Businesses have learned from the academy that shared governance is a fundamental value of quality organizations. Now the academy must learn from business how to make shared governance work in large, issue driven, political and social responsive organizations. With shared governance there must be shared values and vision for the organization. It can not take place in a closet. It needs appropriate information, supplied in a timely fashion.
Shared governance is dependent on shared information.
It takes time and nurturing to develop. The organization's systems and workload expectations must support its development. It takes training to understand the issues and contextual relationships. Developing these skills should be seen as part of a faculty's professional career development. Not everyone must participate in shared governance, just enough to develop a shared understanding.