BOK Chapter Update: Leadership

The Leadership chapter has been updated in the Body of Knowledge (BOK). It appears in Part I: General Administration and Management. Many thanks to APPA Fellow William Daigneau, the author, for this update to his chapter.

Today, many believe education is entering a new transformative phase, and the question being debated is whether it will be evolutionary or revolutionary. Spurred by the development of the Internet beginning in the mid-1980s and accelerating faster than many imagined, ever-increasing computing power and data transfer is affecting every element of society, its social fabric, politics, and economics. For example, today’s iPhone, carried daily in the pockets of millions of people, has 5,000 times the processing power of the 1980s’ supercomputers, which filled entire computer buildings. These changes are yin and yang for educational institutions, offering both threats and opportunities. In the next half-century, how will our young people—or any people—learn and be educated, and will educational institutions as we now know them be part of it, or a relic of the past? In times of disruption, leadership is more critical than ever before.

Available to APPA members only, the BOK is a searchable, digital database that develops, updates, and disseminates the foundational content required by facilities professionals at colleges, universities, and other nonprofit educational organizations. Its 63 chapters, which are reviewed and updated on an ongoing basis, cover topics categorized in the four core areas of General Administration and Management; Operations and Maintenance; Energy, Utilities, and Environmental Stewardship; and Planning, Design, and Construction.  

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