Managing Universities : Policy and Organizational Change from a Western European Comparative Perspective /: Policy and Organizational Change from a Western European Comparative Perspective. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ivar Bleiklie, Jurgen Enders, Benedetto Lepori, editors.
• Editors: Bleiklie, Ivar, 1948-; Enders, Jürgen; Lepori, Benedetto, 1965-
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (330 pages)
• Subjects: 378.1/01094; Education; Universities and colleges -- Europe -- Administration; Education, Higher; Organization; Public policy; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference; EDUCATION -- Higher; Universities and colleges -- Administration; Education -- Administration -- General; Education -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General; Business & Economics -- Strategic Planning; Political Science -- Public Policy -- General; Organization & management of education; Educational strategies & policy; Organizational theory & behaviour; Public administration; Higher & further education, tertiary education; Europe; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319538655; 3319538659
• Related ISBNs: 9783319538648; 3319538640
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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