Recommendations

Recommendation 1

That the ASERT is further explored as a tool to facilitate cross-functional collective action between academics, professional and executive staff.

Recommendation 2

That distributed leadership, and the ASERT as a tool for distributed leadership, is incorporated into leadership development courses offered for staff in universities.

Recommendation 3

That the ASERT process is further developed to identify case studies to illustrate its usefulness in a variety of contexts and situations (this recommendation will be partly achieved as part of LE11-2000).

Recommendation 4

That further discussion is held on the value of reconceptualising distributed leadership as hybrid leadership.