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Thursday, March 27, 2014 - Roundtable/Concurrent Session 4 - 1:30pm - 3:00pm

THE DA VINCI FOUNDRY AS AN EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
MODEL FOR DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT

Location: Davos

Presented by Presented by: Pedro E. Arce, Professor and Chair/Chemical Engineering Dpt., Tennessee
Technological University, Cookeville, TN

The session will share fundamental principles of innovation-driven approaches that are effective to transform the
culture of any department into a self-motivated and functional-centered driven unit. The facilitator will engage the
The Chair Academy’s 23rd Annual International Leadership Conference
audience in a discussion of the well-known and effective Steve Jobs’s principles of innovation and their expert
adaptation to transform a departmental unit into a leading and effective center of innovation for the benefts of
students. Among the topics the attendee will learn are:

• How to identify effective innovation principles for transformational purposes
• How an expertise-centered adaptation of such principles can be made
• Identify well-known traditional approaches that do not promote innovation
• How to engage faculty, staff, administrators and students in innovation-driven approaches
• Learn about effective examples of application

LEADING A MULTI-CAMPUS ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT:
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Location: Lugano

Presented by: Maureen Nokuthula Sibiya, Professor/Head of Department of Nursing, Durban University of
Technology, Durban, South Africa

Establishing a new undergraduate nursing program is a demanding and challenging task on its own. This situation
becomes more complex when the administration and management of the newly established program is located 90
kilometres away from the program. Perceptions of alienation and problems associated with multiple commands can
lead to frustrations among staff.

Attendees will beneft by:
• Sharing experiences in leading multi-campus programs.
• Appreciating the signifcance of sharing of responsibilities and power.
• Understanding the importance of communication between campuses.
• Understanding the need for periodic inter-campus staff meeting.
• Increased appreciation of the positive impact of collaborative teaching across programs.

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