Effective change management, governance and policy for sustainability transformation in higher education

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Effective change management, governance and policy for sustainability transformation in higher education. / Mader, Clemens; Scott, Geoffrey ; Razak, Dzulkifli Abdul.
In: Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, Vol. 4, No. 3, 18.11.2013, p. 264-284.

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title = "Effective change management, governance and policy for sustainability transformation in higher education",
abstract = "Numerous policy announcements and articles have been produced over the past 20 years calling for higher education institutions to give greater focus to social, cultural, economic and environmental sustainability in their curriculum, research, engagement activities and operations. However, there has been much less attention given to establishing how to ensure these desired developments are successfully initiated, implemented and sustained. It is to these key areas of effective change management, leadership, support and governance for embedding sustainability into the core activities of higher education institutions through transformation that this special issue of Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal (SAMPJ) gives focus. The paper aims to discuss these issues. This paper brings together a consolidated analysis of the existing empirical literature on effective change management and leadership in higher education transformation with particular focus on the results of a recent international empirical study of 188 experienced leaders of sustainability in universities in Australia, the UK, the European Mainland, North America and South Africa. The paper brings together the case for action in the sector, identifies an integrating framework for addressing sustainable development in the university curriculum, research, engagement activities and operations consistently, comprehensively through a whole institutional approach and identifies the key challenges and lessons on effective change management and leadership for sustainability transformation initiatives in universities and colleges. Higher education institutions often give more attention to discussing what should change in their provision than to ensuring that desired transformations are actually put into practice effectively, sustainably and with positive impact. This paper and the articles which follow seek to address this gap.",
keywords = "Sustainability education, Change management, Governance, Higher education for sustainable development, Transformation, Turnaround leadership, Whole institution approach, Higher Education and Science Management, Sustainability Science, Transformation",
author = "Clemens Mader and Geoffrey Scott and Razak, {Dzulkifli Abdul}",
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