Innovation
Innovation: Innovation in Education
Maura C. Chaney
Grand Canyon University
LDR805
March 27, 2012
Innovation In order to maintain any kind of competitive edge, educational organizations in America need to respond rigorously through initiatives in that move towards innovation. These initiatives need to develop a new mental mindset that is more focused on problem solving and moving forward with innovative and custom techniques, products, and services. In order to be successful in today 's global community, the growing need to provide innovative solutions is a prerequisite. Innovation is seen as an opportunity for education to be competitive and prepared to develop the future of our society to be able to be a global competitor. The change in business-as-usual directly correlates to the growth in the global economy. Many of the new models of innovation within business integrate innovation to be seen as a force of change, an ability to extend organizational capabilities, and meet the needs of the clientele (GCU, 2012). Two leadership models are at the forefront of this growth of innovative thinking, or what education organizations label as 21st century skills. These two leadership models are transformational leadership and servant leadership. Transformational leadership can be used in this setting to introduce a change effort that involves the complete modification of how the school operates. An example of this is transferring paradigms from the junior high school setting to the middle school philosophy. Servant leadership can be used in this setting in setting norms and forming collaborative groups towards a change environment. This could be used in an example of creating professional learning communities. Both servant leaders and transformational leaders are seen as creating inspiring visions, generating trust, and acting as role models through their behaviors, and caring about others that ultimately change the organizational culture. However,
Maura C. Chaney
Grand Canyon University
LDR805
March 27, 2012
Innovation In order to maintain any kind of competitive edge, educational organizations in America need to respond rigorously through initiatives in that move towards innovation. These initiatives need to develop a new mental mindset that is more focused on problem solving and moving forward with innovative and custom techniques, products, and services. In order to be successful in today 's global community, the growing need to provide innovative solutions is a prerequisite. Innovation is seen as an opportunity for education to be competitive and prepared to develop the future of our society to be able to be a global competitor. The change in business-as-usual directly correlates to the growth in the global economy. Many of the new models of innovation within business integrate innovation to be seen as a force of change, an ability to extend organizational capabilities, and meet the needs of the clientele (GCU, 2012). Two leadership models are at the forefront of this growth of innovative thinking, or what education organizations label as 21st century skills. These two leadership models are transformational leadership and servant leadership. Transformational leadership can be used in this setting to introduce a change effort that involves the complete modification of how the school operates. An example of this is transferring paradigms from the junior high school setting to the middle school philosophy. Servant leadership can be used in this setting in setting norms and forming collaborative groups towards a change environment. This could be used in an example of creating professional learning communities. Both servant leaders and transformational leaders are seen as creating inspiring visions, generating trust, and acting as role models through their behaviors, and caring about others that ultimately change the organizational culture. However,
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