Value Based Leadership and Management – Creation, Permeation and Visibility: A Critical Analysis of Value Development in a Leading New UK University

Keywords: Value system, Accountability, Leadership, Public Management

This research is set against an evolving agenda linked to leadership, management and governance in UK higher education. The recent formation of a Leadership Foundation for Higher Education in 2003 by the UK government and HE stakeholders is a testament to the growing national interest in educational leadership and management training and development, and specifically to a desire to stress the importance of succession planning, leading change and building successful senior teams in UK universities Values are usually single words like “trust”, “teamwork”, “integrity”, “caring”, “knowledge”, “learning”, “excellence”, “self-actualisation”, “accomplishment”, “financial health”, or short phrases that suggest positive behaviours . Accountability starts with executive officers and flourishes where all colleagues keep each other on-track with the institutional value-base.

Peter Treadwell, Pam Ackroyd and Allison O’Reilly

Authors are the Professors at the University Of Wales Institute, Cardiff, Wales, UK