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The Managerial Activities and Leadership Roles of Five Achieving the Dream Leader

College Presidents

The Managerial Activities and Leadership Roles of Five Achieving the Dream Leader

College Presidents

ABSTRACT (CC) presidential retirements is resulting in a huge loss of critical knowledge and experience. Recognition of this has led to numerous efforts and initiatives to prepare future community college leaders. These efforts have included numerous attempts to identify the competencies, skills, and leadership traits considered essential -reported assessments and personal interviews were not based on actual observations of what successful presidents do. Unlike studies about community college presidents over the last 30 years, this study Taxonomy to record in real time the daily activities of five effective Achieving the Dream Leader Colleges (ATD) presidents. This quantitative study had two purposes, first to identify and describe the managerial activities and leadership roles of effective CC presidents, and second, to

CC presidents. The purposive sample

of five presidents was drawn from a target population of 65 presidents of the Achieving the QuestionPro software and QlikView Business Intelligence (BI) software were used to analyze and compare data. comparative analysis, four major findings emerged from this study. One, every ATD presidents engaged in four times more managerial activities in 20 workdays than did idents relied on modern technology to do more deskwork, less face-to- presidents. Four, ATD presidents attended presidents in 25 workdays. Several recommendations for improved practice and future research are included.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Throughout the dissertation process, talented individuals have contributed their extraordinary skills, generous gifts of time, creative energies, infectious enthusiasms, motivational words, and constructive criticisms. My acknowledgements of their contributions are as follows: Dr. James O. Hammons, my advisor, mentor, and dissertation chair, I thank you for challenging me to the core to think criticall understand, to apply, analyze, and evaluate effective community college leaders. Recognizing dedicated to reading my drafts and to providing constructive feedback so as to refine my writing into the coherent and scholarly work evident throughout this finished document. Additionally, in the writing of this dissertation you committed immeasurable time and energy to lengthy conversations that enriched my understanding of community colleges and their presidents, thus appreciated. To my other professional and esteemed dissertation committee members, Dr. Ketevan with each of you, both in the classroom and in the office, that I have been inspired with new courage, thought, and confidence in the writing of this dissertation. The offerings of ideas, suggestions, and constructive guidance have stimulated reflection and scholarly assessment. The professional insights and directions I have received from both of you assisted me in the formulation of thoughts found in the following pages. I thank you both for your significant contributions to this study. Richard Kroutil, Chief Information Officer Trudata, LLC, and data consultant, I am indebted to you for your extraordinary talents and abilities. Thank you for taking time to teach me how to have fun with data analysis as well as to think more critically about the results. I thank you for your patience and expertise in the creation of an electronic instrument for this study, and for the countless hours, you made yourself available to answer data and analysis questions when I needed them, day or night.

Patrick Taylor, Global Pricing Leader at PII

Pipeline Solutions, and my youngest brother,

your expertise in data analysis inspired much thought in the analysis of the findings of this dissertation. I thank you for verifying the accuracy of numbers, providing alternatives in This dissertation employed the editing expertise of three individuals. First, Christina Barritt, primary editor, B.A. English and voracious reader, I thank you for sharing your gift of the English language and expertise in writing principles that are evident in the final version of this dissertation. Your constructive advice and direction in the formidable task to communicate my research and study into written words have given my thoughts coherent structure, organization, readability, and unity while preserving my writing style.

Second, to Kelly Lacara, Ph

.D., Director of Student Services, School of Education and

Child Development, Drury University, and

APA editor, I thank you for reviewing a vast number of pages under short deadlines for APA formatting and for providing laboriously typed comments that became an integral part of my learning experience. Third, to Rita Jackson, a friend and English professor who kick started this dissertation with organizational suggestions and edits in outlining the first chapter. Although this study included five Achieving the Dream Leader College presidents that are to remain anonymous, it is essential that I express my gratitude for their contributions, and acknowledge them collectively for the commitment of valuable time to this study. Each willingly opened their campus doors to participate in this study, and as revered leaders, teachers and practitioners, delivered valuable lessons on effective leadership that could not have been learned otherwise. I thank each of you for trusting me with sensitive information while I shadowed, observed, and recorded your activities. Without your contributions, neither this study nor the opportunity to learn what effective community college leaders actually do would have been possible. Finally, I would like to acknowledge both Dr. Henry Mintzberg and Dr. Curtis Ivery for their professional contributions to this study. Dr. Mintzberg, thank you for providing me with an open door opportunity for information when I first proposed the study of effective community college presidents. Your recommendations to locate reading materials and your gracious answers to a barrage of questions about the study of management were beneficial. Also, thank you for your permission to quote an extensive amount of your work and utilize your Role Taxonomy to learn more about what effective community college leaders do. Dr. Ivery, thank you for answering questions early on in the proposal phases of this study. Your recommendations assisted greatly in preliminary decisions made as to how best to conduct this study proficiently and with integrity. Also, thank you for your permission to cite your work and utilize your previous work on the managerial responsibilities of community college presidents to further the research of effective community college presidents. DEDI every adventure. my clan, where I find ngs through Him who 7$

