Management and Leadership

Action-oriented Programs for Catholic Universities’ Heads and Aspiring Heads

Based on the successful experience of the Rectors’ leadership program, two editions of which have proved very rewarding, several programs are now offered by IFCU to heads of affiliated institutions in order to reinforce their skills and to enable them to draw benefit from the richness brought about by exchange between peers sharing common values and issues.

Leading Catholic Universities in the 21st Century - 2017 edition

Public: Rectors and Presidents, vice-rectors, directors of administration in larger entities, those with functional responsibilities across their institution (eg for research or internationalisation), board members, senior staff identified as potential future institutional leaders, those senior staff in the Orders, for instance delegates of the Superiors, with a responsibility for higher education matters.

Date of the training session: September 25, 2017

Language (s) of training: English

Duration: 5 days

Country: Italy

Venue of the training session: Pontifical Irish College

Presentation

This Program aims to assist participants to:

understand and analyse the nature and significance of the environmental challenges confronting their institutions
undertake a preliminary evaluation of the missions, health and effectiveness of their institutions
assess how mission can be reinterpreted, contextualised, and evolved in the light of its basic values and contemporary circumstances
develop and refine the outlines of strategic plans for the development of their institutions
assess their own styles of leadership and develop appropriate processes for the effective formulation of policy and the management of challenge
understand the nature of institutional cultures and the relationship with approaches to institutional change
enhance their institutions’ capacity to be agents of societal change in various domains – spiritual, social, educational, ethical, economic and cultural
envision leadership and management approaches.