A unique governance learning experience
Author
Faculty Advisor
Date
2016
Keywords
Governance, Presidential Search, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Transfer, organizational learning, Board, Board succession
Abstract (summary)
This paper reports on some of the findings of a 2008-2009 graduate study conducted as a shared organizational learning experience for the Grant MacEwan College (now MacEwan University ) Board of Governors to learn about a vital board governance responsibility-presidential search. Through a facilitated, qualitative action research exercise, participants engaged in a four-stage progressive learning experience to create a body of knowledge about presidential search experiences and to develop strategies for transferring this knowledge when membership changes. The study examined how, through the application of knowledge management theory, a board can learn and share knowledge. This learning experience contributed to the creation of a comprehensive board succession plan for the MacEwan Board of Governors and, in 2010-2011, this plan was used to guide the institution's search for its fourth president.
Publication Information
Baptista, Margo. "A Unique Governance Learning Experience." Canadian Journal of Higher Education Revue canadienne d’enseignement supérieur, vol. 46, no. 3, 2016, pp. 105-122, http://journals.sfu.ca/cjhe/index.php/cjhe. Accessed 20 Dec 2016.
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Item Type
Article
Language
English
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