Educational institutions require effective leaders and managers to achieve their goals and provide world-class education. Therefore, today's educators must acquire leadership and management skills to direct organizational challenges, establish relationships with stakeholders and navigate challenges at various levels. This module aims to impart the desired knowledge to enable the learners to create an efficient organization and effectively manage resources.
Overview
Syllabus
Unit 1: Understanding Leadership
Contents:
· Theories of academic leadership
· Models of academic leadership
· Academic leadership framework
· Motivational approaches for leading people
· Leadership for academic programme
· Fostering leadership
Unit 2: Leadership Roles
Contents:
· Challenges of technical education
· Setting vision, missions and goals
· Evaluating academic performance
· Improving teaching-learning process
· Evaluating curriculum effectiveness and updating curriculum
· Restructuring organization
· Capacity building
· Building relationships with stakeholders
Unit-3: Leadership and Organizational Behaviour
Contents:
· Types and attributes of an organization
· Organizational culture
· Academic and research culture
· Autonomy and accountability
· Autonomy in recruitment and selection
· Autonomy in starting new programmes and projects
Unit-4: TQM in Educational Institutions
Contents:
· Quality Management
· TQM in education
· TQM Model
· Quality Assurance through TQM
Unit-5: Management Skills
Contents:
· Management vs Leadership – Coping with complexity vs change
· Management Skill Sets
· Emotional Intelligence
· Management of Resources (Physical, Human, Financial) & Record management
Unit-6: Managing Change
Contents:
· Change Theory and Principals
· Models of Leading and Managing Change
· Bringing Innovation and Best practices
Unit-7: Managing Trends
Contents:
· Managing trends
o National Education Policy 2020
o Vocationalization HE
o Internalization of HE
· Management and leadership in changing times
Taught by
Prof Aashish Deshpande
