Institutional Change: What Does the Research tell us? Pamela L. Eddy Heather – Welcome everyone, acknowledge support from NSF and sponsorship by NAGT, NAGT-GEO2YC Note four years of support June 20, 2018 This work is supported by the National Science Foundation through grants 1525593, 1524605, 1524623 & 1524800.
Change—A Moving Target
People and Change Leadership Motivation Implementation Dip Resistance Sustainability Top level buy-in central How to overcome resistance important—why do people want to change? Black and Gregerson have a good book on brain barriers
Getting People to Move
Change Models Lewin’s Force Field Analysis We will change when the drive for change is greater than reistance
Deep change takes time
Change Models—Linear Linear steps—increasing urgency is central to first step—create urgency Kotter, 2014
Change starts with a story
Change Models—Process Fullan, 2001
Change requires check-in points
Change Model—Gehrke & Kezar
Change starts with one person
Social Change Model
Transformative Change Top leadership buy-in Questioning assumptions Adopting systems—creating capacity Learning from failure
Applying Change on Campus What change initiatives are underway? Program? Department? Institution? Internally or externally driven? What changes can/are faculty leading? What is the story of change? How are data used in change initiatives?
Questions? Pamela Eddy pamela.eddy@wm.edu