Academic Leadership

Chapter 5 – Integrated Competing Values Framework (ICVF)

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Activity

Complete a profile map (using the diagram below) of Mary Jane which shows a balanced
profile but a strength (almost in the overused zone) for Innovator and a score below 3 for
Monitor.

As you can see from the Mary Jane example, Academic Coordinators need to
integrate these paradoxical behaviours productively (Robertson, 2005). They need to
experience generative paradoxes as opposed to exhausting conflicts if they are to be
effective Academic Coordinators/academics coordinators.
There is a sixth role under the ICVF, the Integrator. Previously, this role has been
described as the behavioural control room for the other five operational roles (Vilkinas &
Cartan, 2001). The Integrator role has two parts:

• Critical observer; and


• Reflective learner.

The purpose of the critical observer is to decipher which of the operational roles is
required in any given situation in response to any environmental stimuli. In this way it
assists in the appropriate execution of the chosen role. It ensures a ‘fit’ between context
and behaviour (Vilkinas & Cartan, 2001).
The purpose of the second part, the reflective learner, is to reflect on past and
current usage of the operational roles and to learn from these experiences. Rogers
(2001) reported that the most common definition of reflection was one that allowed
individuals to “integrate the understanding gained into one's experience in order to

External

Focus

Internal

Focus

Task

Focus

People

Focus

Broker

Innovator

Developer

Monitor

Deliverer

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