The Role of Effective Leadership in Doing More With Less in Public Universities

Public universities in most developed countries are facing increasing pressure to "do more with less". Many have invariably come to terms with reality by repeatedly restructuring and downsizing to stay lean and survive. Effective leadership to see through drastic organizational changes is a must, whilst resistance to change is also one thing management needs to face squarely in the course of change. This paper offers some provocative thoughts to university management in gaining synergistic effect by the dual priming of Transformational Leadership and an Employee-Centred Resistance to Change Perspective to afford the "doing more with less".