COLLEGE OF HEALTH PROFESS IONS STAFF AS INFORMATION SYSTEM

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Definition of an Information System

� Information system: “A combination of hardware, software, infrastructure and trained personnel organized to facilitate planning, control, coordination, and decision making in an organization.” from Businessdictionary.com

College of Health Professions Classified Staff as an Information System

� What does “Classified Staff” mean?

� What do Classified Staff do within the College of Health Professions?

History of Staff of College of Health Professions

� Clerk: One employed in a subordinate position in a public or private office, shop, warehouse, etc., to make written entries, keep accounts, make fair copies of documents, do the mechanical work of correspondence and similar ‘clerkly’ work. Oxford English Dictionary

Current Status of Staff of College of Health Professions

� Professional: Engaged in a profession, esp. one requiring special skill or training; belonging to the professional classes. Oxford English Dictionary

Adaptive Leadership

� Technical vs Adaptive

� A technical challenge is on where we have the knowledge to provide a solution.

� An adaptive challenge is one “for which solutions lie outside the current way of operating.”

KLC Civic Leadership Principles

� Leadership is an activity not a position.

� Anyone can lead, anytime, anywhere.

� It starts with you and must engage others.

� Your purpose must be clear

� It’s risky

Past Experimentation

Current Staffing Initiatives

The Heat: Why is working now and not then?

Empowerment

� Level 5 Leadership

� Soul Leadership

References

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Collins, J. (2001). Level 5 leadership. The triumph of humility and fierce resolve. Harvard Business Review, 79(1), 66-79.

Graham, K. (2011). Leading with purpose: a case for soul leadership. Development and Learning in Organizations, 25(4), 5-7.

Heifetz, R.A. (1994). Leadership without easy answers. Cambridge, MA: Belknap of Harvard University Press.

Heifitz, R.A. (2004). Adaptive work. The Journal Kansas Leadership Center Spring 2010. Retrieved from http://www.klc.dreamhosters.com/files/heifetz%20Article.pdf

Information System. (n.d.). In Business Dictionary online. Retrieved from http://www.businessdictionary.com

Kansas Leadership Center. (2011). KLC Field Guide: An evolving resource for effective civic leadership. Retrieved fromhttp://www.klc.dreamhosters.com/files/KLC%20Field%20Guide%20V2.pdf

Kansas Leadership Center. (2011). KLC Quick Guide. Retrieved from http://kansasleadershipcenter.org/files/QuickGuide_FINAL_web.pdf

Professional. (n.d.). In Oxford English Dictionary online. Retrieved from http://0-www.oed.com.www.whitelib.emporia.edu/