Organizational Shifts
Organizational Culture Change - Strategies to Remedy Apathy and Antagonism on Campus: Transformational and Transactional Approaches View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Kaoutar Benchouk
This paper considers options to remedy pervasive apathy and antagonism across campus. This paper suggests two types of change: transformation and transactional change. It also aims to captivate the complex interplay of formal theories of change and leadership with techniques to handle resistance. Furthermore, a reference to the strengths and weaknesses of each approach has been made for higher education professionals for a successful change of the status quo.
Why Work? Exploring Ontological Diversity in Employability Narratives View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Sharlene Leroy Dyer, Samantha Cooms, Kelly Menzel
When did First Nations Peoples in Australia start being considered employable? Our systematic exclusion as a direct result of European invasion and generations of dysfunctionality narrative about First Nations Peoples in Australia including racism and violence have left an endemic mark on us and our communities. The interconnected nature of race, class, and gender, have created an overlapping and interdependent system of discrimination and disadvantage for First Nations peoples in Australia. Racist, sexist and the social hierarchical policies and practices still exist within colonial structures, systems and workplaces. As a consequence of this narrative, why do we then expose ourselves to toxic and unsafe workplaces to survive - and on top of this we have to be deemed 'employable' (or not). In this paper we, a collective of Aboriginal early career matriarchs explore Indigenous Knowledges and governance practices - sharing our experiences in the academy, posing questions to ourselves, when faced with ongoing colonial violence and intersectional discrimination: Why Work? What do workplaces offer us? Is it employability or appealing employers?
