collegial models.pptx

collegial models

1. Does Collegiality Matter: For Whom, for What and How?

2. Definition of Collegiality Cooperative interaction among colleagues Shared power and authority among colleagues ( Source: American Heritage Unabridged Dictionary 2009)

3. Why Collegiality? Collegiality is an organizational value and it must represent common ground . --P. Howze (2003) The workplace structure itself can foster collegiality or its antithesis, competition and turf guarding . --List Lister (2003)

4. What does Collegiality do? Collegiality can be a code word for favoring people with backgrounds, interests and political and social perspectives similar to one’s own. --J. Alger (2000) Power is central to collegiality. - S. Rastin (summer 2000)

5. Is Collegiality the same as Congeniality? * pleasing or liked on account of having qualities or interests that are similar to one’s own: his need for some congenial company (of a thing) pleasant or agreeable because suited to one’s taste or inclination: he went back to a climate more congenial to his cold stony soul Civility, Homogeneity, Conformity

6. Boundaries of Collegiality Collegiality Bureaucracy Congeniality Collegial Decision Making S. Freedman 2009

7. Conditions for Collegial Environment Sharing ideals as library mission Leadership is essential Open communication Trust is a higher order element of collegiality

8. Characteristics of Collegial Organizations Performance oriented Self-controlling and self-directed Peer review based Public dissemination of collegial writing Apply theory and specialized knowledge Use collegial decision making Updated organizational structure

9. How Collegiality and Collegial Decision Making affect an organization? Collegiality affects collegial decision making in significant ways academic freedom Promotion and Tenure review Governance committee’s decision making and participation on campus

10. Collegial Decision Making (From M. Polanyi’s “The Republic of Science” 1969) “ The process of negotiation and discovery used to create, refine, and rethink knowledge. Membership in this republic requires three essential contributions: professional expertise, trust, and a disinterested urge to further the work of the whole. Authority rests neither in the individual nor in a higher body that organize the work, but in the members of the group” “This is a natural structure for libraries which exist to enable to the activities of this republic.”

11. Characteristics of Non-Collegial Organizations Collegiality is treated as a personal trait viewed as an agreement strongly trends toward conformity, homogeneity

12. In Summary. . . Collegiality plays a vital role in dealing with effective change in a library Collegial decision making allows better navigation in the interconnected world of higher education. Collegiality invokes the highest ideals and aspirations of the academic world Collegiality is not the same as congeniality Fostering collegiality is a leadership priority

13. Thank you! Questions?