期刊名称：Researchers World - Journal of Arts Science & Commerce
印刷版ISSN：2229-4686
电子版ISSN：2229-4686
出版年度：2013
卷号：4
期号：3
页码：54-62
出版社：Educational Research Multimedia & Publication
摘要：Education stands as an important investment in building human capital, who will become a driver for innovation and economic growth in the world-wide market. It is only through improving the educational status of a society that the multi-faceted development of its people can be achieved and prolonged.The main objectiveof this study is to discuss the transformational process of academic leaders' roles and responsibilities due to the impacts and implications of the globalization and internationalization of Malaysian higher educationalinstitutions (HEIs). The paper is focused on the roles and responsibilities of academic leaders within the HEIs based on research conducted with academic leaders from public and private universities. The respondents were asked about their strategic objectives and their responbilities in supporting the globalisation objectives and how they cope with the dynamic environmental challenges from within or outside their organizations
关键词：Globalization; Transformational roles; Academic leaders; Malaysia.; var currentpos;timer; function initialize() { timer=setInterval("scrollwindow()";10);} function sc(){clearInterval(timer); }function scrollwindow() { currentpos=document.body.scrollTop; window.scroll(0;++currentpos); if (currentpos != document.body.scrollTop) sc();} document.onmousedown=scdocument.ondblclick=initialize-Journal of Arts; Science & Commerce ;■;E-ISSN 2229-4686 ;■;ISSN 2231-4172;International Refereed Research Journal ■ www.researchersworld.com ■ Vol.–IV; Issue–3; July 2013 [55] ;INTRODUCTION: ;"We are blessed that Malaysia has a plural society with varied cultures; languages and ethnicities. It is a ;fertile ground of diversity; creativity; innovativeness and inventiveness. The main challenge is how to ;effectively harness these natural gifts and translate them into actions that could benefit the society; ;organizations; industries and ultimately the nation; in terms of economic gains. Employers should therefore ;recognize and reward creativity-based contributions and innovation-based executions; while learning ;institutions including schools; colleges and universities should promote creativity and innovation led co-;curriculum activities.(RazaliMahfar; 2010) ;The opening quotation in this paper perpetually proposed that strategic aim of globalization and ;internationalization of Higher Educational Institutions(HEIs) in Malaysiashall cater for the development of ;spiritual; intellectual; emotional; physical and social domains of Malaysian individuals who are multi-cultural; ;multiethnic and multi-religious; and to comply with the interest to promote the socioeconomic; cultural; ;political and national development of Malaysia. Historically; the Government has played its role by introducing ;various phases of economic development such as introducing the New Economic Policy in 1971 to give an ;impetus to the policy of higher education. Later; the government had introduced national development policies ;such as National Industrialization Policy and Look East Policy to create a greater demand for knowledge and ;skilled workers in areas such as engineering; applied science and technology. But our public HEIswere not able ;to cope with the demand for skilled workers; which brought to the establishment of private colleges and ;universities; and further the establishment of foreign universities branches.Consequently; this has created a ;positive effect to the higher education players as there are needs to open more HEIs to fulfill the demands for ;training skillful human capital either they come from local or foreign countries; which can be seen as good ;opportunities to fulfill the country's economic and social interests. ;The transformational process of social and economic development in Malaysia receives continuous support ;from the government. This is proven with the establishment of the Private Higher Education Act 1996; the ;National Accreditation Board Act 1996; the National Higher Education Council Act 1996; and the National ;Higher Education Fund Loan Act 1999 enacted by the Parliament of Malaysia (Ministry of Education Malaysia; ;2001) to hasten the development and implementation of exportation of degree programs to international ;students by the public and private HEIs. As a result; there was an influx of students pursuing undergraduate and ;postgraduate programs from overseas especially from China; Indonesia; as well as Middle Eastern and African ;countries. Later; the new Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) was set up in 2004 to manage the increased ;number of students. ;The Malaysian government believes that improvement in the quality of higher education services in the public ;and private sectors should be a continuous process. Thus; it is important to ensure that our HEIs are able to ;compete with the rest of the world in providing quality education and are able to realizing the government's ;objective of achieving world-class educational standards and transforming Malaysia into an education hub by ;2015. The National Higher Education Strategic Plan was developed in 2007 to focus on helping Malaysian ;public and private higher education institutions to become world-class institutions. There are seven major ;initiatives or strategic plans being promoted within the plan including to widen the accessibility and increasing ;equity; improving the quality of teaching and learning; enhancing research and innovation; strengthening higher ;education institutions; intensifying internationalization; enshrining lifelong learning; and reinforcing the ;delivery systems of the MOHE. ;In 2010; the government has launched its ;10th Malaysia Plan (2011-2015) or theso called 10MP 2011-;2015;which will be ajump-start to push the nationtowards a high-income economy. According to the 10MP will ;provide the policy framework and strategies to achieve high-income status by 2020. The plan also draws on the ;foundations laid down by the 1Malaysia concept and builds upon the Government Transformation Programme ;(GTP); the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP); and the New EconomicModel (NEM) to offer new ;policies and strategies.;RESEARCH OBJECTIVES: ;Marshall; Adams; and Cameron (2001) stated that over the years much have been written about the centrality ;and importance of 'academic leadership' to the success of HEIs (see for example the work of the Carnegie ;Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; (1990); UCoSDA; (1994); the Committee of Inquiry into Higher ;Education Management; (1995)). However; it was apparent that the term; even though commonly used; has no
