The Roles of Visionary Leadership and Organization Culture Toward the Response of Changes in Higher Education Institution (Survey at International Women University) Jonathan Sarwono*, Dewi Indriani Jusuf International Women University Bandung, Indonesia *jonathan@iwu.ac.id Sumarto Sumarto Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia Bandung, Indonesia profsumarto@gmail.com Abstract—The goal of the research is to find out how the visionary leadership and organizational culture affect the response of changes due to the effective provisions of higher education institution accreditation from the National Accreditation Board. The method of the research is a mixed method. The qualitative method applies in leadership interview while the quantitative method applies to employees in International Women University. The research result shows that how the visionary leadership and organizational culture affect the response of changes significantly. While the visionary leadership has been applied in International Women University by the current leadership personnel. Keywords—visionary leadership; organizational culture; response of changes; higher education institution I. INTRODUCTION Everything changes. Individuals, organizations and other entities change. Changes can occur because of the intentional design or intentional responses in the form of external changes. For example, this change can be in the form of technological developments that require users to adjust the characteristics of the new technology. Changes can be undergone by individuals, organizations or certain entities. Organizational change will automatically change individuals within the organization. Conversely, individual changes can also have an impact on organizational change, when the individual has a dominant role in the organization. Higher education institutions in Indonesia are currently required to improve themselves as much as possible with the new provisions in the Internal Quality Assurance System as regulated in Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education Regulation number 62, 2016 concerning the Higher Education Quality Assurance System. In line to that, it is also determined in Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education Regulation number 44, 2015 concerning the National Standards for Higher Education. According to Yukl, determinant factors of the change include among them [1]: Social changes: changes caused by social problems that occur in certain communities. This changes occur because of social turmoil or because of certain events that result in changing values in certain groups of people. Technology: Technological advances trigger changes in all ways of life and individuals as members of society. For example, there is a shift in consumer behavior patterns from conventional to digital model. Consumers now prefer to purchase products or services through the Internet. So now there is a model of online consumer behavior. This is due to the rapid development of information and communication technology so that the community is increasingly getting convenience - making business transactions online. Economy: Economic changes also trigger a change in society. For example, with the increasing income of the Indonesian people today, the lifestyle of the people also changes. Most urban communities have their own means of transportation, such as cars and motorbikes. Humans: Changes in a person will also change the person and the environment around him. Especially if someone has certain advantages that can be made as a positive contribution to building the community and helping others; for example, an entrepreneur can create new jobs that can be utilized by others. The role of the leader: a qualified leader will bring changes to the organization he leads in accordance with the vision, mission, goals and objectives to be achieved. The change is directed at improving the quality and quantity of an organization with the ultimate goal of obtaining maximum profits (for business organizations) and the welfare of its members (for non-profit organization). While according to Wahab [2], the main causes of change are: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 400 3rd International Conference on Research of Educational Administration and Management (ICREAM 2019) Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL. This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). 189