Ownership
One peculiar thing happened recently. A colleague who was asked to do a lesson outline declined the task, citing "I must remember my place". We're looking at a task that benefits the university as a whole & probably contributes directly to "institutional development" in the staff appraisal form, and she declined citing a very unique reason.
Well I am unsure of what is happening in the upper echelons of management, but how come inter-faculty collaborations seem a bit more challenging to do these days?
Perhaps, as a measure of self assessment, I would probably look at the way the instruction was handed down. Was it via her immediate superior? Was it done in a way that says 'Do it' (short of gun being pointed to the head) OR was it through her HoD with a mention of "May we please enlist your member of staff for a university-wide initiative/ project?".
If done in a take-it-for-granted-that-she-would-do-it way, it probably can cause some issue with her HoD and resistance kicks in. But then again, this is a speculation. So at the end of the day, I become the lucky person who will develop that subject & be volunteered perhaps yo become one if its first teachers. Lucky me.
Well I am unsure of what is happening in the upper echelons of management, but how come inter-faculty collaborations seem a bit more challenging to do these days?
Perhaps, as a measure of self assessment, I would probably look at the way the instruction was handed down. Was it via her immediate superior? Was it done in a way that says 'Do it' (short of gun being pointed to the head) OR was it through her HoD with a mention of "May we please enlist your member of staff for a university-wide initiative/ project?".
If done in a take-it-for-granted-that-she-would-do-it way, it probably can cause some issue with her HoD and resistance kicks in. But then again, this is a speculation. So at the end of the day, I become the lucky person who will develop that subject & be volunteered perhaps yo become one if its first teachers. Lucky me.
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