular moment in the university’s history while delivering a concise portrait of successful crisis management playing out amid the fast-changing circumstances of global health threats and a barrage of local hardships.

Download or read book Crisis Response in Higher Education written by Mats Benner and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book explores the impact of Covid-19 on universities, and how students, staff, faculty and academic leaders have adapted to and dealt with the impact of the pandemic. Drawing on experiences from Britain, Australia and Sweden, it showcases how Covid has challenged routines and procedures in universities, and thrown them into a disarray of ever-changing events and short-term adaptations. The authors pay particular attention to how students, staff, faculty, and leaders have coped with Covid, through a series of autobiographical portraits of their strains but also heroic efforts in the harshest of circumstances. This important book explores the exceptional ramifications of the pandemic but also how universities may contribute to a fairer and more robust society and concludes with a set of prescriptions for universities that aim to be proactive and resilient forces in society. It will be of interest to scholars interested in higher education, governance and organizational studies. This is an open access book.

Download or read book Maryland Community College President Decision Making During the COVID 19 Pandemic written by Carlee K. Ranalli and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to investigate the experiences of community college presidents in Maryland during the COVID-19 pandemic and the factors influencing their responses. This research was conducted using a qualitative phenomenological methodology and research design. The researcher conducted semi-structured interviews with twelve community college presidents for the study. Crisis decision theory and multiple ethical paradigms were used as foundational theoretical frameworks. After analyzing the interview transcripts, five themes emerged based on key statements made by the participants: (a) impact on community and engagement, (b) influence of financial pressures, (c) promoting effective communication, (d) fostering a collaborative environment, and (e) attention to mental and emotional well-being. The findings provide insight into recommendations for higher education leaders to guide institutions in future crisis events. This study contributes to research related to crisis decision-making and ethical leadership while also providing tangible recommendations for community college leaders seeking to place their institutions in a position for success during a crisis.

Download or read book Governance democracy and ethics in crisis decision making written by Caroline Redhead and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a powerful addition to a developing literature informed by arts and humanities research carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic. Investigating the impacts of crisis governance and decision-making on people and populations, the book brings together microbial organisms and humans, children and data, decision-making and infection prevention, publics and process, global vaccine distribution and citizens’ juries. Through its eight chapters, the book stimulates broadly-drawn discussions about exceptional executive powers in an emergency, the role of trust, and the importance of the principles of good governance – such as selflessness, ethics, integrity, accountability and honesty in leadership. The lessons drawn out in this book will support future decision-makers in both ordinary times and extra-ordinary emergencies.

Download or read book Research and Teaching in a Pandemic World written by Basil Cahusac de Caux and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book adopts collaborative autoethnography as its methodology, and presents the collective witnessing of experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic within the higher education sector. Through the presentation of staff and student experiences and what was learnt from them, the authors examine the global phenomenon that is the COVID-19 pandemic through the purposeful exploration of their own experiences. This book presents an overall argument about the state of higher education in the middle of the pandemic and highlights academic issues and region-specific challenges. The reflections presented in this book offer insights for other staff and students, as well as academic policy-makers, regarding the pandemic experiences of those within academia. It also offers practical suggestions as to how we as a global community can move forward post-pandemic.

Download or read book Upper Echelons Naturalistic Decision Making and Top Management Team Macrocognition in a High Reliability Organization written by Leonie Looser and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book School University Community Research in a Post COVID 19 World written by Jack Leonard and published by Current Perspectives on School/University/Community Research. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Psychological Association (2020) reported that some 81% of teenage children (13 to 17 years-of-age) were negatively impacted in a range of ways due to school closures in connection with COVID-19, including 47% who indicated that they "didn't learn as much as they did in previous years" (para. 21). That perhaps many more than 47% of teenage children in the United States did not learn as much as they did in previous years was documented in the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) report which found that "the national average score declines in mathematics for fourth- and eighth-graders were the largest ever recorded in that subject" (Wilburn & Elias, 2022, para. 1). The National Center for Educational Statistics Commissioner commented somewhat hyperbolically that the results showed that "every student was vulnerable to the pandemic's disruptions" (Wilburn & Elias, 2022, para. 5) and called for a single-minded emphasis on ways to assist students to recover from their trauma and accelerate their learning. Wilburn and Elias (2022) joined those who have pointed out that the learning declines associated with COVID-19 did not occur equitably. The likelihood of a single-minded policy response to change the system and address the achievement gaps exposed by the range of responses to COVID-19 seems small. On the one hand, doubting the sustainability of innovative responses, education historian Larry Cuban referenced the dominant stability of schooling which, if anything, "produces this huge public and professional need to resume schooling as it was" (Young, 2022, para. 18). On the other hand, diverse political agendas will diffuse concerted efforts. Grossman et al. (2021) discussed a pertinent example from Michigan where "public health data, partisanship, and collective bargaining" (p. 637) each played a role in determining school reopening decisions. On this same issue of school reopening, there is credible evidence from Massachusetts that the much maligned and politically explosive masking policies implemented in some schools may have saved lives (Cowger et al., 2022). Roy (2020) asserted that "historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next" (para. 48). The chapters in this volume attest to the willingness of individuals to collaborate in stepping through that portal.

Download or read book Lessons from the Pandemic written by Janice Carello and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-03 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection presents strategies for trauma-informed teaching and learning in higher education during crisis. While studies abound on trauma-informed approaches for mental health service providers, law enforcement, nurses, and K-12 educators, strategies geared to college faculty, staff, and administrators are not readily available and are now in high demand. This book joins a conversation in place about what COVID has taught us and how we are using what we have learned to construct a new discourse around teaching and learning during crisis.

Download or read book Leadership in the Time of Covid written by George Hays II and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-30 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Covid pandemic has put all modern societies to a serious test of resilience. The interdisciplinary research on which this book is based examined how four European governments behaved in these circumstances. During the months of the crisis, the team of experts coordinated by the editors of this volume took a close look at the decision-making processes in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia – the so-called Visegrad Four. The inquiries focused on experiences from the academic, health, economic and social fields. The methods of comparison included surveys, interviews, discourse analysis, for which the adaptive leadership theory provided the conceptual framework. The conclusions are both academic and practical. Aside the description of the pandemic responses, the research had a formative dimension: how can an adaptive leadership approach better help societies manage the health and societal impacts of similar challenges? The spectrum of emerging anti-democratic tendencies in the region provided the specific context of the exercise. The four states face varying degrees of democratic backsliding as well as illiberal influences that have affected their response to the pandemic, which gives this research on the Visegrad Four a worldwide resonance.

Download or read book How to Respond in a Pandemic written by Joan Ferrante and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can an undergraduate college education prepare learners to cope with the current COVID-19 pandemic? This collection of short essays, written by experts in 25 academic fields of study, addresses this very question. Each chapter brings perspective and insight from that discipline, presenting one useful idea and a recommended course of action. This one-of-a-kind resource is ideal for students, instructors, and administrators, particularly during the 2020-2021-academic year when institutions are challenged to continue their educational missions in the midst of a public health crisis that affects every aspect of college life.