How to Improve Leadership in Higher Education Institutions: The Impact of the Leadership Skills for Leaders in Higher Education Institutions in Kurdistan

by Ismail Noriey

Overview

This study explores how leaders in higher education (directors, principals, vice presidents, and presidents) in Kurdistan perceive leadership and the leadership skills required to make them effective. It also examines the challenges that leaders face in leading and managing their institution and how to improve their leadership. Knowledge sharing is acknowledged as the most significant resources for competitive advantage and the key to improving innovation. The knowledge management and the promotion of knowledge sharing among the members of an organization are a vital part of the learning process, as they help to convert the tacit knowledge. This research has an interest in understanding research participants subjective experiences as well as their general perception of the participative leadership in order to decide on the position as a researcher to adopt differing ontological, epistemological, and methodological assumptions that underpin each paradigm in turn or ways of viewing by educational research. The aim is to accomplish this in a way that influences me to position myself philosophically as a researcher that is a mix of interpretivist with positivist. The study data analysis adopted an interpretive approach and attempted to address the research questions through developing a structured interview and questionnaire guide to facilitate the collection of data. This is because some of participates (twenty-three) accepted questionnaire only. The sample in this mixed-methods case study is to investigate the perspective of the small cohort of fifteen leaders comprising ten males and five females currently or recently holding senior positions in the HEls in Kurdistan in two state and five private universities, and they accepted face-to-face interviews. The finding showed that the nature of leadership for leaders in higher education are complex, demanding, and requires a combination of leadership skills and management. This study captures insights about the four aspects that define leadership, which are leadership is distinct from management, leadership relates to leaders characteristics, leadership is about influencing, and leadership requires a vision. Correspondingly, there is data about leadership skills required for future university leaders to make them effective, such as communication skills. And there dis data about the four main challenges based on the findings, which are difficultly in sharing the leaders vision, poor communication skills, lack of self-confidence, and lack of motivation. Finally, it shows the ways in which leadership of university leaders could be improved, such as length of experience, and it highlights the possible inadequacies of formal leadership development for academic leaders in higher education in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781546280361
Publisher:	AuthorHouse
Publication date:	09/18/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	222
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Educational background 1. Ph.D “Leadership in Education” London Humanities College 2013-2016 2. Master Degree “Leadership in Education” University of Wolverhampton 2010-2012 3. PGCE “PGCE Post Compulsory Education “Teaching Qualifications, University of Wolverhampton 2009-2010 4. Bachelor of Science “BSc Computer Aided Engineering Design” University of Wolverhampton 2006-2009 5. Access in ICT, First Class; Matthew Bolton College Birmingham; 2005-2006 6. EDCL Level 1&2 ; Matthew Bolton College Birmingham; 2004-2005 7. All six Modules of Interpreting; • MODULE 1: Community Interpreting • MODULE 2: Interpreting for the NHS • MODULE 3: Mental Health Interpreting • MODULE 4: Health and Safety, Security, Confidentiality, Equality&Environment • MODULE 5: Safeguarding Children&Vulnerable Adults • MODULE 6: Legal&Court Interpreting 8. First Class A Level Shorsh Secondary School “Kurdistan 1997-1999 Summary of Experience Dr. Ismail Noriey has more than 10 years’ experience in teaching within diversity level in further and high education in the UK. He comes from Kurdish Region North Iraq originally, and he had moved to the UK since 2001. Following a Master Degree (2010-2012) in Leadership in Education at the University of Wolverhampton and he took up a position as a director at the Education Development College. In addition to, he has as a leader of the Kurdish Community in the heart of Birmingham in the UK, since 2013. He has conducted the activities at school, college; including support-teaching, leading the whole school as a Headteacher. He has been dedicating hundreds of unpaid hours expanding the curriculum of the school to include such social justice issues homelessness and many other issues. Furthermore, he has been a freelance lecturer at the FBT College in Birmingham, since 2013 up until the present. He has undertaken to teach across various HND units; Leadership and Management Modules and Business Analysis for Tourism and Hospitality Managers. Also, he was an assistant lecturer at the University of Sulaimani in Kurdish Region North Iraq and he has undertaken to teach across various undergraduate units; coordination of the Leadership and Education core programs. He is currently sector head of course leader at the London Humanities College and action leader for knowledge leadership, management and education. On the other hand, he is lecturer at the FBT College in Birmingham and part-time EdD Researcher at the University of Wolverhampton.