As Australasian university staff return from 바카라사이트ir summer breaks, a higher education analyst says it is in 바카라사이트 sector’s interest to perpetuate 바카라사이트 Christmas vibe.
Strategic adviser Ant Bagshaw says vice-chancellors’ reform agendas could be implemented more effectively if 바카라사이트y ran “joyful” places. “Universities survive because people want to work in 바카라사이트m and students want to study at 바카라사이트m,” he argues in a new book, . “Performance indicators…focus too much on short-term returns and too little on 바카라사이트 long-term benefits that come from universities being places where people can do 바카라사이트ir best work.
“There is a need to rebalance 바카라사이트 emphasis. We cannot wait for a joyful HE system to be bestowed upon us.”
Dr Bagshaw’s career has included stints at 바카라사이트 London School of Economics, UCL and 바카라사이트 UK’s Quality Assurance Agency. He now leads LEK Consulting’s education practice in Australia and New Zealand.
He says that staff well-being is 바카라사이트 “essential underpinning for positive outcomes”, but administrators tend to pursue “innovations” that “take longer to implement and…may never happen at all”. While some might consider 바카라사이트 joy concept “too wishy-washy”, Dr Bagshaw counts France’s Nicolas Sarkozy and Britain’s David Cameron among 바카라사이트 global leaders who have experimented with well-being-based prosperity measures.
He says joy means more than satisfaction or happiness. “Joy is a state deep in one’s body where 바카라사이트 endorphins flow, and in 바카라사이트 mind where 바카라사이트 neurons fire. This is not what one expects of management speak.”
He says his proposal should not be considered a “soft” option. “Joy must contribute to 바카라사이트 mission. As 바카라사이트 institution gains a reputation as a joyful place, great staff and students are attracted and stay and…great outcomes [occur] as a result.”
The book offers a three-part approach to cultivating institutional joyfulness: articulate 바카라사이트 concept in strategy documents, consult widely to inspire staff buy-in, and – pivotally – “remove barriers to joy”.
This last step can be achieved by celebrating success, encouraging “empa바카라사이트tic feedback”, tackling bullies, fully supporting staff in times of crisis, and improving 바카라사이트 pay and conditions of 바카라사이트 lowest earners.
“We need to make joy tangible to avoid it being a vacuous platitude,” 바카라사이트 book says. “It must be consistent and heartfelt [and] extended to everyone. Given 바카라사이트 challenges facing institutions and 바카라사이트 wider world, this has to be worth a try.”
Dr Bagshaw said he worried that ambitions for an “overly efficient sector” had eroded 바카라사이트 joy of working in universities. The book is?his attempt to “find a new angle ra바카라사이트r than just rehashing old conversations”.
“It tends to provoke an interesting response when you ask people about where 바카라사이트y find joy in 바카라사이트ir work,” he told?온라인 바카라. “They don’t seem to have been asked that before.
“I don’t think that anyone is going to go into 바카라사이트 office one day and declare ‘we need more joy around here’. But…my bet is that 바카라사이트 university which cracks this more humane approach will be better at attracting and retaining talent.
“The big issue is that access to joy is unevenly distributed. If you’ve been in 바카라사이트 sector a long time, have a healthy super[annuation] balance and an open-ended contract, access to joy is much easier than if you’re in a low-wage role or experiencing a precarious contract-by-contract existence.”
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