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ABSTRACT
Organizational culture on this paper refers to a system consist of values, beliefs and
habits that exist in the organization and interact with the formal structure in order
resulting behavior norms in organization (Suhariadi, 2002). Every organization
always as a part of social system, which it means changing in organizational culture is
always happened. That change can be because of interaction between organization
and external environment, this situation also happened in Airlangga University.
Airlangga University established since 1954, in which until 2006 still using
bureaucratic organizational culture because of Indonesian’s government asked for
that. However, on September 2006 through the government’s regulation number
30/2006 about State-Owned Legal Entity (Badan Hukum Milik Negara), which brings
significant changing in Airlangga University. This changing gives greater autonomy to
the university to manage their self, such as in managing academic, financial, human
resources and also their students. Moreover, this changing also has an impact to the
changing in organizational culture, which is from the bureaucratic culture to the
more corporate culture.
The author provides experiential learning paper, which it means based on author’s
experience in term of guarding organizational culture change in Airlangga University
this paper is using qualitative method. Moreover, related to the data collection this
paper using participative observation, then case study and also phenomenology
approach as a data analysis techniques. In the early 2007, there are changing in the
managing university in term of achieving university’s vision and missions, which are
independent university, innovative, leading both in national and international level,
pioneer in science development, technology, humanity and art based on religion
moral. In other words, organization culture value in which trying to develop on this
university is “excellence with morality”.
A. BACKGROUND
The most challenging in changing management and takes longer time is changing in
human resources management practices, especially related to the work paradigm.
Previously, when this university as a state university many employees working as
government’s civil servants, in which in their working live never shown a high
performance and motivation. It can be seen from University performance as a
whole, which is at this period Airlangga University never reach world’s class
university ranking. Because, employees working in the standard way and trapped
into their routine daily activity and also less challenging working climate.
However, since the Airlangga University changing into state-owned legal entity
status, there is significant change happened which is from bureaucratic like
university to corporate like university, as a consequences in order to manage their
human resources, Airlangga university adopt competency and performance based. In
other words, every employee should have their performance indicator, to see
whether they do their work successful or not. This approach assumed that if the
employees have good performance it will be giving impact to the their unit’s
performance and at the end of the day will also giving impact to the university’s
performance. But, changing into this situation is not easy et al, because previous
organization culture, which is bureaucratic culture already strong influenced in
working activities. There are several basic human resources management practices
should be changed such as recruitment and selection, organization structure, reward
and punishment system and also human resources development. Moreover, in term
of achieving this changing, university should have great leadership, which is different
style of leadership with previous culture.
Thus, after discussing about the background of this paper, there are several question
asked, first how the Airlangga University can change their working paradigm? What
kind of practices they already did to make it successful? , Another question is,
related to the leadership issues, because the success of changing also influenced by
a leader, thus what kind of leadership style can be successful bring university to this
changing?
B. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
In term of discussing the changing in Airlangga University, this paper will refer to the
two theories, first related to the organizational culture, and what kind of culture
adopt in Airlangga University, and secondly related to the changing itself, in which
author choosing Lewin’s change theory as a background. In organizational culture
theory, Hofstede (1997 cited by Yuwono et al, 2005) described that culture in
organization is refer to the collective phenomena, in other words culture is believed
together with people in same place in which that culture to be learned. Hofstede
also explained that culture is the collective mental program in which can make one
group are different with the other group. Moreover, Robbins (2007) explained
organizational culture as a shared meaning in every member in organization, in
which makes organization different with other. Another explanation given by Schein
(2010), according to Schein, organizational culture as set of value system, beliefs and
assumptions, and norm that already applied for longer time, agreed, and followed by
organization’s members as guidance for the member in every aspects of behavior or
problem solving in organization, and adapting both in internal and external
environment. Thus, based on all of explanations above, on this paper organization
culture is a system in which consist of values, beliefs and habits that interact with
formal structure resulting behavior norms in organization (Fendy, 2002).
Previously, before having state-owned legal entity status, in term of managing their
human resources the university using Law of staffing in Republic of Indonesia
number 8 year 1974 as a basis. At this system, all about individual and organizational
behavior rigidly ruled by government, then all of behavior occurs is so bureaucratic
and rigid. The staffing models are using hierarchy and strict command and control.
