The Influence of Subcultures on Planned Change in a Community College

Locke, Mary G.; Guglielmino, Lucy M.

doi:10.1177/0091552106292518

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“…Administrators showed a more customer-oriented approach to students, whereas faculty were more focused on the commitment of the student to work hard. Locke and Guglielmino (2006) reinforced the existence and importance of subcultures in relation to the change process. Subcultures must be taken into consideration when developing any type of institutional change process and can be leveraged to facilitate change.…”

Section: Cultural Collectivity In Higher Educationmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…For leaders, the culture of an organization provides the context for which decisions about organizational change processes can be made (Malm, 2008). Culture plays a key role in decision-making, and organizations with agreement between mission and culture are most effective (Fjortoft & Smart, 1994;Fugazzotto, 2009;Locke & Guglielmino, 2006). Malm (2008) connected institutional leadership decisions about mission implementation to the importance of the recognition of institutional culture in the decision-making process.…”

Section: Different Dimensions Of Culture Influence the Change Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Community college mission influence on culture : an organizational analysis.

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, "Community college mission influence on culture : an organizational analysis." (2013 There More than 25 years ago I was in a second grade. I cannot say I was ever an outstanding student winning awards for the best grades. Teachers would vii more likely describe me as social or energetic. Mrs. Brenda Wells was on of the first teachers to encourage me in a way that made me want to be better and, more importantly, helped me know that I could. She was tough, but I also remember having more fun learning and exploring ideas with her as a teacher than I can at any other point as a child. Because of her I wanted to be a teacher. I believe I recognized at that age it was possible for me. Because that seed of courage was planted, I have been able to find my way here. My goals have been more defined since those days, but she helped me see that it was possible to aspire for greatness. More effective use of mission has been correlated to the commitment of top management in developing and using it to drive their practice (Mullane, 2002). Three main implications were cited from this research. Each implication focused on the management of mission and recognition of culture development at the base of the organizational hierarchy. While it is important for leaders to be highly committed to organizational mission, engagement with mission related activities should not stop with leaders.The first implication for practice is the need for leader-guided institutional mission reinforcement activities for departmental staff. The second implication for practice is the need to take into consideration culture-focused goals and outcomes during strategic planning. The last implication is the need for intentional analysis and management of physical space to create desired culture focused outcomes.The gap that exists for leaders between mission use and culture development proves to be challenging. This organizational analysis provides insight into how leaders may more effectively approach culture development in relation to institutional mission. This Student Affairs department examined in x this research provided evidence of the culture supporting the formal institutional mission.The researcher found disconnect between this culture and staff members perceptions of the usefulness of the institutional mission. As a result, it is recommended that leaders approach culture development from this perspective. It could be the leader's job in this context to guide staff to positive ways the formal institutional mission could be used to impact their practice at the base of the institution's hierarchy. Allowing staff in non-leadership positions to interact with the institutional mission and align it with their personal workrelated values could make for a culture that embraces mission-focused strategic goals.

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Section: Cultural Collectivity In Higher Educationmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Different Dimensions Of Culture Influence the Change Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

Community college mission influence on culture : an organizational analysis.

Stephens

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“…Furthermore, according to Freed, senior leaders play a critical role in changing the culture. Locke and Guglielmino (2006) focused on the influences of organizational subcultures on planned changes in community colleges. Based on the results of their study, the authors concluded that subcultures had an impact on the planned changes in a community college.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Based on the results of their study, the authors concluded that subcultures had an impact on the planned changes in a community college. These cultures experienced and responded differently to the planned changes being proposed (Locke & Guglielmino, 2006).…”

Section: Significance Of the Studymentioning

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Administrators' Perspectives of Culture at a Multicampus Community College

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Prepared for challenges: The importance of a professional and institutional ethical identity

Anderson

Lujan

Hegeman

2009

New Drctns Community Coll

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Anderson, Harbour, and Davies (2007) Dr. Alice Farris-Smith was stepping into her first presidency at North Suburban Community College (NSCC), the smallest of three colleges in a local district serving over twenty thousand students per year. She was replacing a president of fourteen years who had become somewhat complacent in his final years. Alice had a solid grounding in community college leadership acquired during her academic training as well as twenty years in academic and student affairs at three different community colleges. The chancellor who hired Alice reported to a seven-person governing board that subscribed to the policy governance model and rarely meddled in operational matters. The chancellor had assured her that NSCC was a good college with normal problems but needed to aggressively seek new programs and partnerships, engage formally and informally with its community, and develop alternative funding streams. Alice was comfortable with this directive and had already decided she would spend her first year building internal relationships and trust while conducting her own analysis of the institution and community.As Alice started to get to know the college, she began to uncover both positives and negatives in the community college's day-to-day operations. For example, she was pleased to see that NSCC's core value of student success was a primary focus of the college at all levels. However, she also spotted some challenges. In the absence of day-to-day oversight from the former president, the faculty and staff had become accustomed to making most operational decisions. Furthermore, NSCC's enrollments had been declining, and 17 2

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The Influence of Subcultures on Planned Change in a Community College

Cited by 28 publications

References 4 publications

Community college mission influence on culture : an organizational analysis.

Community college mission influence on culture : an organizational analysis.

Administrators' Perspectives of Culture at a Multicampus Community College

Prepared for challenges: The importance of a professional and institutional ethical identity

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