PhD Candidate

Jonathan McCarthy, CIT

PhD Supervisors

Professor David Sammon, UCC

Professor Ciaran Murphy, UCC

Data Analytics & Leadership Behaviour

Presentation Title:Can a data analytics solution change leadership behavior in education?

1. Method

2. Initial Questions

3. The Solution

4. Phases of Solution

5. Findings

Data Analytics & Leadership Behaviour

Agenda

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Data Analytics & Leadership Behaviour1. Method

Epistemology: Interpretivist

Building/Testing Theory: Building theory from a single case study

Research Objective: “To explore the impact a Data Analytics solution can have on Leadership Behaviour in relation to student retention in an Irish Higher Education Institution”

Research Population: CIT’s Senior Management Team (59)

Heads of Department, School, Faculty, Vice Presidents, President

Data Gathering Techniques: Interviews, Participant Observation, Survey, Data Mining, Project Documentation, Project Workshops

Data Analysis Techniques: Content Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Significance, Coding & Comparison, Thematic Analysis,

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What are our Ethical Responsibilities to Students and Their Families?

Do we have a CIT definition of student retention?

What data do we currently have on student retention?

Where is that data?

Do decision makers have access to that data?

Is the information timely?

What is the level of BI Maturity in CIT?

How much is student non-progression costing CIT each year in fees alone?

Data Analytics & Leadership Behaviour2. Initial Questions (RETENTION)

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Q1: How much is student non-progression costing CIT each year in fees* alone?

* Fees = Student + Government Contribution

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• OHIO State & Michigan Studies

– Leadership Opinion Questionnaire

– Leadership Behaviour Questionnaire

– Leadership Behaviour Description Questionnaire

– Supervisor Behaviour Description Questionnaire

• * Yukl, G., Gordon, A., Taber, T., 2002. A

hierarchical taxonomy of leadership behavior:

Integrating a half century of behavior research.

Data Analytics & Leadership Behaviour2. Initial Questions (LEADERSHIP)

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Leadership Behaviours *

Data Analytics & Leadership Behaviour2. Initial Questions (LEADERSHIP)

Task Oriented

• Short-Term Planning

• Monitoring Operations

• Clarifying Roles

Relations Oriented

• Supporting

• Developing

• Empowering

• Recognizing

• Consulting

Change Oriented

• External Monitoring

• Encouraging Innovative Thinking

• Envisioning Change

• Taking Risks for Change

* Yukl et. al (2002)

Data Analytics & Leadership Behaviour2. Initial Questions (Analytics Maturity)

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Data Analytics & Leadership Behaviour2. Initial Questions (Analytics Maturity)

Data Analytics & Leadership Behaviour3. The Solution

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PowerView

Interesting QuestionsHow are we recruiting students?

What schools are the students coming from by year What is the regional / geographical dispersion What Leaving Certificate Grades by student by course by year

How are we enrolling students on courses? Minimum CAO points by course by year Leaving Certificate Grades by student by course by year

What students are achieving the outcome of getting through 1st year What students are NOT achieving the outcome

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Data Analytics & Leadership Behaviour4. Phase 1 (Pilot)

Further Interesting Questions What students are failing to achieve their desired

outcome? Leaving Certificate Maths and English correlation…

Why are those students failing to achieve a desired outcome? Is it a student problem is it a cohort problem Is it a CIT problem

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Data Analytics & Leadership Behaviour4. Phase 1 (Pilot)

Build More Predictive Models

What will happen if: We raise the entry requirements for a course

We lower the entry requirements for a course

We run recruitment drives in particular locations

We offer assistance to particular students

We intervene with particular students

We don’t intervene with particular students

Build More Prescriptive Models

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Data Analytics & Leadership Behaviour4. Phase 2 (Next Steps)

NEXT STEPS

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Q2: Choose the 3 behaviours you would most like to see in the Leaders of your 3rd levelInstitution?

Data Analytics & Leadership Behaviour6. Findings

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Behaviour Type Leadership Behaviour Survey Results

Task OrientedShort-Term Planning

Monitoring Operations

Clarifying Roles

Relations Oriented

Supporting

Developing

Consulting

Recognizing

Empowering

Change Oriented

External Monitoring

Encouraging Innovative Thinking

Envisioning Change

Taking Risks for Change

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Data Analytics & Leadership Behaviour6. Findings

External Monitoring

Taking Risks for Change

Encouraging Innovative Thinking

Envisioning Change

Data Analytics & Leadership Behaviour6. Findings / Observations

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Research Objective: “To explore the impact a Data Analytics solution can have on Leadership Behaviour in relation to student retention in an Irish Higher Education Institution”

“They don’t care how much you know until they know

how much you care”

QUESTION: Can a data analytics solution change leadership behavior in education?

ANSWER: ABSOLUTELY