This situation creates consequences that organizational behavior cannot stimulate
excellence performance because of less motivate people to bring their creativity to
their job and adapting changing in organization.
Next, we will discuss about changing theory itself, on this paper the author using
basic assumption of changing from Lewin’s theory in which commonly called as a
“force-field models”. According to Lewin, changing in organization occurred because
of pressure from the outside of organization to the every person, group in the
organization itself. All of these pressures occurred in term of making organization
strengthen in order to adapt with external environment. There are three steps in this
approach, in which all of steps explained how changing happened in organization
from beginning, until how to make sure that changing already happened. In the
changing process involves activities about how to learn something new, and at the
same time learning about how to stop current behavior and attitude in which
undesirable for the organization. These three steps are:
2. Changing, (or it can be said as step in which learning about new concept,
new meaning for the old concept and new appraisal standard). At this step,
desire changes are occurred in organization. People in organization can
understand why organization needs to change. Moreover, a new systems and
rules are applied on this step, and every people start to adaptation to this
new situation. In order to create same perceptions about new systems and
rules, there are some activities to support this changing, such as socialization
about new system and rules and also training to the employees.
C. RESEARCH METHOD
This paper is using qualitative approach through experiential learning in term of the
author guiding organizational culture change in Airlangga University. Data collection
method is being used on this paper is participative observation and unstructured
interview with decision maker in Airlangga University, such as Head of Academic
Senate, Rector, Vices Rector and also board of director in University which include
director of academic and student, and also director of financial. Moreover, related to
the analysis method, this paper is using case study analysis and phenomenology.
D. RESEARCH RESULT
From early 2007, system of managing organization has been done to achieve
university’s vision: to be university which independent, innovative, well-known in
national and international level, pioneer of: science development, technology,
humanities and art based on moral of religion. In general, there are two changes in
Airlangga University. The first changing is done on system of university management
(hardware) which is applied on organizational structure change, and followed by the
change of recruitment and selection system, and coordination between job roles. In
addition on the first change, new units are formed to accommodate several
university activities to overcome environmental demands as the ability of Airlangga
University to adapt. The second change is done on behaviors and cultures of the
officers (software). In this change, behavior regulation and ethic in campus are
formed. This change process needs a strong leadership competency in order to
maintain the change process according to what have been planned before.
a. Organizational Change
This kind of organization is not healthy. There are several reason for this: rector is
only supervise by Indonesian minister of education, rector is chosen by the senate of
academic which the leader is the rector itself, and rector is chosen by voting not
based on its competency.
Conducting his/her duty, rector is help by three vise rectors. The first vice rector
responsibility is to manage education and academic issues at university. The second
vice rector is responsible to manage university’s resources include human, asset and
financial resources. The third vice rector responsible manages university’s students
and alumni. Managerial wise, there are three heads of bureaus below rector
position: academic and educational bureaus, general and financial bureaus, and
planning and system information bureaus. Below the head of these bureaus, there
are head of departments which is according to nomenclature of National Ministry of
Education. Recruitment and selection for each rank role is made according to job
rank as it is ruled on Airlangga University list of job rank (Daftar Urutan Kepangkatan
(DUK)). Selection method that had happened is not according to candidate
competency or performance, but more toward job rank of the candidate.
1. On the university structure, commissaries (or Majelis Wali Amanah herafter will
be called MWA) is formed which its members are Minister of culture and
education, Academic Senate, Rector, Lecturer representative, Educational
employee representative. MWA consist of 21 people, the leader is Mr. Sudi
Silalahi (Minister of Secretary Cabinet, Indonesian Republic). The duties of MWA
are (according to PP No.30/2006 Article 17):
vi. to employ and to ston employment of the head, the secretart and the
members of auditor board.
vii. to authorize the member and the head of academic senate
x. to evaluate the end repot of rector, academic senate and auditor board.
xii. to overcome university problem, include financial problem which could not
be solved by the others smaller level of university organization.
iii. To make a decision toward the result of university internal and external
auditory.
