The Executive Seminar Series
The Executive Seminar Series brings together top international and local experts with tertiary education executives from institutions throughout the region in small group seminars. This setting allows for an interactive exchange of ideas, sharp debate, and critical examination of new approaches to management and leadership, to enable our institutions to be key players at regional, national and international levels.
The seminars currently offered by the Martin Institute include:
- Creating a Performance Development Culture, 3 March 2009, Brisbane
- Institutional Resourcing, dates and location to be confirmed shortly
- Strategic Institutional Positioning, dates and location to be confirmed shortly
Creating a Performance Development Culture
Dr Neil Carrington
3 March 2009, Brisbane
Seminar Flyer and Registration Form
Program:Creating a Performance Development Culture in your organisation means knowing the difference between being a leader and being a manager. It is about focusing on the relationships you build with your staff and the culture you create within your organisation.
This seminar is designed for senior executives who want to generate a clear understanding of their current performance culture, the performance culture they would prefer, and how to powerfully move from one to the other. The day will be highly interactive, and will model a range of innovative processes which can be used with your own staff.
Dr Neil Carrington is currently the Foundation National Director of the Leadership Centre for the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), and his expertise is in ensuring that organisations and individuals are able to perform at their optimum level. Specialising in strategic planning, performance development systems for staff , executive coaching and advanced communication skill development, he has successful leadership and consultancy experience in private industry as a Marketing and Export Manager and Executive Coach.
More information can be found in the seminar flyer.
Institutional Resourcing
Professor Emeritus William F. Massy
Dates: to be confirmed shortly.
Previous Seminar
Program
Tertiary education institutions operate within a rapidly changing, increasingly competitive environment characterised by regulatory change and the adoption of market based approaches. Within this context a comprehensive understanding of Institutional Resourcing is an essential component of effective management and strategic positioning.
This two day seminar will provide an opportunity for in depth consideration of the manner in which modern tertiary institutions are managed and the strategic importance of planning and resource allocation.
Strategic Institutional Positioning
Professor Frans van Vught
Dates will be confirmed shortly.The workshop will be in two parts. The first will consist of a presentation, followed by discussion. The presentation will address the following broad issues:
· Globalisation and internationalisation in higher education;
· The dynamics of diversity in higher education systems;
· The reputation race;
· Impacts on and consequences for higher education institutions of these three sets of variables.
During the discussion, the specific impacts and consequences for the Australian system and its institutions will be explored. Participants are expected to actively contribute from their own perspective to stimulate a frank and open discussion.
The second part of the workshop will focus on the various roles higher education institutions play in different contexts. Three contexts are identified: regional, national and international. Regarding each of these a joint analysis will be undertaken, emphasizing the following questions:
· What could/should be strategic positions of an individual institution?
· What should be collective strategic positions given national and international imperatives?
· What do these choices imply for institutional missions and mission diversity at the system’s level?
· What does this mean in terms of actual implementation?
The second part of the workshop will be a joint and interactive session during which participants will be stimulated to explore both their own strategic questions and the collective strategic choices at the level of the overall Australian higher education system.
More information
More information on the range of programs currently offered by the Martin Institute can be found in the Executive Education Program 2009 prospectus.
If you have any enquiry or would like to be kept informed about the latest developments regarding the growing range of Executive Education Programs offered by the LH Martin Institute any please contact Anna Steer, the Program and Events Coordinator, via email asteer@unimelb.edu.au or call +61 3 8344 3157.
