Date of Submission

7-30-2024

Document Type

DiP

Degree

Doctor of Education

Department

Education

Keywords

Grassroots leadership, Sustainable Development Goals, collegiality, change-path model, School of Business

Abstract

The School of Business at Oceanic College (a pseudonym) is focused on developing initiatives aligning with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and UN Global Compact Principles for Responsible Management Education. The process has been top-down driven, with limited participation by the faculty in developing initiatives and activities. The faculty members work on initiatives mainly in isolation with limited collaboration or coordination, reducing the overall participation levels. The problem of practice to be addressed in the School of Business is how to stimulate participation from faculty at the grassroots level in generating change initiatives or new approaches that would support the Sustainable Development Goals. As a department chair, I serve as a leader amongst peers of my department in the School of Business. I will utilize my organizational and leadership skills to drive change from the grassroots, utilizing a collegial theoretical perspective and servant leadership approach. Solutions to this end are developed utilizing Cawsey et al.’s (2016) change-path model, Lavis et al.’s (2003) knowledge mobilization framework, Gopichandran and Krishna’s (2013) ethical framework, McLaughlin and Jordan’s (2015) logic model, and Markiewicz and Patrick’s (2016) monitoring and evaluation plans. Addressing this problem of practice will result in increased faculty engagement and contributions, leading to embedding the Sustainable Development Goals as part of the School of Business’s culture. The Sustainable Development Goals will become part of the value system and culture as collegial frameworks and collaborations become commonplace.

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