Managing Universities : Policy and Organizational Change from a Western European Comparative Perspective /
This book asks how modern universities are organized and managed, and questions whether 30 years of university reforms have resulted in stronger managerial structures and leadership control. It further asks whether current organisational and decision-making structures can be explained by public refo...
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer International Publishing,
2017.
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| Edice: | Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education
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| ISBN: | 9783319538655, 3319538659 |
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- About the Editors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I Theory and Approach; Chapter 1 Setting the Stage-Theory and Research Questions ; Abstract ; Introduction; Academic Organizations-From Organized Anarchies to Penetrated Hierarchies; Control in Professional Organizations; Universities Between Loose Coupling and Tightening; Institutional Pressures, Resources and Control; Control of External Resources in University Systems; Higher Education Politics and Policy; Implications for the Comparative Analysis of University Governance and University Policy; Content; References.
- Chapter 2 A Sociological Experiment on Methodological Design-Strengths and Limits of a Pragmatist Approach to Research Methods in the TRUE Project Abstract ; Introduction; Methods, Epistemologies and Communities of Practice; The TRUE Methodological Approach:A Review of the Experiences; The Rationale for Methods and the Debate; Methods in Practice. Implementation and Limitations; Constructing the Sample; Collecting Descriptive Information on the Sample; The Formal Autonomy Questionnaire; The TRUE Survey of University Members; Interviews of University Members.
- Systematizing Information on PoliciesMethods as a Tool for Knowledge Development; Comparing Universities; Comparative Analysis of Policies; Individual and Small-Group Analyses; Discussion and Lessons Learned; References; Part II Modern Universities as Organizations; Chapter 3 Working in the Shadow of Hierarchy: Organisational Autonomy and Venues of External Influence in European Universities ; Abstract ; Introduction; Autonomy, Influence and Control: A Conceptual Framework; Autonomy as a Situational and Multidimensional Concept; Formal Autonomy and Autonomy-in-Use; Our Approach and Data.
- Empirical FindingsFormal Autonomy; Autonomy-in-Use and Formal Autonomy; Managerial Autonomy; Policy Autonomy; Structural Autonomy; Financial Autonomy; Interventional Autonomy; Conclusions; References; Chapter 4 Budgeting Practices in European Universities ; Abstract ; Introduction; Conceptual Frame; Budgeting Dimensions; Processes; Actors; The Influence of Competition for Funding on Budgeting Practices; Data and Methods; Budgeting Processes; Actors; Allocation Criteria; Statistical Properties of the Data; Methods; Analysis and Results; Processes; Actors; Allocation Criteria.
- The Competition for Funding and the Budgeting PracticesUniversity Budgeting Models; Conclusions; References; Chapter 5 The Transformative Power of Evaluation on University Governance ; Abstract ; Introduction; Relevant Literature; Conceptual Framework and Empirical Context; Empirical Parameters; Descriptive and Correlation Analyses; Descriptive Analysis; Correlations; Comparison of the Effects of Institutionaland National Features; Conclusions; Annex: Means at Institutional Level Used for the Cluster Analysis and Respective Means of the Four Clusters; References.