Going Global: The Unity of Institutional-Unit Mission and Leadership Style

Going Global: The Unity of Institutional-Unit Mission and Leadership Style

Meilinda- Petra Christian University ( meilinda@peter.petra.ac.id)

Globalization becomes one of the strong external drives for Higher Education Institutions nowadays to compete in education sector. As a higher education institution, Petra Christian University (PCU) also wants to get ahead in this globalization era. PCU states in its vision statement that it wants "to be a caring and global university that is committed to Christian Values". Being a private and Christian university in one of the third world countries, internationalization has become a challenge. Language barriers, debates connected to the implementation among the faculty members, positioning of internationalization (to find the right niche of internationalization), lack of funding are the challenges that PCU is struggling with. Will PCU be able to compete without losing the values it believes in? In this paper, I examine the relationship between Institutional Mission, Unit Mission and Leadership Style. I use Lowney’s concept of Heroic Leadership for analyzing the connection between these elements and how they can be used to answer the challenges. The finding of this paper suggests that it is necessary to unite Institutional- Unit Mission with Heroic Leadership style to achieve the goal.

Keywords: Institutional Mission,Unit Mission and Heroic Leadership