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The Managerial Activities and Leadership Roles of Five Achieving the Dream Leader

College Presidents

The Managerial Activities and Leadership Roles of Five Achieving the Dream Leader

College Presidents

ABSTRACT (CC) presidential retirements is resulting in a huge loss of critical knowledge and experience. Recognition of this has led to numerous efforts and initiatives to prepare future community college leaders. These efforts have included numerous attempts to identify the competencies, skills, and leadership traits considered essential -reported assessments and personal interviews were not based on actual observations of what successful presidents do. Unlike studies about community college presidents over the last 30 years, this study Taxonomy to record in real time the daily activities of five effective Achieving the Dream Leader Colleges (ATD) presidents. This quantitative study had two purposes, first to identify and describe the managerial activities and leadership roles of effective CC presidents, and second, to

CC presidents. The purposive sample

of five presidents was drawn from a target population of 65 presidents of the Achieving the QuestionPro software and QlikView Business Intelligence (BI) software were used to analyze and compare data. comparative analysis, four major findings emerged from this study. One, every ATD presidents engaged in four times more managerial activities in 20 workdays than did idents relied on modern technology to do more deskwork, less face-to- presidents. Four, ATD presidents attended presidents in 25 workdays. Several recommendations for improved practice and future research are included.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Throughout the dissertation process, talented individuals have contributed their extraordinary skills, generous gifts of time, creative energies, infectious enthusiasms, motivational words, and constructive criticisms. My acknowledgements of their contributions are as follows: Dr. James O. Hammons, my advisor, mentor, and dissertation chair, I thank you for challenging me to the core to think criticall understand, to apply, analyze, and evaluate effective community college leaders. Recognizing dedicated to reading my drafts and to providing constructive feedback so as to refine my writing into the coherent and scholarly work evident throughout this finished document. Additionally, in the writing of this dissertation you committed immeasurable time and energy to lengthy conversations that enriched my understanding of community colleges and their presidents, thus appreciated. To my other professional and esteemed dissertation committee members, Dr. Ketevan with each of you, both in the classroom and in the office, that I have been inspired with new courage, thought, and confidence in the writing of this dissertation. The offerings of ideas, suggestions, and constructive guidance have stimulated reflection and scholarly assessment. The professional insights and directions I have received from both of you assisted me in the formulation of thoughts found in the following pages. I thank you both for your significant contributions to this study. Richard Kroutil, Chief Information Officer Trudata, LLC, and data consultant, I am indebted to you for your extraordinary talents and abilities. Thank you for taking time to teach me how to have fun with data analysis as well as to think more critically about the results. I thank you for your patience and expertise in the creation of an electronic instrument for this study, and for the countless hours, you made yourself available to answer data and analysis questions when I needed them, day or night.

Patrick Taylor, Global Pricing Leader at PII

Pipeline Solutions, and my youngest brother,

your expertise in data analysis inspired much thought in the analysis of the findings of this dissertation. I thank you for verifying the accuracy of numbers, providing alternatives in This dissertation employed the editing expertise of three individuals. First, Christina Barritt, primary editor, B.A. English and voracious reader, I thank you for sharing your gift of the English language and expertise in writing principles that are evident in the final version of this dissertation. Your constructive advice and direction in the formidable task to communicate my research and study into written words have given my thoughts coherent structure, organization, readability, and unity while preserving my writing style.

Second, to Kelly Lacara, Ph

.D., Director of Student Services, School of Education and

Child Development, Drury University, and

APA editor, I thank you for reviewing a vast number of pages under short deadlines for APA formatting and for providing laboriously typed comments that became an integral part of my learning experience. Third, to Rita Jackson, a friend and English professor who kick started this dissertation with organizational suggestions and edits in outlining the first chapter. Although this study included five Achieving the Dream Leader College presidents that are to remain anonymous, it is essential that I express my gratitude for their contributions, and acknowledge them collectively for the commitment of valuable time to this study. Each willingly opened their campus doors to participate in this study, and as revered leaders, teachers and practitioners, delivered valuable lessons on effective leadership that could not have been learned otherwise. I thank each of you for trusting me with sensitive information while I shadowed, observed, and recorded your activities. Without your contributions, neither this study nor the opportunity to learn what effective community college leaders actually do would have been possible. Finally, I would like to acknowledge both Dr. Henry Mintzberg and Dr. Curtis Ivery for their professional contributions to this study. Dr. Mintzberg, thank you for providing me with an open door opportunity for information when I first proposed the study of effective community college presidents. Your recommendations to locate reading materials and your gracious answers to a barrage of questions about the study of management were beneficial. Also, thank you for your permission to quote an extensive amount of your work and utilize your Role Taxonomy to learn more about what effective community college leaders do. Dr. Ivery, thank you for answering questions early on in the proposal phases of this study. Your recommendations assisted greatly in preliminary decisions made as to how best to conduct this study proficiently and with integrity. Also, thank you for your permission to cite your work and utilize your previous work on the managerial responsibilities of community college presidents to further the research of effective community college presidents. DEDI every adventure. my clan, where I find ngs through Him who