The Center for Integrative Leadership presents....

 Friday Leadership Research Forum: Leadership Research In and Across Sectors

During the 2011-2012 academic year CIL will host a monthly Friday Leadership Research Forum where participants and presenters will discuss and debate research conducted by University faculty, students and community members on leadership issues that span boundaries in and across sectors.

Friday, March 23, 2012
11:30am-1:00pm
144 Science Teaching and Student Services Building, East Bank UM

(note: This is a different room than past forums)

Catalysts for Creating the Future of the Academy: UMN Case Studies on Shared Leadership

This Leadership Research Forum will feature Ann Hill Duin
Professor, Writing Studies, and Associate Vice President, Information Technology  

Abstract

Globalization, immersive research and learning environments, unlimited access to information and analytics, and fiscal realities continue to impact higher education — and higher education IT. Although IT organizations face immense pressure to meet significantly greater expectations at significantly less cost, with such pressure comes the opportunity to move IT beyond managing commodity resources to serving as a strategic and catalytic force for transforming higher education. To do so, however, demands an evolution from distributed to highly coordinated leadership as well as fostering the institutional conditions for enabling strategic shared leadership.

In this research forum, I will challenge all those engaged in higher education to think even more boldly about integrative leadership. After a brief overview of how my scholarship on shared leadership and collaboration evolved, I will share a case study that documents a four-year effort at the University of Minnesota to develop highly coordinated IT leadership as well as the institutional conditions for enabling shared leadership. This forum will be highly interactive; please bring “smart” devices for participating as we delve into understanding the current challenges and opportunities facing this transformative effort. I will conclude with a view toward the future that includes success indicators made possible through the foundation and practice of shared leadership.

Short presenter bio:

Dr. Ann Hill Duin is a professor in the Department of Writing Studies in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. Ann’s research focuses on the social construction of knowledge and the impact of digital technologies on communication. Ann has taught and conducted research across K-12, undergraduate, graduate, and corporate levels in the U.S. and abroad. She pioneered the University’s first online course at the graduate level, receiving local and national awards for this and other initiatives involving the innovative use of academic technologies.

In her administrative positions, Ann is committed to excellence in higher education through engagement and shared leadership. Currently Ann serves as Associate Vice President and Associate CIO in the Office of Information Technology at the University of Minnesota. To build capacity for transformative change, Ann focuses on alignment,
communication, transparency, input for innovation, value for students/faculty/staff, and evidence of impact.

Forum Organizers and Hosts:
Jodi Sandfort, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Paul M. Vaaler, Carlson School of Management

 Please join us!

 A light lunch and drinks will be provided
Participation is free of charge, but registration is requested by clicking the register button above. 

Space is limited so register early.

Visit the CIL website at www.leadership.umn.edu