The duties of academic senate are (according to PP No. 30/2006, article 22):
iii. To establish policies about academic freedom, academic pulpit freedom, and
scientific autonomy.
iv. To give advice to the MWA about rector’s performance evaluation on the
implementation of academic policies.
vi. To determine the member of MWA which represents academic’s senate and
community representative.
ix. To formulate policy of giving and revoking academics title and award.
After the element of MWA, Academic senate and Auditor Board are determined, the
element of university which is lead by rector. Their duties are (according to PP
No.30/2006, article 24):
ii. To arrange strategic planning, work planning and yearly budgeting of the
university
vi. To employ and to stop the employment of vice rector, dean, vice dean,
director, the head and the leader of smaller organizations within university.
vii. To submit yearly report and report on the end of work period to MWA about
university’s management.
viii. Together with the MWA designs university’s yearly report which will be
submitted to the minister.
ix. To determine carrier position, and to employ and to stop the employment of
lecturer and academic staff.
According to the duties above, fundamental change will emerges on the university
managing system. In these conditions above, rector do not have absolute power
anymore because rector’s performance has to be in control of MWA, and have to be
coordinated with academic’s senate. Moreover, rector also supervised by auditor
board.
As what has mentioned above, in the end rector back to the executive role and do
not cross over the roles of judicative and legislative, which makes rector focus more
toward executive activities. Therefore, organizational wise rector manage the
structure of organization in by creating several element as it is declared on PP
No.30/2006, article 14, verse 3 and 4. As it is mentioned below:
a. University element
b. University executor element
b. Internal auditor
d. Faculty
a. Directorate
b. Library
c. Institution
All of elements that have been mention above are formed and authorized to conduct
their function as it is determined on PP No. 20/2006 article 32 until article 37. All off
the element are directly responsible toward rector.
For the Rector’s position, after following the selection process, which is long process
then election process continued to the MWA. But, for several positions such as vice
rector, dean, vice dean, director and head or secretary of unit or applied unit in
Airlangga University, all of those position elected by Rector based on the result of
psychological and competency test. Rector, directly choose from the number of
nominee in every position through interview process, which is doing by the Rector
itself as a “user”. As mentioned by Boyatzis (1982) said that the selection process in
which based on competency and performance will lead to excellence people in doing
job and fit with what organization needs or common called as “person-organization
fit”.
B. Organization Culture Change
Basically, Airlangga University management has been changed, but the most
important thing is how to change the behavior of people in organization, in which
from bureaucratic culture that usually difficult to adapt with external environment
to corporate like culture in which can be said more flexible in term of adapting
external environment change. Organization culture change can be faster if there is a
leader who can stimulate the change itself, especially lead to Indonesian people’s
characteristics who have high power distance and high collectivity (Hofstede et al,
2010).
Moreover, Suhariadi (2007) also explained that there are two models in change,
which are top-down models and bottom-up models. Skinnerian approach more
stressed on top-down models, in which pay more attention in leader’s role in doing
changing in organization. The most important thing in leader’s roles is how the
leader describe to their members about the organization values that members
should have and how to make it relatively permanent. In every chance interaction
with their member, leader should communicate those new values in organization. At
the same time, leader’s behavior should be reflect those new values, to make it
consistent and members can understand and trust to the university with these new
values. Another leader’s role in which very important is commitment. Commitment
here refers to broad meaning, because not only related to the tangible things but
also intangible things. The demands on leader’s commitment not only just because
as a mandatory for the organization, but leader should reflect their behavior that
university is the most important in the leader’s life in order to achieve University
goals. At this point, leaders not only reflect new values on its behavior or attitude,
but the leader should also show his/her effort seriously even if the leader should
sacrificing its time, energy and cost.
Suhariadi (2007) also pointed the reason about culture in Indonesia context have
high power distance. Compare with Anglo-saxon’s culture, leader in Indonesia
context is play important roles in organization. Leader in high power distance culture
such as Indonesia not only about privileges but also as a role models for their
subordinate. Thus, Integrity can be as a crucial issue here, consistency between
organization’s values and leadership behavior is the crucial thing as well.
E. SUMMARY
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