Over the past two decades, there have been increasing calls for physicians to develop the capabilities to lead health care transformation. Many experts and authors have suggested that leadership education should begin during medical school; however, little information exists regarding the presence or nature of undergraduate medical education leadership curricula in the USA. This study sought to...

Leadership Perceptions Leadership long has been a focus of higher education (Astin & Astin, 2000). Although defined in different ways, it resonates as a principle within many institutions. While the commitment to leadership development has remained strong, different perspectives on leadership have gained prominence, and many models, perceptions, theories, and definitions concerning leadership a...

 gain a competitive advantage. Whatever the reason, all share the same reality: the need to foster a supportive climate in all phases and facets of their e-learning program. An important dimension of these programs is the support faculty receives from their institutions and departments as they develop and maintain their e-learning curricula. ECAR’s study Faculty Use of Course Management System...

Information security has been predicted as a barrier for future sustainable computing. Regarding information security of secure sustainable computing, the role of information security managers has received attention. In particular, transformational leadership by information security managers should be stressed for persuading, directing, and controlling management and employees. This study shows...

Recent empirical analysis suggests that individual national leaders can have large impacts on economic growth. Leaders have strongest effects in autocracies, where they appear to substantially influence both economic growth and the evolution of political institutions. These findings call for increased focus on national economic policies and the means of leadership selection, among other issues.

Through a series of structured interviews, university librarians at six institutions provided their perspectives on innovation in academic libraries. The literature on leadership styles and organizational change provides insight into the roles of these leaders in the innovation process. Leadership was cited by many researchers as being a critical factor for organizations to innovate. University...

business process improvement to a change in leadership. One hundred and eight respondents (32.2 percent) also pointed to planning as an important factor. Planning is included in the leadership group as it is most often a leadership initiative. Garland Elmore, associate vice president for teaching and learning information technology and dean of information technology at Indiana University, descr...

Introduction: A hospital is one of society’s most important social institutions; however, poor organizational performance results in delayed treatment, disease progression, or patient mortality. This qualitative study seeks to investigate organizational excellence in Iranian medical sciences universities from the perspective of hospital managers. Material and Methods: The present qualitative s...

Indonesian higher education has experienced significant changes over the last decade. In 1999, the government published an overall strategy for decentralisation and enhancement of local autonomy in many sectors, including (higher) education. Indonesian higher education reforms have forced universities to restructure their internal university governance to become more entrepreneurial. These new ...

Any opinions, findings, or conclusions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding agencies, WCER, or cooperating institutions. The authors acknowledges the research and editorial contributions of 2 This paper explores the idea of distributed instructional leadership as a way to understand instructional leadership practice in compreh...